82ndUSMC

Thanks for the reply. I was able to reset the pitch mode by re-aligning the IRS, as you spoke of..... and if I reprogram the FMC it seems to place it back into Pitch|Takeoff........ If I was to fly a manual takeoff, I still can't seem to find the "magick" procedure for Pitch|Takeoff - LOL Thanks a ton for your feed back. If I'm reading your reply correctly, we are experiencing the same result. If I'm not interpreting what you're saying please correct me. Ray

Greetings, If one chooses to land the md-11 manual, after roll out the flight director displays [ v2 thrust | Heading ] I cannot find a way to reset the autopilot to Pitch Takeoff mode. I understand that it will do this automatically provided I allow it to do a CatIII or II landing…. But even on the ground, if one clicks the heading button and the IAS button, the flight director displays [ thrust | heading ] in favor of [ Pitch | Takeoff ] - that all makes sense and that’s fine – but what’s the secret password to get the autopilot into pitch takeoff mode? The manual says to turn the flight directors on and off and this is supposed to reset it. I have tried many combinations and I wouldn’t be posting this if I wasn’t at the end of ideas. So once again, my question is: How do I instruct the autopilot to go into “Pitch Takeoff” mode? I sure hope someone has the magick for this… :wacko: Thanks, Ray