G1000 autopilot circles without NAV or APR enabled

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I am running Flight Simulator on Xbox Series X. I assume everything is updated to the latest version, since the console constantly indicates that it updates. I have the G1000 NXi upgrade installed.

I create a simple direct flight plan, and I add a visual GPS approach to a runway, selecting the STRAIGHT mode.

I attempt to land, disabling autopilot, MISSING THE APPROACH, and flying away from the airport.

I enable the autopilot, and I only have VS mode enabled, but now the aircraft starts to circle.

I toggle the NAV, APR modes OFF, then ON then OFF, to make sure that they are disabled, but the plane keeps flying in a circle, if autopilot is enabled, in ROL PIT mode

If I enable HDG mode, then the plane starts to follow the heading bug. When I disable heading mode, the plane starts flying in a circle again.

Finally, I disable the autopilot, in the flight plan, I select the STRAIGHT waypoint, and activate a direct route.

As I approach the glide slope of the runway, I arm APR mode and enable the autopilot, and now the autopilot does not circle, it correctly tracks the approach and glide path down to the runway threshold.

2

Everything you wrote sounds correct to me. In Roll/pitch mode it holds your current bank angle. If you’re not perfectly straight it’s going to continue whatever roll you currently have, it won’t level you out.

3

I had been initially training on the Cessna 172, and the autopilot worked for me, just as you described it: maintaining the current attitude.

I recently switched to the Kodiak. It seems to be a little different, in that, when I turn on the autopilot it seems to always auto level.

Now I’m remembering that I had a similar problem on the Cessna 172, and it was also after a missed approach with a go-around. I could not get the autopilot, in ROL and PIT mode to just maintain the current attitude.