How to use the DC3 AP and Heading Bug on the Gyro for Retrofit and Classic

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So finally I thought I’d do a really quick video on this, so many people say this is bugged, in fact its not bugged its as intended, but you need to spend time learning the aircraft to understand whats its expecting. Hopefully this helps people who are struggling :slight_smile:

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Excellent video on how to use the “autopilot” in the Classic DC-3. This is very much how @NixonRedgrave said it should work :+1:

Don’t see how this helps us with the Retrofit DC-3 :thinking:

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It works the same way on the classic and retrofit models.

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I have to admit that I don’t really use the Retrofit but had a quick play and could not easily see how to set a heading and how to tell the aircraft to bank in that direction :thinking:

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set the hydraulic lever forward and the autopilot switch on.
to set a course in the Gyropilot

  1. turn the knob in the middle of the degrees below the scale, remembering its in reverse to turning to the right will make the compass go to the left etc. NB. the dial in the middle at the top just turns the gauge light on and off. )
  2. once you have the desired course. (with the gyropilot on) then push the heading button in and that will activate the course change.
  3. To re-adjust the course just turn the bottom dial . Its a good practise to set your course before T/O so you wont have to fiddle around in flight.

shypunk, i dont use the retrofit either, i use the classic in conjunction with the free download of littlenavmap

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my problem with the stock version was that the gyropilot was always disengaging, even in calm flight.
the duckworks mod fixed all that