--> Europa-List message posted by: Dpc <dpc@knightonweb.com>
Chris
Thank you very much for this feedback and positive comments about the system.
I can certainly incorporate this experience into my Europa set up!
Best regards
David
> On 23 Sep 2023, at 23:04, n7188u <chmgarb@gmail.com> wrote:
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> --> Europa-List message posted by: "n7188u" <chmgarb@gmail.com>
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> Hi David,
>
> I know my answer won’t be a direct answer since I don’t have this AP in my
> Europa but I have it my LongEZ. I installed it 10 years ago and it has been
> flawless.
>
> But I can share my experience with the setup: I set it with the recommended
> starting points in the manual. And when I turned it on in the first test
> flight it flew the airplane perfectly.
>
> The setup in a simple unit like this is easy and the manual is fairly clear.
> And this leveler is great and gentle. Start with the lowest Activity (gain)
> setting and highest torque. The important one for control is the gain. If you
> test it with the low setting and it can’t keep the wings level or a course
> just increase it a little. If you go up to much it will oscillate the wings
> specially in turbulence or when you bump the ailerons. At that point just
> back of a point or two. In my case changes in gain made not much of a
> difference. That is how good this unit is. It is just very stable. It’s
> better to have the lowest gain you can get away with that still flies the
> airplane well.
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> Once the gain is set back off on the torque until the unit still flies well
> and you can override the ailerons. But you can play with it as much as you
> want with full torque but be ready to turn it off if something wonky happens
> which with this gentle unit I doubt it will.
>
> I bet it will be just fine. Remember that this unit only keeps the wings
> level and tracks a course. Those two functions are rather easy to control
> without much setup. Now, flying an ILS, that’s another story :)
>
> Hope it helps
> Chris
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> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=511477#511477
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