AFCS Emergencies

Question 1

AFCS DEGRADED

Answer 1

1) Safe Altitude and Airspeed- Establish (Waveoff/ITO, as required)

Question 2

Stabilator Auto Mode Failure

1 Note

Answer 2

1) PAC- Stab, Stab, Stab
2) Cyclic- Arrest pitch rate
3) Collective- Do not reduce
4) MAN SLEW switch- Adjust to 0

Note- the following are not recommended:
Swimmer deployment below 15 ft
Night takeoffs, approaches, landings
Automatic App
Simulated EPs
IMC

*Airspeeds

0- 150kias
10- 100 kias
20- 80 kias
30- 60 kias
40- 45 kias

Question 3

Unusual Attitude Recovery

Answer 3

1) Level wings
2) Nose on the Horizon
3) Center ball
4) Stop rate of climb/descent
5) Control Airspeed