Garmin Flight Deck 100

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Embraer Prodigy® Flight Deck 100 Pilot’s Guide

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AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM

PITCH HOLD MODE (PIT)

Whentheightdirectorisactivated(withtheFDKey)orswitched,PitchHoldModeisselectedbydefault.

PitchHoldModeisindicatedastheactiveverticalmodebythe‘PIT’annunciation.Thismodemaybeusedfor

climb or descent to the Selected Altitude (shown above the Altimeter), since Selected AltitudeCaptureModeis

automaticallyarmedwhenPitchHoldModeisactivated.

InPitchHoldMode, theightdirectormaintains aconstantpitchattitude, thepitchreference. Thepitch

referenceisset tothe aircraftpitchattitude atthe momentofmode selection. Iftheaircraft pitchattitude

exceedstheightdirectorpitchcommandlimitations,theightdirectorcommandsapitchangleequaltothe

nose-up/down limit.

CHANGING THE PITCH REFERENCE

Whenoperatingin PitchHold Mode,thepitch referencecanbe adjustedby pressing the

CWS

Button,

hand-ﬂying the aircraft to establish a new pitch reference, then releasing the

CWS

Button.

Figure 7-7 Pitch Hold Mode

Selected

Altitude

Pitch Hold

Mode Active Selected Altitude

Capture Mode Armed

Command Bars Maintain

Desired Pitch Reference