Description / Abstract:
This document provides recommended installation guidance for
automatic flight guidance and control systems (AFGCS) for small
fixed-wing airplanes (FAR Part 23). These systems allow the
aircraft to be flown smoothly and precisely according to either the
flight plan or to direction from air traffic controllers, while the
pilots direct the rest of their attention to other cockpit duties.
A full-featured AFGCS improves safety by protecting the aircraft
from incursions outside the flight envelope and maintaining
predictable flight path. It may also fly approach to landing and
complex departure and arrival procedures more reliably and
accurately than a hand-flown aircraft. This document addresses
technology and feature improvements affecting the safety and
performance of the AFGCS, including the recently-published MOPS
DO-325