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autopilot
- Sinônimos - Inglês
- automatic pilot
- Definição1
- That part of an automatic flight control system which provides attitude stabilization with respect to internal references. Also known as ‘automatic pilot’.
- Fonte1
- MULTILINGUAL aeronautical dictionary, or, dictionary aeronautique multilingue: english, french, spanish, dutch, greek, italian,portuguese, turkish. London: Technical Editing and reproduction Ltd, 1980.
- Definição2
- An automatic flight control system which keeps an aircraft in level flight or on a set course. Automatic pilots can be directed by the pilot, or they may be coupled to a radio navigation signal.
- Fonte2
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Pilot's handbook of aeronautical knowledge. [s.l.], 2008. Disponível em: http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/pilot_handbook/media/PHAK%20-%20Cover-Preface.pdf. Acesso em: 26 jun. 2014.
- Fonte3
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Helicopter flying handbook (FAA-H8083-21A). Washington, DC: FAA, 2012.
- Fonte4
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Aircraft accident digest n.31. Montreal, 1988. (Cir. 202 AN/123).
- Nota Adicional1
- Abbreviation for automatic pilot.
- Nota Adicional2
- Acronym in English: AP.
- Contexto
- An autopilot has a control panel in the cockpit that allows you to select the desired functions, as well as engage the autopilot.
- In this accident case, about 20 seconds before touchdown, the first officer switched the autopilot from the command to the control wheel steering mode, a mode in which he manually controls the airplane's attitude.
- Français
- pilote automatique
- Imagem
Autopilot panel of an older Boeing 747 aircraft.
Fonte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SIA_Cargo_747_loading.jpg
