TM 1-1510-224-10
director mode selector Depress for at
least 5 to 8 seconds and verify the
following indications:
(a)
Flight
director
mode
selector
Annunciators illuminate.
(b)
Autopilot controller Annunciators
illuminate.
(c)
Altitude select controller All 8's
illuminate.
(d)
Pilot's altimeter altitude alerter
annunciator Illuminates.
(e)
EADI FD FAIL (amber) will be
annunciated.
(2)
After
SBY
pushbutton
switch-
indicator has been held depressed
for 5 to 8 seconds verify that:
(a)
AP
TRIM
annunciator
Illuminates.
(b)
Autopilot
disconnect
horn
Sounds.
(3)
SBY
pushbutton
switch-indicator
Release.
(4)
FD and ATT annunciations on the
EADI Check extinguished.
c.
Autopilot Check as follows:
(1)
Autopilot trim annunciators Check
extinguished.
(2)
TURN knob Center.
(3)
ELEV TRIM switch Check on.
NOTE
The control wheel must be held at
mid-travel due to ballast in the
elevator.
The
autopilot
will
disconnect during pitch wheel check
due to the heavy nose down force if
the control wheel is not off the
forward stop.
(4)
Control wheel Move to mid-travel.
(5)
AP
ENGAGE
switch-indicator
(autopilot
controller)
Depress
to
engage autopilot and yaw damper.
Check that AP ENGAGE and YD
ENGAGE
switch-indicators
on
autopilot
controller
and
remote
annunciators on instrument panel are
illuminated.
d.
Autopilot
overpower
check
Check
as
follows:
(1)
Rudder pedals Overpower slowly.
(2)
Control wheel Overpower slowly in both
directions.
WARNING
If the autopilot or yaw damper
disengages during the overpower
test, the system is considered non-
operative and should not be used.
The elevator trim system must not be
forced beyond the limits which are
indicated
on
the
elevator
trim
indicator.
e.
Elevator trim follow-up Check as follows:
(1)
Control wheel Move aft of mid-travel.
Trim wheel should run nose down
after
approximately
.3
seconds.
TRIM
DN
annunciator
(autopilot
controller)
should
illuminate
after
approximately 6 to 8 seconds, and
AP TRIM annunciator (instrument
panel)
should
illuminate
after
approximately 15 seconds.
(2)
Control
wheel
Move
forward
of
midtravel. Trim wheel should run
nose
up
after
approximately
3
seconds. TRIM UP annunciator
(autopilot
controller)
check
illuminated after approximately 6 to 8
seconds. AP TRIM annunciators
(instrument panel) check illuminated
after approximately 15 seconds.
f.
AP & YD/TRIM DISC switch (control wheel)
Depress to first level. Check that autopilot
and yaw damper disengage, AP ENGAGE
and YD ENGAGE switch-indicators on the
autopilot
controller
and
remote
annunciators above the EADI's flash 5
times.
g.
Control wheel Hold to mid-travel.
h.
AP ENGAGE switch Re-engage.
i.
Turn knob Check that elevator control trim
wheel follows in each applied direction,
then center.
j.
Pitch wheel Check that trim responds to
pitch wheel movements. (TRIM UP and
TRIM DN annunciators may illuminate.)
k.
Heading marker Center and engage HDG.
Check that control wheel follows a turn in
each direction.
l.
GO AROUND button (left power lever)
Depress. Check that AP disengages and
FD
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