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Autopilot KFC200

The KFC 200 is an affordable automatic flight control system for aircraft that provides two-axis control of pitch and roll with altitude hold. It has 11 operating modes and integrated instruments to reduce pilot workload. Optional performance systems like the KAS 297 altitude preselector and alerter provide accurate altitude information and alerts. The KFC 200 is designed to meet the needs of pilots at a significantly lower cost than comparable systems.

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Autopilot KFC200

The KFC 200 is an affordable automatic flight control system for aircraft that provides two-axis control of pitch and roll with altitude hold. It has 11 operating modes and integrated instruments to reduce pilot workload. Optional performance systems like the KAS 297 altitude preselector and alerter provide accurate altitude information and alerts. The KFC 200 is designed to meet the needs of pilots at a significantly lower cost than comparable systems.

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KFC Bendix/King
Flight System
Control
lowprice
Highperformance,
Tomeetthestandards ofbigh- in oneeasv-to-readsinglecueattitude pitchandrollcommands,or to couple
mrformance srn(leand tl|,lnenqine drsplay.w}len thenight Drrcctoris ihesecommands lntotheAutopilo[
bircraJt.Bend krngoffersthe- of[,thecommand barsarerelracled andmonitorits p€rformance on the
affordableKFt 200automaticFlight outoiviewTheKI256ofiersa FlightCommand lndi.ator.
ControlSlslem. pmminently'placed derisionheight Slstemoptionsarailableonsome
FUIYTSOd.theKFC200is a com- (DH)annunciator light[orus€with aircaaftincludea three-axisconfigu'
pletetwo-axis (pitchandrollwithalti- theaircralts radaraltimeter. rationwith law damper,alongMth
ludeholdI integraled stslem.It ollers TheKFC200alsoinclud€sthr altitudrpres€leclandalerlln{.But
all standardop€ralingmod$. aswell KCS554SlavedCornpass S'strm bestof aL tie KFC200 is priied
asmanyimporiantpilot-oriented vrith lemoteelectrlcS/ro.andKI525A thousandsof dollarslessthancom-
featuftsusuallytoundor y in larger, Horizontal Sttuatton Indicator IHSI). parable flightconlrolsrslems.
morcexpenslve unlts, Th€s€instrumentsreplacethestan' Forpllotsnotdeslringa tullFlght
TheKFC200 lncorporates aneasy- darddirectionalSnoandcourse DirectorSystem.BendLVKinA also
scantnstrument design,whichhelps de!'iation indicatortn thepanel, offersthei\'AP200Autoptlot.lhe
reduceunnecessary eyetravelby combinin{slaved headlng andVOR/ XAP200featuresall thebenefitsand
focusing lhepllotsartention onpri- LOCiGlid€-lop€ presentaiions ln featuresottle KFC200except fljqht
maryflightlnformatron. Components oneunit. DirectorTheKG25SAtLitude Rel'er-
includethe KI 256V-barFliAhtCom- Complete lnlegration o[ thenjght enceIndicatorreplaces theKI 256
rnandIndicator.whichcombines Director andAutopllolslstemsallows FlightCommand Indicator.
pitchandrollsteerlng command data thepilot to manuallylly thedisplayed

U
Eleven
modes
ofoperation
TheKFC200features I I op€rating selected or uith Aubpilot(APl bankcommands lo capture and
modes, ollerin€thepilolautomati- engdged. Whenin FD onl\, the trackvORandRNAV cburses.
callycomputedguidhnce ln response N 256prouides pltchand rcIIcom- TheREVLoC (BC)modeis enabled
lo hlsselection ofnight Dlrector/ mands,but conltoloJtheaitctalt in Approachmode,andallowsthe
Autopilotcommandmodes.Most muslbe mointdLnedbAthe pilol.) slstemto commandthebankneces-
modesof operationareactivatedby Aftersettinqthedesiredheading sarvto captureandtracka reverse
push'buttons{'itcheson themode on theHSI.se]ectingtheHeading- Iocaluer course. lo(kinAoulAhde.
conlrollerCompletemodestatus (HDC)mode allo$sthesl6temto slopem theprocess. Tht inbund
is displa]'edon the KA285Modr commandrequir€dbankinAto tum frcnt approachcourseis alwal6set
Annunciatorpanel. to andmaintainthes€lected headlng. on theHSIto enableyouto make
TheBasicAttitude Refer€nce AJterusingtheHSItoseta course, coursecorrectionstoward,rather
Modeis activatedwhentheaircrafts theNAVIVOfuRNAV/LOMN) mode thanawayfrom,thene€dle.
engines arerunnrngl'poweron').but maybeselected. Theslstems all- tush tle'Go Around'button to
noothermodehasbeenselected. The ai{le NAVcourse'Capture- feature actiwtetheGoAFund {GA)mode.
llight Command Indicator andHSI givisthepilotcompleie frcedom to andthes]stemwill commandwlnAs
wlIIdrsplayexistinqattitude, hrading s€lecttheproper intercepland€in levelandnoseup to missedapproaah
andNAVrntormatron. but theCom-" response io AiC vectors.ThetrlAV climbattitude.AutopilotMllbedts-
mandV-barwill remainr€tractedoul modewilltlen be"armed.'and at the connected withoA,but mayb€re-
of !'lewuntil a FlightDirector/Auto, capture pointthesystem will'couple" engafed to trackthr GoArcund.
pilot modehasbeenselected. andcormand thenecessan'bank Thi AltitudeHold(ALT)mode
TheFlightDir€ctorIFD)modeadds to captureandtracka selec[ed VoR. providespitchcommands,which
thecommand V.bar.direclinA "wmgs mainlainengaged altitude.
RNAV or LORANcours€.
level."Mth th€Drtchattitudeiom- AfterusingtheHSIto setan TheVerticalTrim modeprovides
mandremain g thesameasat the inboundfrontapproach course, thecapabllltv toadiustorslewthe
timeof modeseia.iion. selerttheAppmach(APPR) mode AltituileHoldmodewithoutdisen-
TheAutopilot (AP)modeengages (lLS,VORor RNAV). Thes)stems all- Aa,qin{andre-enqaginA themode.
s€rvosthat enablecontrolsurlacesro angleApproachCoursrCapturetea. f AtifudeHoldlinol enpaqed, the
rcspondto all selected FlightDir€ctor turcallowsthepilottoselect any VrrticalTrimwilladiustihepltch
mcilecommands in bothlltchand interceptanglein response to ATC attitudeup or dolln:
mll axes.whrlemaintainingautc v€ctors.TheApproachmodewill be TheControlWheelSteeringICWS)
maticpltchtrirn.Separa teAutopilo t 'arm€d,"and at theappropriate cap. modeprrmlts manuai0rqhtmaneu-
s€wosandcapstansmakelt easyto turepoinltheslstemwrll"couph_ veringwithout theneedlordisengag-
removeandservicethecontrolsur, andcortunandthenecessary bank in{ andre.enAa,qln{ theauloDllot.
faceser"'rosxrithoul derigArnA th€sur- andpitch to captureandtrackIrC FlightDrrerld iom"mandbars
la(t conlrolcaDles. andglideslope beamsforprecision remainsFrchronizedto aircralt
(Note:TheJollouingmod,es maA approach€s. Fornon'precision attitudeforsmoothrcrnga{ement
bee^gaged. d.unngmar.uallighl approaches, thes]stem€xffutes ottheAutopllol uponrcleasa ot lhe
]ullthonIAtheFlightDircctorIFD) CWSbutton.

Performance
options
Supplementrnq theKF.c200s climbor descentto a presetaltilude.
capabilities.
lheKEA346Servord andan auraltoneis sounded300feet
EncodingAltimeterand theKAS297 aboveor b€low,andupon
A.ltitudepreselector ' reachinA
andAlerteroffer theselected altllude.
accuratealtitudepreselfftand TheKEA346alsoprovidesencoded
alerting. altitudeto ATCtransponders for altl
Duringclimbor desaent,enterthe tudercportrn{capabililV. TSOd lo
destredlaveloffaltitudewith themn- 50.000feel,tFeuhit disbhlsalti.
centricknobslabeled"Set,"andarm tudesto 50.000feetin loo:footlncrc-
thes)stembypresslng tle -Arm" mentson acounlerdrum. A polnter
bullon.fu t})eaircraltapproaches ontie instrumentsface mdrcates the
theprcsetaltitude.theautopilot pmisealtitudeonacontinuous, cir-
smoollv chances theaimlanes Ditch cular I .ooGtootscale.Thealtimeter
attltude:Then."when thepftset;lt i- stttingisdlsplayed in bothml[ibars
tudeis reached, thes'stemgoes rnto andinchesoimercury. ln theevent
altitudeholdmode. Altitudealertin{ o[apowerfallure.a strip€dwamlng
p€rFARgl.5lis provided during llagcovers lhecounlerdrum.
Thesumofttreparts
VORLOCRNAVDdiation
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Panel-mounted
displays
andcontrols
TheKA285lltegml ModeAnnunciatorcontinuouslyupdatesthe
pilotons]s(emoperaring sratus.shoMngoperaling
modes and
modes'armrd" oriorlo caDrure.ThedlsDlav
Includes
ln(eera.l
markerbeacon iighls.rrlmfallunwaming-andau(omaric'brighG
nesscontrol.

TheKI256FIiAhtConmandkldicalor.t}teFliAhrDirecror's com-
mandinstruIrienr.ls alsofte Dilor'sbaslcattit-ude,/horizon
rcference
indicator.
Thecommand V-barisdesigned roaulomatlcally rerract
whennomodes areselecled.

TheKI525AHorizontalSituationIndicatordisDla\,s constantlv,
slavedAno magne tic head Inglniormarlon.The uses
ii-lor the'Head-
ingSelFct'knob to positionre'Headlng BuA-onfie HSLfius
referencinEtheaircralt heading tobeflo$n.The'courseSelecr "
lmobis usid lo choosea VORLOCfrNAVcourst.
Gljdeslopedevialion is sho$rlonbothsidesof theinsrrumenr face
whene!,era validqlidrslopr srgnaijsrecejved.
TheAlideslope canbe
caplured fromab-ove or bilowiforqreatrrmnvenieicewhin beinq
veatoredforlo(alizer interceprlon6na righrILSapprmch.TO "
FROMindicator andNAVa;d Headlng;/am lngiugs aff aiso
disDlawdon theHSL

Thel(C 290ModeCont$ller Drovides Dush-buttonselectionof all


modas.A VerticalTrim featureoffersmn'
FlightDirector/Autopilot
venlionalpilaha||iluderflm.buralsopermitsalliludeadiusrmenls
whilein dieAlrirudeHoldmode-wtrhbutdisrurbino |he!'elecLed
FllghlDirec(ormodeordisengaging tle Autopilor.Thecompact
KC"290litseasilvin mostDan"els"arid
Dedestals.

TheKC2gLYamMode ContmUeris instatteOrvitfrtheKC290Mode


Controllerwhenevertheoptional (rudder)axisis includedin
fie s,slem.Theyawa{s iswired'aw
loauromalically engagewhen
lheAuropllotlsanqaqed.The!"w dampermaybadl*rigagedwlth
eithertla KC291o'rft€ Autopllotdlsconnect.
TheKC291alsopermitsindep€ndent operationof theYawDam'
perModewhentheAutopilotis not engaged.

TheKC295night Compute!,tle "brain'behindtheentireFlight


ControlS)Etem,providescomputedpitch androllcommandsto the
FlightCommandIndicator'sV-bar.Smallenoughto mountalmost
anir/hereon$eaircrafl.il fearures solid-sulc-componenrs onpluA-
in i ircuirboardsroenhance reliability
andserviceabl-tiry.fte entlF
sJstemoperateson 14or 28voltsDC,eliminatingtheneedfor an
eiitemalailectrical
inverter.In addition.a solid'stitealtitudesensor
is includedin thecomputer,providinganaccurateandreliabl€
AltitudeHoldcaDabilitv.

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