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"For more than a month, I have been working with Torsten Dryer to model these three autopilots that are very common in aircraft manufactured in the 1960s through the late 1980s. The Altimatic IIIc in the SenecaII is a variation on the Century III and uses the same nasal model."
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1.3 KiB
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README.txt
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The Century IIb autopilot model is derived from the Century III development with the
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pitch axis portions removed and a new 3D model in place of the Century III 3D model.
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Required files required not in this folder are:
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Aircraft/Generic/century2b.nas, and
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'your aircraft folder'/Systems/CENTURYIIB.xml (the autopilot configuration).
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The model and cascaded PID controller design attempt to recreate the performance
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and pilot interface described in
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CENTURY(R) FLIGHT SYSTEMS, INC.
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CENTURY IIB
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AUTOPILOT FLIGHT SYSTEM
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PILOT'S OPERATIONG HANDBOOK
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March 1981, 68S75
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This manual is available free as a pdf download from
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www.centuryflight.com.
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Piper Aircraft used this autopilot from the mid 1960's through the mid 1970's.
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It is used by the pa24-250-CIIB in FlightGear and the real pa24-250 N7764P has a
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Century IIB autopilot.
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The pa24-25-CIIB implementation uses the nasal file
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Aircraft/Generic/century2b.nas
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and the following xml files:
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Aircraft/Instruments-3d/Century-IIB/AutopilotMode.xml,
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Aircraft/Instruments-3d/Century-IIB/autopilotModePanel.xml,
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Aircraft/Instruments-3d/Century-IIB/Century-IIB.xml, and
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Aircraft/Instruments-3d/Century-IIB/Century-IIBPanel.xml.
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The autopilot config file is Aircraft/pa24-250/Systems/CENTURYIIB.xml.
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