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7. RADIOSTACK PANEL - USER’S MANUAL SOLO AIRLINER-RS
The VS can be modified at any time with the UP and DN buttons.
• X-Plane: Altitude Hold. If the AP is connected, the aircraft will
maintain the current altitude
• UP and DN: Used to change the vertical speed. Increase or decrease
by 100 ft., respectively, each time they are pressed.
• ALT SEL (Only MFD/P3D) Use to change the desired altitude. By pres-
sing this dial like a push-button, you can choose 1000 ft. or 100 ft.
increments.
Display indications:
Armed modes for roll
: Can be NAV, APR, REV or GS. (Although the latter
belongs to pitch). Armed mode shows a vertical ARM tag to their right.
Active roll modes
: Can be ROL, HDG, NAV, APR or REV:
• ROL: Active level wings.
• HDG: Active heading mode.
• NAV: Radial NAV1 intercepted and following it.
• APR: ILS localizer capture.
• REV: ILS localizer back course capture.
Indicators:
• AP: The master AP switch is connected.
Armed mode for pitch
Can be ALT.
MFS/P3D: When the ALT mode is connected, it initially remains armed
until it is reached.
X-Plane: Cannot be armed, the altitude remains constant when ALT is
connected.
Active pitch modes:
Can be PIT, VS, ALT or GS.
• PIT: Pitch is maintained (occurs when the AP is connected with no
other mode active).
• VS: The altitude mode is armed, but is going up and down to VS selected.
• ALT: Altitude has been reached and maintained.
• GS: the glideslope has been captured.
Alert:
This label is illuminated when the aircraft's altitude is between
1000 ft. and 200 ft. of reaching the desired altitude. It always hap-
pens, even when the AP is disconnected or ALT is not selected, as
a visual help.
7.3. COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION
Definition of buttons
Dial
: Rotate to change the decimal of the frequency in increments of
"0.05" or rotate keeping the dial pressed to change the integers in in-
crements of "1.00".
<> Push-button
: Use to exchange USE and STBY frequencies.