Century I autopilot instructions?

[John Benjamin]

Our 182Q has a Century 1 autopilot but we have no manual for it. Can anyone
give me an overview of how the two knobs on the turn and bank indicator are
used?

thanks, John

[Michael Gillespie]

For the best info, obtain a free copy of "Manual 68S72" from:

Century Flight Systems
PO Box 610
Municipal Airport
Mineral Wells TX 76067

The left knob is the "Roll Trim Control". It provides fine trim
adjustment to stop heading drift.

The right knob is the "Turn Command Control". The detent in the middle is
for level flight. Turn it either left or right to establish and hold up
to a standard rate turn.

Michael.

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[Brant Hohnstein]

I downloaded the instruction manual for my Century I last month at
http://www.centuryflight.com Unfortunatly when I just now went to check out
this URL it did not work. Give it a try in a day or two.

Brant Hohnstein

"John Benjamin" <john...@ZZZhome.com> wrote in message
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> Our 182Q has a Century 1 autopilot but we have no manual for it. Can
anyone
> give me an overview of how the two knobs on the turn and bank indicator
are
> used?
>

> thanks, John
>
>

[Mark S. Jennings]

> Our 182Q has a Century 1 autopilot but we have no manual for it. Can
anyone
> give me an overview of how the two knobs on the turn and bank indicator
are
> used?

You are supposed to have an approved flight manual supplement in your POH.
If you don't, you are technically illegal as it is part of the certification
of the unit.

Still a good idea to get as many docs from Century as you can.

- Mark

[BARR DOUG]

I have a Century I on my Husky. It is a course tracker/wing leveler only.
It will make slight turns and stay on track. These are called Single Axis.
Mine is a 1996 model. The "brains" are in the Turn and Bank and there
are a couple of switches. I suspect your servos are in your wings.
It does not do altitude select or altitude hold. It will not track a
glideslope, (but will track the localizer).

The right hand knob, when the unit is set to track a course from the VOR,
GPS or DG heading bug, should be pushed in. If you pull it out, you can
now turn the airplane to the right or to the left using the knob, which
then causes the servos to turn the aircraft. Set it for a standard rate
turn and the airplane will hold standard rate until you move it!

The left hand knob "trims" the autopilot to the right or left. Mine does
not seem to do anything at all though, turn it all the way left and all
the way right, nothing happens. I believe it has a "In for high sensitivity"
and "out for low sensitivity". Doesn't make any difference that I have
found.

Of course you have an on and off switch and a switch to select the tracking
device, I suspect that is different than on my Husky. Mine will track the
GPS or the VOR, will not track the DG. (Though there is a way through the
GPS to get it to do a track from any point, similar to tracking the DG though)

Anyway that is how mine works.

Oh, one more thing, see if you can find a pullable circuit breaker that
will disconnect the autopilot and probably the Turn and Bank. It should
be labeled autopilot or T & B.

Hope that helps.

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[J.Masino/T.Larson]

Michael Gillespie <mich...@flying-colors.org> wrote:
: The left knob is the "Roll Trim Control". It provides fine trim

: adjustment to stop heading drift.

: The right knob is the "Turn Command Control". The detent in the middle is
: for level flight. Turn it either left or right to establish and hold up
: to a standard rate turn.

Plus, if yours is equipped with the Tracker option (tracks the NAV radios)
you push the right button in, to put it in track mode (as opposed to wings
level mode).

-- Jay
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[Joel Williams]

John Benjamin wrote:

> Our 182Q has a Century 1 autopilot but we have no manual for it. Can anyone
> give me an overview of how the two knobs on the turn and bank indicator are
> used?
>

> thanks, John

You can download it from:
http://www.centuryflight.com/manuals/68S72.pdf

Joel Williams
N26793

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