greghughes
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I have a 75 Piper Warrior with a Autocontrol III autopilot (roll axis) that works quite well. I recently installed an Icarus SAM GPS roll-steering computer (along with a bunch of other cool stuff). But the autopilot and all related systems are the same as came with the plane. The Icarus SAM is a great device, lots of cool capabilities when integrated with the GPS (in my case a Garmin GNS 480) and audio panel (and potentially with other systems in the plane to annunciate statuses).
My problem: I am trying to configure the Icarus SAM roll steering computer to work with the autopilot, and am trying to determine what settings to use. The Autocontrol is an attitude-based autopilot, but does anyone know with certainty if it is an AC or DC autopilot? I need to "tell" the Icarus system which it is. The service manual for the autopilot discusses AC conversion and three amplifiers, and conversion of signals back to DC -- so I am a bit lost (especially since I don't fully understand how the signaling works and where).
If anyone's done a similar setup and can share settings and configuration, I'd sure appreciate it. Thanks!
My problem: I am trying to configure the Icarus SAM roll steering computer to work with the autopilot, and am trying to determine what settings to use. The Autocontrol is an attitude-based autopilot, but does anyone know with certainty if it is an AC or DC autopilot? I need to "tell" the Icarus system which it is. The service manual for the autopilot discusses AC conversion and three amplifiers, and conversion of signals back to DC -- so I am a bit lost (especially since I don't fully understand how the signaling works and where).
If anyone's done a similar setup and can share settings and configuration, I'd sure appreciate it. Thanks!
