T.C.S. use clarification

[arb65912]

Gentlemen,

 

Could anybody explain it in more details? Below is the description from manual.

 

When exactly I would use that feature ( after assigning the button or key to the function) ?

 

Thank you.

 

Cheers, AJ 

 

T.C.S. CAPTION -

Shows the TCS push button is pressed. TCS is the

Touch Control Steering, that allows the pilot to take

control of the aircraft to manually change aircraft attitude

without dissengaging autopilot system.

This is a button is not present inside the 3D of the

plane but the user have to assign to a joystick button. It is located inside Joystick&Equipment

menu in xplane, inside autopilot area, and is called Control_wheel_steer.

When the servos of the autopilot are on, even a simple HDG mode is selected, it will control the

pitch of the plane. So to modify it, pilot has to press this CWS (TCS) button to exit momentarily

from autopilot without disconnecting it. Once you unpress the CWS button, the plane will catch

the old (or new) commanded autopilot mode.

[steven winslow]

Andrzej,

 

Here are a couple of links to some information that might shed a little more light on use of TCS:

 

http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/10462-control-wheel-steering.html

 

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/tech_ops/read.main/201248/

 

And this quote from this link:   http://www.aopa.org/pilot/features/2002/pattern0204.html

 

"Depending on the autopilot, there are other modes to learn. Control wheel steering (CWS), sometimes called touch control steering (TCS), lets you momentarily disengage the autopilot and hand-fly. You might use it while you fly around a buildup or make a big heading change. The feature is most often activated by depressing a button on the control yoke. The autopilot's disengaged as long as you hold the button down; release it, and the airplane returns to autopilot control."

 

Hope this helps!

 

[arb65912]

Hi Steve, 

 

Thank you very much for the links, I will read the related material but what I have meant is how to physically do it in case on JS32  while on autopilot if you or anybody else have tried it yet.

 

Cheers, AJ 

[pcartier1960]

I use it to set the climb rate of the aircraft, when climbing on autopilot and I decide to change the climb rate a little I press (TCS) set the new climb rate and release (TCS) the autopilot  will maintain my new climb. 

note: (TCS) is assigned to my joystick button.

[arb65912]

Thank you very much pcartier1960, this is exactly what was asking about. I will try it tonight. cheers, AJ 

[Cooley]

I also use the TCS to set an altitude on a non-precision app.  Our ops manual required level off at even hundred altitudes and if the MDA was lower I would use TCS to fine tune my altitude.  For example, non-precision app MDA was 680 ft.  I would level off at 700 ft, then use the TCS to lower the aircraft by 20 ft.

[arb65912]

I just tested TCS and it works great.     Thank you all for the input. Cheers, AJ 

[cruster]

For my own edification, does the TCS in the JS32 operate like the force-release does in the BK-117? In the helo, I hit the button my joystick (which is mapped to the force control release function), move the control surfaces to where I want them, then release the button and now the autopilot holds everything in the new orientation. Same deal for the Jetstream?

[Cooley]

Yes, it performs the same function

[cruster]

Thanks, Cooley, for the verification. Now to figure out a way to have the same button mapped to different things in different aircraft. LOL.