Autopilot

The autopilot panel controls Infinite Flight's autopilot from the phone. Open it by tapping the Autopilot tile on the right of the cockpit screen.

The panel#

Changing a value#

The ALT, VS, SPD and HDG cells each have a swipe strip. Drag right to raise the value and left to lower it. The faster you swipe, the faster it changes, so a slow drag fine-tunes one step at a time (100 ft, 100 fpm, 1 kt or 1°). Tap the value to turn that mode on or off.

Turn 180#

Swipe right on the HDG cell to reveal Turn 180°, which sets the heading to the reciprocal, useful for holding or a return.

Disengage#

The red Disengage AP button turns the autopilot off at once.

Arm, then engage#

SkyYoke follows the Boeing 777 mode control panel. With the autopilot master off, pressing a mode only arms it: the cell turns white and reads ARMED. When you press AP, every armed mode engages together. This lets you set up the climb on the ground and engage it all after takeoff.

Quick engage from the cockpit#

Hold the Autopilot tile on the cockpit screen for 0.8 seconds to engage or disengage the autopilot without opening the panel.

Managed and open modes Airbus Boeing#

On Airbus and Boeing aircraft, tapping ALT or SPD selects the open mode and holding it selects the managed mode, with a Cost Index page and SkyYoke's own auto-thrust. See Managed and open modes.

Safety nets#

• Engage autopilot on disconnect (on by default) turns on the autopilot if the connection drops or you leave the app, so the aircraft is not left uncontrolled. See Settings.
• Sync heading bug in LNAV keeps the heading target following the route while LNAV flies it, so disengaging LNAV does not turn the aircraft.