mwkramer
Filing Flight Plan
Hi first post here. I'm a low hour pilot just 115 hours or so and only hour 5 with the KAP 140 w/Alt in this 182.
On a recent flight from KLXT to KCID I got to altitude straight and level and on course. I engaged the KAP 140 in nav (its coupled to a Garmin 750) mode with alt holding. After twenty minutes of normal flight we begin a slow right hand turn. I kill the ap and put us back on course and start the ap again. No problems for a few minutes then it drifts slow to the left then slow to the right back on course. Another ten minutes goes by and it starts the drift to right again. This time it doesn't stop and I let it go to see what its up to. After we where off course by 20 miles I reset it again and put us back on course. In two subsequent flights I had similar issues and resolved by manually resetting and voila everything worked out in the end.
Any ideas whats going on? Is this just normal KAP 140 wonkyness?
Thanks for any help you can offer!
On a recent flight from KLXT to KCID I got to altitude straight and level and on course. I engaged the KAP 140 in nav (its coupled to a Garmin 750) mode with alt holding. After twenty minutes of normal flight we begin a slow right hand turn. I kill the ap and put us back on course and start the ap again. No problems for a few minutes then it drifts slow to the left then slow to the right back on course. Another ten minutes goes by and it starts the drift to right again. This time it doesn't stop and I let it go to see what its up to. After we where off course by 20 miles I reset it again and put us back on course. In two subsequent flights I had similar issues and resolved by manually resetting and voila everything worked out in the end.
Any ideas whats going on? Is this just normal KAP 140 wonkyness?
Thanks for any help you can offer!