GFC 500 in-flight demo

[WannFly]

pretty cool feature demo.. i wish they actually show that the aircraft will not stall instead of just mentioning it....

 

[Salty]

Kind of hard to prove a negative.

 

[chartbundle]

It's pretty easy to demonstrate, command a 500FPM climb and reduce power, either it stalls or it drops the nose.

It's a fun demo to do with CFIs who don't use autopilots in small planes much(well, the autopilots that will happily put you into a stall). Also I enjoy showing them how the autopilot also happily disconnect after running out of trim and give you a fun time trying to re-trim and hold the yoke to keep the plane under control.

 

[asicer]

It's pretty easy to demonstrate, command a 500FPM climb and reduce power, either it stalls or it drops the nose.

Why 500? Cram the power, press the FD button, dial up 2000FPM then hit the AP button.

 

[chartbundle]

Why 500? Cram the power, press the FD button, dial up 2000FPM then hit the AP button.

Personally, when it trims the airplane all the way into a stall I'd rather have it be a little more benign than a full power power-on stall. Why yes I usually fly King autopilots that happily stall the plane not one of these fancy ones with envelope protection.

 

[WannFly]

The point is not to stall, at least that’s what Garmin is claiming. I am guessing it will sacrifice altitude and not let the plane go into a full on stall, but never flown one with GFC 500, did fly with GFC 700... but CFI kept it off all the time

 

[alfadog]

Vocal fry much?