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Old 27th Mar 2018, 16:15
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CaptainMongo
 
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Altitude capture mode.

Why was the the auto pilot control law for altitude capture designed to be apparent to the pilots (FMA “ALT*”) and not transparent - the aircraft transitioning from the vertical path to capturing the selected altitude with the FMA changing directly to “ALT” ?
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