Originally Posted by
TeeS
Hi Gipsy
totally agree with how excellent the autopilot is with helionix but I think the Autopilot is still essentially an AP2000. Happy to be corrected.
Cheers
TeeS
Ah, having woken up and reminded myself not to respond on social media when I have a large G & T in hand, I've re-read the last line of your post and realise I probably misread it, sorry!
This, from the Airbus FOBN, is what I was thinking about:
The BK117 D-2 automatic flight control system (AFCS) is an evolution of the so called APM 2000/2010 AFCS, which was fitted on the EC225, EC135, BK117 C-2, AS365 N3+, etc. The main difference between these autopilots is the physical implementation on the aircraft. The APM 2000 was implemented in a dedicated autopilot computer; the Helionix AFCS is embedded in a dedicated software partition inside the AMCs. In addition, various new functions (such as GTC/GTC.H) and improvements were implemented in the Helionix AFCS.
TeeS
There are many versions of the APM2000 type AP - huge difference for example between the 3 and 4 axis versions of notionally the same thing. I was just appalled when moving from a 4 to 3 axis aircraft at the poor quality of the GA on the 3 axis systems (eg lack of wings level function) and more appalled that most established crews thought it did level the wings (the virtual wings, we are rotary drivers here)!