Originally Posted by
gipsymagpie
Not so much the new AFCS. The Helionix GA is exactly what you want - maintains track, initiates a climb to the preset altitude, holds airspeed, manages NR in the event of OEI and initiates the missed approach in the FMS. Scarily dull. The older AP2000 was awful...it initiated a climb but just held the trimmed roll attitude even if that happened to be 30. Nasty.
It's been a while since I used it (17 years), but I'm pretty sure that in the EC155 the GA function levels the wings. I think it also automatically brought in the 4th axis, if in 3 axis when engaged, to give Vy and 750 fpm