Originally Posted by
vilas
In a turn it maintains the AoA and bank if within 33°. If in a level, climb or descent stick free it maintains 1g. To elucidate, in a stick free level flight if thrust levers are brought to idle the nose doesn't drop but keeps pitching up trying to maintain 1g path and speed drops.
The manual says "In normal turns (up to 33° of bank), the pilot does not have to make any pitch corrections once the turn is established."
Assuming that they mean maintaining altitude through the turn is the task that the pitch corrections (don't) have to be made for, then... it will maintain altitude. Does it actually do that? If so, then then it's increasing AOA and G, and not maintaining them.