Originally Posted by
SASless
If one was sat their feet back, doing anything but being close to the controls and both AP's went on strike together at the same time.....yes there would be a diversion from straight and level no doubt.
If you were feet and hands on the controls when that happened.....yes....the diversion would occur.
How big the diversion would depend upon the reaction time of the Pilot "flying" the machine be it by buttons or by human appendages.
Add a complete and instantaneous loss of AP's and everything but standby/emergency instruments.....it would get interesting.
To be IMC when it happened....would be really interesting.
if memory serves me right, there was a S-76 (a C+, I think) operated by AMEX, or GE, or IBM in the Northeast that suffered a dual generator failure while in IMC conditions - it took all they had to recover and continue flight. Things get VERY sporty without APs while in the clouds...