Originally Posted by
212man
With the AP drop out, then of course fly the aircraft and follow the QRH - which says decouple the Flight Director,
If during Non SAR mission
- Continue flight attentive do not exceed Vne-27 KIAS in level flight, or 100 KIAS and 1000 fpm in climb.
- Decouple FD (
below 500 ft (152 m) AGL fly manually) unless in approach, missed approach,AFCS approach and departure to/from hover and hover
As another pprune user usually says, just start the clock and don't touch anything...
