Punkalouver
My Questions 1 & 2 and your reply 1 & 2.
They were rhetorical questions directed to TheBusFlyer. Upon reflection maybe I should have been less obtuse, so here is a more direct reframing of the questions.
1) If FLCH is capable of direct control of V/s in the manner you are proposing, what could an independent VS input contribute that the FLCH cannot?
2) Is it possible to select FLCH and VS mode simultaneously. (note V/s is a parameter and VS is a command)
To end the pain I will supply the answers. 1) Nothing 2) You can’t
Punka, thanks for your input, we are on the same page. Further to your explanations and to address
Uplinkers problem with the concept of half and half; he may not understand that in days of yore when auto throttles had hands and sat behind the pilots that was how it was done. Autopilot would look after path and pilot or FEO would handle the thrust. Not commenting on the efficacy of philosophies, just pointing out that nothing much in this world is out of the ordinary or necessarily weird,
Maui