Originally Posted by
Sir Korsky
I'm not sure if there are any helicopters certified with VNAV. Seems like an opulent expensive install. If there are, please educate me.
Does Airbus' "Rig'N Fly" count (as VNAV, not opulent expensive install)? It can't be used for en-route vertical guidance, but it will fly the step-down changes and deceleration automatically and then up and into the hold all based on the numbers the user plugs into the FMS. The functionality compared to VNAV is the same, but its compressed only into the last few NM of the flight rather than the whole thing.