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Old 29th Apr 2005, 16:52
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IO540
 
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That autopilot functionality has been about for a little while - even I have it (down to Cat 1 i.e. 200ft, officially)

Auto throttle is a complicated bit of kit and I would be suprised if somebody did it in a piston GA plane soon. One reason, I guess, is that when one has an autopilot which is tracking a programmed VS or an ILS, one has a low cockpit workload anyway and it is trivial to adjust the airspeed using simply the throttle.
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