Originally Posted by
SIDSTAR
CWS means "Control Wheel Steering". Basically, you are flying the a/c 'manually' with the yoke but the signals are sent to the autopilot to actually move the control surfaces.
Thanks, SIDSTAR, for correcting my assumption. Is there a "capture with sync" button on the yoke? Pressing such a button would disengage AP, and releasing it would cause AP to maintain pitch and roll (within limits) at the values they held when the button was released.
Nick