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Old 4th Aug 2011, 11:08
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takata
 
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Hi A33Zab,
Originally Posted by A33Zab
Can anyone explain this?
Yes. the green curve represents the "selected" altitude recorded by flight Guidance. Each time the FD disengage and re-engage, it will take the current FL as the new value for "selected".... and FD disengages a lot during the first minute!
There is no impact on flight controls without AP. There is also another graph with Mach "selected", same thing.
PJ2 already explained that a few dozen pages ago!
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