Originally Posted by
satsuma
A reminder of where the CAA stood on automation couple of years ago
Satsuma thanks for this.
in May 2011 an AS 332L2 under instrument flight rules unexpectedly pitched up and lost airspeed to capture and maintain the demanded rate of climb
The above incident has no doubt been discussed already but could someone remind me how an L2 losses airspeed in this situation. The driver punches in a desired ROC (is that normal, why wouldn't he simply select altitude) and the system doesn't mind how much airspeed is traded-off? Doesn't the AP have a parameter which prevents airspeed from dropping below a certain minimum irrespective of the ROC selected?