phantom f4e autopilot

[thenikos]

hi everybody,
i own the phantom f4e for long time now but i didn't manage to figure out how the autopilot works.
i enable the yaw roll and pitch stab augments.
i engage the acfs and when i engage the alt, i can get altitude hold.
but when i turn the nav knob to hdg it does not follow the hdg knob position.
2 important things here:
1. i don't speak good english, so reading the manual maybe i missed something
2. i just started 1 week ago with fighter planes, so i have no experience in their logic.
so maybe i should do something else? maybe i didn't turn on an important switch on the plane?
i didn't calibrate the ins because i think it has nothing to do with the hdg. i hope i am not wrong
thank you !!

ps. p3d4.5 hf3 is the version i use.

[Slayer]

I will ask one of the developers for you as I don't currently have this installed. Going off memory I believe the autopilot on has Altitude and Attitude, I don't think it has heading modes.

[thenikos]

thanks slayer

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the nav comp has att hdg tacan and nav comp modes.
i thought the hdg is to follow the hdg bug position. but as you said lets wait to get an answer from the developers.
what is the attitude mode exactly?

[JonathanBleeker]

Slayer is correct. The mode knob is purely for HSI/ADI and gunsight flight director display modes. The autopilot has no heading/course tracking capability.