PILOT’S GUIDE Retrofit Autopilot Systems

PILOT'S GUIDE . Retrofit Autopilot Systems Buyer's GUIDE B y P a u l N o v a c e k Continuing work by the Sperry Autopilots come in many A Little History Corp. during and after the It all began with an invention different forms, but they developed by Elmer Sperry in the war, as well as Minneapolis . Honeywell and other manufactur- all perform the same task, early 1900s the gyroscope. This device uses a spinning ers, further refined the Autopilot , which is to relieve the mass that keeps its orientation making the components lighter, while an airplane moves around smaller and more capable. Over pilot from the sometimes- it, which is the basic principle the years, advances in electron- ics technology made it possible mundane task of flying the underlying today's artificial hori- for autopilots to land an airplane zon gyro. aircraft. They accomplish Originally designed to help under zero-visibility conditions.

- 58 - PILOT’S GUIDE Continued on page 60… Autopilots come in many different forms, but they all perform the same task, which is to relieve the

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