Page 8 - October 23

In order to install the autothrottle and/ or Autoland features, the aircraft must have the latest version of the G1000 NXi avionics package.
what is happening and what they should do ... if anything; 7700 is squawked by the transponder and automatic messages are transmitted to ATC advising what is occurring. The system checks for suitable airports with longer runways, checks fuel remaining and terrain, plans a flight to the airport’s final approach fix, reduces power appropriately and makes a safe descent, activates Engine Anti-Ice, lowers approach flaps, landing gear and full flaps when appropriate, turns on landing and taxi lights, follows basically an LPV approach to the runway, flares and pulls power to idle at 45 feet above the runway, uses rudder and ailerons to compensate for any crosswind, steers on the centerline
and applies brakes until stopped (no use of Beta or Reverse). Finally, it shuts off fuel to both engines after coming to a stop.
Did you notice one thing the AL system does not do? It does not adjust the cabin altitude setting on the pressurization controller. If the pilot has used my suggested technique of setting the controller for landing when still in cruise, this will be insignificant if the emergency airport is close to the elevation of the destination airport. On the other hand, if the controller is set for sea level yet AL selects an airport high in the mountains, then expect a sudden cabin climb when the strut compresses on touchdown. Vice versa, if the controller had not been
“I sat in amaze- ment as the right wing dropped and the left rudder moved forward to give us a very nice touchdown.”
6 • KING AIR MAGAZINE
OCTOBER 2023