by CFIDave » Tue Feb 20, 2018 5:15 am
Paul wrote:I thought you had to hit NAV. In other words, you push the TOGA button, the autopilot stays connected and pitches up into the command bars and starts to climb (assuming you add power) and GA is annunciated at the top of the PFD. But the autopilot won't sequence until you hit the NAV button, at which point it will follow the missed procedure.
No. One of the big benefits of a newer ESP-equipped GFC700 plane is that the G1000 will continue to sequence with coupled autopilot to fly the missed approach; the GA button doesn't kick off the autopilot. All you have to do after hitting the Go-Around switch on the throttle is to apply full throttle and raise flaps (and gear on Diamond twins), i.e., you eliminate steps 3, 7, and 8 in the instructions I provided earlier in this thread.
Pushing the NAV button is required for non-ESP planes to reengage the autopilot and fly the missed approach procedure to reach the missed approach holding pattern.
[quote="Paul"]I thought you had to hit NAV. In other words, you push the TOGA button, the autopilot stays connected and pitches up into the command bars and starts to climb (assuming you add power) and GA is annunciated at the top of the PFD. But the autopilot won't sequence until you hit the NAV button, at which point it will follow the missed procedure.[/quote]
No. One of the big benefits of a newer ESP-equipped GFC700 plane is that the G1000 will continue to sequence with coupled autopilot to fly the missed approach; the GA button doesn't kick off the autopilot. All you have to do after hitting the Go-Around switch on the throttle is to apply full throttle and raise flaps (and gear on Diamond twins), i.e., you eliminate steps 3, 7, and 8 in the instructions I provided earlier in this thread.
Pushing the NAV button is required for non-ESP planes to reengage the autopilot and fly the missed approach procedure to reach the missed approach holding pattern.