JHansen

Hey RodTod,

I agree with you, the KAP 140 SUCKS! It is most confusing to operate and not intuitive at all. Others on this forum saying it must be you obviously don't own the A2A 172. I don't believe there's anything wrong with A2A's modeling of it, it's just does not operate like other FSX Autopilots in any of the other aircraft I've flown.

Frankly it takes a wonderfully implemented aircraft by A2A and makes it where I don't want to fly it, I certainly would not recommend it solely because of the KAP 140 is very difficult to operate/understand.

I happened to have just flown the A2A 172 for about an hour last night, and the autopilot worked fine (in GPS mode). I began by loading the FSX default 172, then switched to the A2A 172. I had some trouble engaging the autopilot, but discovered that if I held the AP button down for a second or two, instead of just tapping the button, the autopilot would engage.

I really want to like this plane...but I cant! I have read and read and read the manual, searched the forums, googled all the way until i got the "End of the Internet" message, and I cannot find a way to make the C172 A2A planes Autopilot work right. You cannot tell me in a real C172, you hit the Autopilot button and the plane shoots straight up like a rocket before plummeting to earth. There would be Cessnas falling out of the sky like splotches from a flock of seagulls. How do you make the autopilot on the A2A C 172 work right!?!?! $50 bucks for what...TOTAL FRUSTRATION!

If there is actually a problem where the autopilot is simply not functioning properly, it might help to first load the FSX default Cessna 172, then switch to the A2A C172. If that doesn't work, I'd bring it up on the A2ASimulations C172 forum, where they are very heipful.