Originally Posted by
bonesbrigade
I can tell you first hand that the SYNC Button DEFINITELY DOES NOT DO THAT!!!!!
So we are going into OKC. WIth a VERY senior captain.
Literally the conversation...
"Hey cap, this dude on the internet says that if you have the autopilot on and then hold the sync button, you can turn and pitch the plane and when you let go then the AP will hold it."
Capt: "Well you know we have to try it."
AP on, I receive a turning vector with a descent... Grab the SYNC button, bank the airplane, after 20deg heading change get the aileron flag, let go, and the plane snaps back to the bugged heading with a waggling motion.
Don't go try this at home kids, galaxy flyer is wrong!
He isn't wrong, that's how it works in his airplane and mine, it does not however work that way in the CRJ. The SYNC button in the RJ only SYNCs the flight director to current conditions when hand flying with the flight director.