Originally Posted by
The Dominican
Question: if autopilot and autothrottles were engaged, does manual input disengage the A/P?
The A/T will not disengage if you override it, to be able to apply full thrust and have them stay there, the A/T need to be disconnected.
Does the 767 do anything like this? Or can you hold enough back pressure to maintain an altitude without A/P disconnect?
The 76 has weak servos on the A/P system, you can override it and make control inputs, but the A/P will eventually disconnect if the inputs are extreme.
So it is possible to select a slower speed and altitude and hold manual control input to maintain prior altitude until the aircraft slows? And if autothrottles engaged would advance as the speed slowed to bug?
What about if the flight spoilers were extended?