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+=Autopilot Basics=
+Once you are on your desired course , turn the inner part of the HDG dial to that
+course , the outer part of the dial sets the maximum bank angle and is not vital to use at this stage... Once you have set the dial to your desired course click the heading button
+it should lite up yellow indicating that it is now engaged . This will steer the plane
+but will not maintain hight or speed .Do not engage autothrottle ...rather when you have levelled
+out a bit click the VS button (this will maintain your current rate of climb and decent)
+so as soon as you click VS immediatly set the VS dial to zero and then experiment with positive
+or negative rates of climb .Note even if you set the VS dail to zero BEFORE your click VS button
+it will still use your current climb or decent rate when you activate it , so be ready
+to scrable to set it to zero when you click it , and if you try to use VS make sure you are flying reasonably level , it has caught me a few times  , you can change your heading and climb /decent rate while the buttons are engaged which is an ablity that makes it possible to tweak your flight . At this stage it is preferable to operate the throttle manually although
+you can experiment whith the SPD controlls remember that using VS (vertical speed) will require
+you to watch the throttle setting and airspeed VERY CAREFULLY...! Again VS does not set the throttle so using the VS feature will require you to add or subtract throttle as required
+to maintain the desired airspeed !
+(more advanced Auto Pilot tutorial will be posted soon Vaeron)