Automatic Pilot. An apparatus, operated by gyroscopes, which automatically moves the flying controls of an aeroplane to keep it on an even keel and on a fixed course.
AUTOMATIC PILOT (AUTOPILOT) - A gyroscopically stabilized system maintaining an aircraft in level flight at predetermined heading and altitude.
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It was equipped with the first automatic pilot and the first efficient wing flaps, for added lift during takeoff and added drag during landing. However, for all its advancements, only one DC-1 was ever built.
A flight control system incorporating an automatic pilot with additional systems such as a VOR coupler, an ILS approach coupler, and an internal navigation system that is fully automatic, so the aircraft can be flown in a completely automatic mode.
Automatic pilot and gun turrets
Shock absorption systems and valve lifter systems
Dive, landing, speed and flap brakes
Pitch changing mechanism, spoilers on flaps
Bomb bay doors and bomb displacement gears ...
 See also: Aviation, Navigation, Flight, Pilot, Landing
  
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