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Setting Autopilot Pitch

This simvar - AP_PITCH_REF_SET - seems to indicate that the autopilot can be commanded to a specific pitch. I have tried using it with no success. Am I wrong about its purpose? If not, how is it used?

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FlyingRaccoon answered

Hello @chuckv @MartynJF

This event expects a value going from -16383 to 16383 and is then interpolated using the autopilot max_pitch parameter to get degrees.

@Nocturne FYI

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Sylvain

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MartynJF answered

I've been able to set the pitch reference with that eventID but the input values are strange. Inputting a value of 15000 resulted in a pitch of approx. 10 degrees. That is from a WASM gauge.

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chuckv answered

Ok, thanks to both of you for an answer.

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