Two buttons in the caravan

adomeitus

Hi, I'm just wondering a couple of very basic questions - I can't find this info in the manual or the POH. Firstly, what does the GA button on the throttle actually do, specifically with a gtn750 integrated? I can't see any annunciation related to go around. Secondly, what is the intended function of the right -hand button on the yoke (silver back, black button)? It seems to move the vertical mode of the autopilot into pitch mode but I'm wondering if there's more to it.

Thank you!

adomeitus

And another less basic question - is there a variable that I can use in spad to use the trim buttons on the yoke, rather than moving the trim wheel directly, which is what the simconnect trim variables do?

RPGamerous

@adomeitus I think Black Square has said in another post that the GA button in the Caravan doesn't do anything, although I don't recall why. I believe in the other Black Square aircraft it triggers the flight director to command pitch up. Regarding the trim buttons on the yoke, I haven't been able to find a way to specifically bind them (using Axis and Ohs) -- I can only find the bindings for the trim wheel. So I bind the buttons with them and just call it good.

adomeitus

Thank you! I've figured out the other button is the cws button. Does anyone have a method to use spad to hold this button down if I hold a button down on my joystick?

Edit: figured it out, use lvar:var_PikotCws_IsDown

jmarkows

Usually in BlackSquare products the GA button functionality depends on what GNS unit you have installed (and thus which autopilot is working under the hood), but in the case of the Caravan, there's no flight director, so GA mode doesn't do anything.