Garmin G3X Touch Pilot’s Guide 190-01754-00 Rev. E240AFCSSystemOverviewFlightInstrumentsEISCNSInterfaceGPSNavigationFlightPlanningHazardAvoidanceAdditionalFeaturesAFCSAnnun/AlertsAppendixIndexCONTROL WHEEL STEERING (CWS) (OPTIONAL)NOTE: Not all third party autopilot units support Control Wheel Steering(CWS).Control Wheel Steering allows the aircraft to be hand-flown without disengagingthe AFCS. Press and hold the autopilot unit’s CWS Button (if equipped) to temporarilydisengage the pitch and roll servos from the flight control surfaces and hand-fly theaircraft. The G3X Touch autopilot control is synchronized to the aircraft attitude duringControl Wheel Steering. The green ‘AP’ annunciation is temporarily replaced by a white‘CW’ for the duration of Control Wheel Steering maneuvers.In most scenarios, releasing the CWS Button reengages the Autopilot with a newreference. Refer to (Vertical Modes) and (Lateral Modes) for Control Wheel Steeringbehavior in each mode.G3X TOUCH AFCS STATUS BOXThe AFCS status box displays Autopilot (AP), Optional Yaw Damper (YD), and FlightDirector (FD) mode annunciations on the PFD. When a third party autopilot unit isengaged and the G3X Touch is issuing commands to it, lateral and vertical modesare displayed. When a third party autopilot unit is engaged but it is operating in astandalone mode (i.e., not responding to the G3X Touch commands), the Autopilotstatus (AP) is displayed; however, the lateral/vertical modes are not displayed.Autopilot (AP) status is displayed on the far left of the G3X Touch Autopilot StatusBox. Lateral modes are displayed in the center, and vertical modes are displayed onthe right. Armed modes are displayed in white and active in green.
