How to fly with the Garmin GFC 500 Autopilot - Sporty's Flight Training Tips

This week's tip takes a look at the essential features of Garmin's popular GFC 500 autopilot, including how to turn it on and use airspeed, vertical speed, altitude and heading modes.
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[@nathanhightower595]

thanks big dawg

[@lorendjones]

It would be nice if Garmin was consistent with using IAS or FLC for the speed mode on their autopilots.

[@PhilLauter]

What is FLC.?

[@svenf1]

Flight level change, used to climb. It does the same as IAS, which seems to be Garmin’s choice of labeling the button now as it’s clearly more intuitive.