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Airbus Touts Four-Axis Autopilot on H135 to Improve Navy Training

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Airbus Touts Four-Axis Autopilot on H135 to Improve Navy Training
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ABOVE ATLANTA  — Airbus is touting the four-axis autopilot on the company's twin-engine H135 aircraft as a way to improve Navy training by getting student pilots ready for hazardous, night-time operations over water. Single-axis controls the roll axis, while two-axis adds pitch, three-axis controls yaw, and the four-axis allows autopilot hover via the collective/power control. The H135 is competing against the single-engine Bell [TXT] 407GXi and the Leonardo TH119 single-engine trainer to build 130 training helicopters to replace the Navy's…

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