Timeline for Why do airliners on autopilot climb during cruise?
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| Aug 17, 2016 at 16:58 | comment | added | Phil Miller | This sounds like a description of a step climb | |
| Jul 3, 2015 at 11:10 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackAviation/status/616927008900182016 | ||
| Jun 30, 2015 at 16:55 | vote | accept | BillDOe | ||
| Jun 30, 2015 at 13:30 | answer | added | Dave | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 8:58 | comment | added | casey | The autopilot does maintain altitude. If they cruise climb it is because it was commanded to climb. It will not drift on its own. | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 8:38 | comment | added | David Richerby | Autopilots maintain cruise altitude much more closely than +/-1000ft! Standard vertical separation is 1000ft or 2000ft so planes would crash into each other if they could only maintain altitude to +/-1000ft. If you look at the flight progress information on the seat-back display, you'll see that airliners typically stay within a few feet of the designated altitude, presumably with more deviation during turbulence. | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 8:30 | history | edited | RedGrittyBrick | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Edited title to more accurately reflect question. Broke text into paragraphs to visually distinguish key points.
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| Jun 30, 2015 at 6:06 | answer | added | Peter Kämpf | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 5:49 | history | asked | BillDOe | CC BY-SA 3.0 |