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altitude hold

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In a flight control system, a control mode in which the barometric altitude existing at time of engagement is maintained automatically.

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5 miles, the pilot depressed the collective trim altitude hold switch.
There's also a built-in digital autopilot with altitude hold and ILS capture, a full air data computer with fuel burn and fuel totalizing functions, a flight planning system and digital monitoring of up to 32 engine gauges.
The system includes a variety of altitude hold and stabilized hover/low-speed control modes.
 
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