Flight Test: Eurocopter EC225 - Puma repowered

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With the dual digital autopilot programmed to intercept the instrument landing system at Marseilles International airport at a 150° angle to the localiser and at high speed, my Eurocopter EC225 overshot the localiser once, slightly, and then captured it. It flew us down at 145kt (270km/h) as programmed, levelled us out at 80ft (25m) and continued down the centre line of the runway....

Flight Test: Eurocopter EC225 - Puma repowered