User manual

Aerosoft PBY Catalina 1.00 Manual
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• Buttons 0 -7: Used to enter the 4 digit transponder code. If a full 4 digit code has not been
entered and 4 seconds have elapsed since the last button press, the transponder will revert
to the previous set code.
• CLR button: Used to clear code entry if a wrong digit has been entered. Press the CLR button
and re-enter the full 4 digit code once more. After having pressed the CLR button the
previous code will be shown on the display.
• VFR button: Used to set the transponder to the VFR code 1200. The left 3 digit number is the
current flight level marked with “FL”. Flight level is your altitude in hundreds of feet, in
reference to a barometric setting of 29.92 “Hg or 1013 mbar. 075 equal 7500 feet pressure
altitude. Pressure altitude is NOT true altitude.
The right 4 digits are the current transponder code or the code that is being entered with the 0-7
buttons. The flashing “R” indicates when the transponder is sending a reply to an interrogation.
Bendix King KR 87 ADF
receiver.
To switch the KR 87 ADF
receiver on, click on the
power knob. The display
will show the active ADF
frequency to the left and
the standby frequency to
the right. The outer (large)
knob will increase / decrease
the 1,000th and the 100th numbers. The inner (small) knob will increase / decrease the 10th and the
1 digit numbers.
Pressing the FREQ/--- button will swap the active frequency with the standby frequency.
Pressing the FLT/ET button will call up the Flight timer - indicated by “FLT” in the upper right corner.
The flight timer indicates time elapsed since the KR 87 was turned on, and can be used to display
total flight time. Subsequent pressing of the FLT/ET, will toggle the display between Flight Time and
Elapsed Time - indicated by “ET” in the lower right corner. When in ET mode, pressing the SET/RST
button will reset the ET timer to zero, thus making it available as a count up timer. When in FLT or ET
mode, the active ADF frequency can be set directly with the outer and inner knobs.
Keeping the SET/RST button pressed for 2 seconds will invoke the countdown timer. “ET” will start to
flash and the countdown minutes can be set with the outer (large) knob, While the seconds can be
set with the inner (small) knob - max setting is 59:59. After having set the timer, press the SET/RST
button and the timer will start to count down from the preset time. During countdown, the active
ADF frequency can be set with the outer and inner knobs. When the countdown timer reaches 00:00