User manual
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Aircraft Operation Manual
Piper Cheyenne I, IA, II, IIXL
For ight simulation use only
TRIMBLE 2000 APPROACH PLUS GPS
Introduction
The Piper Cheyenne is not exactly a new aircraft. Most of them were built duri-
ng the 70s and 80s of the last century. The models in this package represent the
Piper Cheyenne as it was built from 1981 on. By that time, modern navigation sy-
stems like GPS (introduced 1995) didn‘t exist and navigation on general aviation
aircraft was done using common NAV radios and ADFs.
Today, the situation is different. GPS receivers are very common on general avi-
ation aircraft and so, it‘s necessary to have such a device on the Cheyenne too.
Our choice was the Trimble 2000 Approach Plus which is one of the earlier GPS
receivers for aircraft. It doesn‘t come with a moving map, like modern devices do,
but it has all functions available that are necessary for navigation today:
• Updatable navigation database
• Terminal procedures (SIDs , STARs and Approaches)
• Holdings
• DME arcs (as part of terminal procedures)
• Procedure turns (as part of terminal procedures)
• User-dened waypoints
• Flight plan storage
All these major functions are available in the simulated GPS in the Cheyenne pa-
ckage too. There are some differences though. A list of those can be found in the
chapter „Simulation vs. Reality“.
For a full description of all functions available in theTrimble 2000 Approach Plus
GPS, consult the separate original reference manual. This reference manual is
available free of charge here:
ftp://stcpub2:austin@24.227.190.27/Publications/2000plus/82877.PDF