User Guide

Garmin G1000 AFCS Pilot’s Guide for Beechcraft A36/G36
190-00609-00 Rev. B
9-6
FD OPERATION
AFCS Status Bar
Flight Director mode annunciations are displayed on
the PFD, whenever the Flight Director is active. Figure
9.2.1 shows each individual AFCS Status Bar field. Roll
modes are displayed on the left side and pitch modes are
displayed on the right. Armed modes are displayed in
white and active modes are displayed in green. Refer to
Section 9.3 for Flight Director mode information.
Command Bars
Upon activation, the Flight Director displays command
bars on the PFD. Figure 9.2.2 shows the command bars.
The command bars move together vertically to indicate
pitch commands, and will bank left or right to indicate
roll commands. If the attitude information being sent to
the Flight Director becomes invalid or unavailable, the
command bars are removed from the display.
Figure 9.2.2 Command Bars
Flight Director Limitations
The maximum commanded pitch and roll attitudes
are limited to values established during AFCS certifica-
tion. Maximum commanded pitch and roll rates are also
limited. Pitch commands are limited to 20 degrees nose
up and 15 degrees nose down. Roll commands are lim-
ited to 22 degrees of bank and a 5 degrees/second bank
rate. Limits may be different from these values in certain
modes, as noted in the section for the mode operation.