Pilot's Guide

190-00494-04 Rev. A
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Cessna Citation Mustang
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FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
VERTICAL SPEED INDICATOR (VSI)
The VerticalSpeedIndicator(VSI)displaystheaircraftverticalspeedwithnumericlabelsandtickmarksat
2000and4000fpmineachdirectiononthenon-movingtape.Minortickmarksareatintervalsof1000fpm.
The current vertical speed is displayed in the pointer, which also points to that speed on the non-moving tape.
Digitsappearinthepointerwhentheclimbordescentrateisgreaterthan100fpm.Iftherateofascent/descent
exceeds4000fpm,thepointerappearsatthecorrespondingedgeofthetapeandtherateappearsinsidethe
pointer.
AmagentachevronisdisplayedastheRequiredVerticalSpeedIndication(RVSI)forreachingaVNVTarget
Altitudeoncethe“TOD[TopofDescent]within1minute”alerthasbeengenerated.SeetheFlightManagement
andAFCSsectionsfordetailsonVNVfeatures,andrefertoSection2.2,SupplementalFlightData,formore
informationaboutVNVindicationsonthePFD.
VERTICAL DEVIATION
TheVerticalDeviationIndicator(VDI)usesamagentachevrontoindicatethebaro-VNVverticaldeviation
whenVerticalNavigation(VNV)isbeingused;theVDIappearsinconjunctionwiththe“TODwithin1minute”
alert.Full-scaledeection(twodots)is1000feet.TheVDIisremovedfromthedisplayifverticaldeviation
becomes invalid.See the Flight Management and AFCS sectionsfordetailson VNV features, andreferto
Section2.2,SupplementalFlightData,formoreinformationaboutVNVindicationsonthePFDs.
The GlideslopeIndicatorappearstotheleftoftheAltimeterwheneveranILSfrequencyistunedintheactive
NAVeldandtheaircraftheadingandselectedcoursearewithin107˚AgreendiamondactsastheGlideslope
Indicator,likeaglideslopeneedleonaconventionalindicator.Ifalocalizerfrequencyistunedandthereisno
glideslope,“NOGS”isannunciated.
TheglidepathisanalogoustotheglideslopeforGPSapproachessupportingSBASverticalguidance(LNAV+V,
LNAV/VNAV, LPV) and is generated by the system to reduce pilot workload during approach.  When an
approach of this type is loaded into the flight plan and GPS is the selected navigation source, the Glidepath
Indicatorappearsasamagentadiamond.Iftheapproachtypedowngradespastthenalapproachx(FAF),
“NOGP”isannunciated.
Figure 2-16 Vertical Speed and
Deviation Indicators (VSI and VDI)
Vertical
Deviation
Indicator
VNV
Target
Altitude
Vertical
Speed
Indicator
Vertical
Speed
Pointer
Required
Vertical
Speed
Indicator
Figure 2-17 Glideslope
Indicator
Marker
Beacon
Annunciation
Glideslope
Indicator
Figure 2-18 Glidepath
Indicator
Glidepath
Indicator