Cockpit Reference Guide

Garmin G1000 Cockpit Reference Guide for the Tiger AG-5B
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SECTION 8 – FLIGHT PLANNING
3. The current page mode is displayed at the
top of the page: ‘AUTOMATIC’ or ‘MANUAL’.
To change the page mode, press the
AUTO or
MANUAL softkey.
Figure 8-16 Trip Planning Page
4. For Direct-to planning, press the WPTS softkey
and verify that the ‘from’ waypoint field indi-
cates P.POS (present position). If necessary,
press the
MENU key and select ‘Set WPT to
Present Position’ to display P.POS. Press the
ENT key and the flashing cursor moves to the
‘to’ waypoint field. Turn the FMS knobs to enter
the identifier of the ‘to’ waypoint and press the
ENT key to accept the waypoint. OR,
5. For point-to-point planning, turn the
FMS knobs
to enter the identifier of the ‘from’ waypoint.
Once the waypoints identifier is entered, press
the
ENT key to accept the waypoint. The
flashing cursor moves to the ‘to’ waypoint.
Again, turn the
FMS knobs to enter the identi-
fier of the ‘to’ waypoint and press the ENT key
to accept the waypoint.
OR,
6. For flight plan leg planning, press the
FPL
softkey (at the bottom of the display) and turn
the small FMS knob to select the desired flight
plan (already stored in memory), by number.
Turn the
large FMS knob to highlight the ‘LEG’
field and turn the small FMS knob to select the
desired leg of the flight plan, or select ‘CUM’
to apply trip planning calculations to the entire
flight plan.
7. Turn the
large FMS knob to highlight the depar-
ture time (DEP TIME) field.
8. Turn the
FMS knobs to enter the departure time.
Press the ENT key when finished. (Departure
time may be entered in local or UTC time,
depending upon unit settings).
9. Turn the
FMS knobs to enter the fuel flow.
Press the
ENT key when finished. Note that in
automatic page mode, fuel flow is provided by
the system.
10. The flashing cursor moves to the fuel on board
field. Turn the
FMS knobs to modify the fuel on
board. Press the
ENT key when finished. Note
that in automatic mode this is provided by the
system.
11. The flashing cursor moves to the calibrated
airspeed field. Turn the
FMS knobs to enter an
calibrated airspeed. Press the ENT key when
finished.