Cockpit Reference Guide

Garmin G1000 Cockpit Reference Guide for the Beechcraft A36/G36
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SECTION 8 – FLIGHT PLANNING
8.19 TRIP PLANNING
1) Turn the large FMS Knob to select the AUX page
group.
2) Turn the small
FMS Knob to select the first
rectangular page icon.
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 indicates
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 identifier
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
departure time (DEP TIME) field.
NOTE: The departure time on the Trip Planning
Page is used for preflight planning. Refer to the
Utility Page for the actual flight departure time.
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 a
calibrated airspeed. Press the
ENT Key when
finished.