Pilot's Guide

190-00552-05 Rev. A
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Cessna Corvalis/Corvalis TT
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FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EIS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICES INDEX
ALTIMETER
The Altimeterdisplays600feetofbarometricaltitudevaluesatatimeonamovingtaperollingnumbergauge.
Numericlabelsandmajortickmarksareshownatintervalsof100feet.Minortickmarksareatintervalsof20
feet.Thecurrentaltitudeisdisplayedintheblackpointer.
TheSelectedAltitudeisdisplayedabovetheAltimeterintheboxindicatedbyaselectionbugsymbol.Abug
correspondingtothisaltitudeisshownonthetape.IftheSelectedAltitudeexceedstherangeshownonthe
tape,thebugappearsatthecorrespondingedgeofthetape.Whenthemetricvalueisselecteditisdisplayed
inaseparateboxabovetheSelectedAltitude.
Amagenta AltitudeTrendVector extends upor downtheleft ofthealtitude tape,the end restingatthe
approximatealtitudetobereachedin6secondsatthecurrentverticalspeed.Thetrendvectorisnotshownif
altitude remains constant or if data needed for calculation is not available due to a system failure.
Setting the Selected Altitude:
Turn the ALT Knob to set the Selected Altitude. The large knob adjusts the Selected Altitude in 1000-ft increments,
the small knob in 100-ft increments. If the altimeter is set to display meters, the large knob adjusts the Selected
Altitude in 500-meter increments, the small knob in 50-meter increments.
If set, the Minimum Descent Altitude/Decision Height (MDA/DH) value is also available for the Selected
altitude.
Figure 2-10 Altimeter (Metric)
Barometric
Setting Box
(Hectopascals)
Selected
Altitude
(Meters)
Current
Altitude
(Meters)
Figure 2-9 Altimeter
Selected
Altitude
Bug
Barometric
Setting
Altitude
Trend
Vector
Selected
Altitude
Current
Altitude
MDA/DH
Bug
Altitudescanalsobedisplayedinmeters(Figure2-10).Notethatthealtitudetapedoesnotchangescale.
Displaying altitude in meters:
1) Select the PFD Softkey to display the second-level softkeys.
2) Select the ALT UNIT Softkey.
3) Select the METERS Softkey to turn on metric altitude readouts.
4) Select the BACK Softkey to return to the top-level softkeys.