Cockpit Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Section 1: System Overview
- Section 2: Flight Instruments
- Section 3: Engine Indication System (EIS)
- Section 4: NAV/COM and Transponder
- Section 5: Audio Panel
- Section 6: Automatic Flight Control
- Section 7: Navigation
- 7.1 Navigation Map Page
- 7.2 Direct-to Navigation
- 7.3 Navigating an Example Flight Plan
- 7.4 Airport Information
- 7.5 Intersection Information
- 7.6 NDB Information
- 7.7 VOR Information
- 7.8 User Waypoint Information Page
- 7.9 Nearest Airports
- 7.10 Nearest Intersections
- 7.11 Nearest NDB
- 7.12 Nearest VOR
- 7.13 Nearest User Waypoint
- 7.14 Nearest Frequencies
- 7.15 Nearest Airspaces
- Section 8: Flight Planning
- 8.1 User Defined Waypoints
- 8.2 Viewing the Active Flight Plan
- 8.3 Activate a Stored Flight Plan
- 8.4 Activate a Flight Plan Leg
- 8.5 Stop Navigating a Flight Plan
- 8.6 Invert Active Flight Plan
- 8.7 Create a New Flight Plan
- 8.8 Enter an Airway in a Flight Plan
- 8.9 Load a Departure
- 8.10 Load an Arrival
- 8.11 Load an Approach
- 8.12 Remove a Departure, Arrival, Approach, or Airway from a Flight Plan
- 8.13 Store a Flight Plan
- 8.14 Edit a Stored Flight Plan
- 8.15 Delete a Waypoint from the Flight Plan
- 8.16 Invert and Activate a Stored Flight Plan
- 8.17 Copy a Flight Plan
- 8.18 Delete a Flight Plan
- 8.19 Graphical Flight Plan Creation
- 8.20 Trip Planning
- Section 9: Procedures
- Section 10: Hazard Avoidance
- 10.1 Customizing the Hazard Displays on the Navigation Map
- 10.2 STORMSCOPE® (Optional)
- 10.3 XM Weather (Service Optional)
- 10.4 Traffic Systems
- 10.5 Terrain and Obstacle Proximity
- 10.6 Terrain Awareness & Warning System (TAWS) Display (Optional)
- Displaying Terrain on the TAWS Page
- Enable/Disable Aviation Data
- TAWS Inhibit
- Manual System Test
- Forward Looking Terrain Avoidance (FLTA)
- Premature Descent Alert (PDA)
- Excessive Descent Rate Alert (EDR)
- Negative Climb Rate After TakeoffAlert (NCR)
- “Five-Hundred” Aural Alert
- Displaying Terrain and Obstacles on the Navigation Map
- Pop-up Alerts
- TAWS Alerts Summary
- Alert Annunciations
- Section 11: Abnormal Operation
- Section 12: Annunciations & Alerts
- 12.1 Alert Level Definitions
- 12.2 NAV III Aircraft Alerts
- 12.3 CO Guardian Messages
- 12.4 AFCS Alerts
- 12.5 TAWS Alerts
- 12.6 Other G1000 Aural Alerts
- 12.7 G1000 System Annunciations
- 12.8 G1000 System Message Advisories
- MFD & PFD Message Advisories
- Database Message Advisories
- GMA 1347 Message Advisories
- GIA 63 Message Advisories
- GIA 63W Message Advisories
- GEA 71 Message Advisories
- GTX 33 Message Advisories
- GRS 77 Message Advisories
- GMU 44 Message Advisories
- GDL 69A Message Advisories
- GDC 74A Message Advisories
- Miscellaneous Message Advisories
- Index
Garmin G1000 Cockpit Reference Guide for the Cessna Nav III
190-00384-08 Rev. A
SECTION 6 – AUTOMATIC
FLIGHT CONTROL
6-8
Figure 6-8 Vertical Speed Mode
Vertical Speed
Reference Bug
Selected Altitude
Command Bars
Indicate Climb
to Attain Vertical
Speed
Vertical Speed
Mode Active
Vertical
Speed
Reference
Selected Altitude Capture
Mode Armed
Vertical Speed
Reference
Changing the Vertical Speed Reference
The Vertical Speed Reference (shown both in the AFCS
Status Box and above/below the Vertical Speed Indicator)
may be changed by:
• Using the NOSE UP/NOSE DN Keys
• By pressing the CWS Button, hand-flying the
aircraft to attain a new Vertical Speed Reference,
then releasing the CWS Button
Flight Level Change Mode (FLC)
NOTE: The Selected Altitude should be set before
selecting Flight Level Change Mode.
Flight Level Change Mode is selected by pressing the
FLC Key. When Flight Level Change Mode is active, the
flight director continuously monitors Selected Altitude,
airspeed, and altitude. This mode acquires and maintains
the Airspeed Reference while climbing or descending to
the Selected Altitude (shown above the Altimeter). The
Airspeed Reference is set to the current airspeed upon
mode activation. Flight Level Change Mode is indicated
by an ‘FLC’ annunciation beside the Airspeed Reference
in the AFCS Status Box. The Airspeed Reference is also
displayed directly above the Airspeed Indicator, along
with a bug corresponding to the Airspeed Reference along
the tape.
Engine power must be adjusted to allow the autopilot
to fly the aircraft at a pitch attitude corresponding to the
Airspeed Reference and the desired flight profile (climb or