Cockpit Reference Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Piper PA-46 Meridian
190-00763-02 Rev. A
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AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EICAS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICESINDEX
7.1 AFCS CONTROLS
TheAFCSControlUnitispositionedabovetheMFD,andhasthefollowingcontrols:
1
HDG Key
Selects/deselects Heading Select Mode
2
APR Key
Selects/deselects Approach Mode
3
NAV Key
Selects/deselects Navigation Mode
4
FD Key
Activates/deactivates the flight director only
Pressing once turns on the selected flight director in the default vertical and lateral
modes. Pressing again deactivates the flight director and removes the Command
Bars.Iftheautopilotisengaged,thekeyisdisabled.
5
XFR Key
Transfers between the pilot and copilot flight directors and controls which flight
director the autopilot is tracking
6
ALT Key
Selects/deselects Altitude Hold Mode
7
VS Key
Selects/deselects Vertical Speed Mode
8
FLC Key
Selects/deselects Flight Level Change Mode
9 17
CRS Knobs
Adjust the Selected Course (while in VOR, LOC, or OBS Mode) in 1° increments on
theHorizontalSituationIndicator(HSI)ofthecorrespondingPFD
Presstore-centertheCourseDeviationIndicator(CDI)andreturncoursepointer
directly TO the bearing of the active waypoint/station
10
SPD Key
Speedfunctiondisabled.Ifpressed,“SPDKEYDISABLED-TheSPDkeyisdisabled
for this model aircraft” is sent to the message window.
11
NOSE UP/DN
Wheel
Adjusts the reference in Pitch Hold, Vertical Speed, and Flight Level Change
modes
12
VNV Key
Selects/deselects Vertical Path Tracking Mode for Vertical Navigation flight control
13
ALT SEL Knob
Controls the Selected Altitude in 100-ft increments (a finer resolution of 10 feet is
available under approach conditions)
14
YD Key
Engages/disengagestheyawdamper
15
AP Key
Engages/disengagestheautopilot
16
BANK Key
Manually selects/deselects Low Bank Mode
18
BC Key
Selects/deselects Backcourse Mode
19
HDG Knob
AdjuststheSelectedHeadingandbugin1°incrementsontheHSI(bothPFDs)
Press to synchronize the SelectedHeadingtothecurrentheadingonthepilot-sidePFD