Cockpit Reference Guide

190-00763-02 Rev. A
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Piper PA-46 Meridian
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FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EICAS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICES INDEX
COURSE DEVIATION INDICATOR (CDI)
The CourseDeviationIndicator(CDI)movesleftorrightfromthecoursepointeralongalateraldeviation
scaletodisplayaircraftpositionrelativetothecourse.Ifthecoursedeviationdataisnotvalid,theCDIisnot
displayed.
Figure 2-22 Course Deviation Indicator
Flight
Phase
Scale
Crosstrack
Error
Navigation
Source
CDI
TheCDIcandisplaytwosourcesofnavigation:GPSorNAV(VOR,localizer).Colorindicatesthecurrent
navigationsource:magenta(forGPS)orgreen(forVORandLOC).ThefullscalelimitsfortheCDIare
denedbyaGPS-deriveddistancewhennavigatingwithGPS.WhennavigatingusingaVORorlocalizer
(LOC),theCDIhasthesameangularlimitsasamechanicalCDI.IftheCDIexceedsthemaximumdeviation
onthescale(twodots)whilenavigatingwithGPS,thecrosstrackerror(XTK)isdisplayedbelowthewhite
aircraft symbol.
Navigation
Source
Selected on
Both PFDs
Figure 2-23 Navigation Sources