Cockpit Reference Guide

Cockpit Reference Guide for the Prodigy

Flight Deck 300

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Altitudes associated with arrival and approach procedures are “auto-designated”.

This means the system will automatically use the altitudes loaded with the arrival

or approach for giving vertical ﬂight path guidance outside the FAF. Note that these

altitudes will be displayed as small light blue text.

Altitudes that are designated for use in vertical navigation may also be made “non-

designated” by placing the cursor over the desired altitude and pressing the CLR Key.

The altitude is now displayed only as a reference. It will not be used to give vertical

ﬂight path guidance. Other displayed altitudes may change due to re-calculations

or rendered invalid as a result of manually changing an altitude to a non-designated

altitude.

NOTE: Making course changes greater than 90° during a descent with vertical

guidance may cause excessive and rapid movement of the vertical deviation

indicator, and SVT Pathways.

The system updates vertical path guidance continuously using ground speed and

the calculated distance to the Bottom of Descent (BOD). Due to turn anticipation

guidance (turn-smoothing), distance to the BOD can be affected by course changes

greater than approximately 5 degrees. Ground speed can be affected by factors such as

shifts in wind direction, aircraft power management, pitch angle, and course changes.

Abrupt and/or substantial changes to either the distance to the BOD, ground speed, or

both can cause similarly abrupt/substantial changes in vertical path guidance.

Because of turn-smoothing, changes to both distance to the BOD and ground speed

tend to be more extreme when the BOD is also a waypoint that marks a large course

change. These speed and distance changes will be accounted for in the computed

required vertical path and reﬂected in the vertical guidance indications.