Pilot's Guide

Garmin G1000H
™
Pilot’s Guide for the Bell 407GX 190-01255-01 Rev. A 421
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
FLIGHT PATH MARKER
NOTE: The Flight Path Marker is not available when the cross-pointer (X-Pointer) flight director format is
selected.
TheFlightPathMarker(FPM),alsoknownasaVelocityVector,isdisplayedonthePFDatgroundspeeds
above30knots.TheFPMdepictstheapproximateprojectedpathoftheaircraftaccountingforwindspeed
anddirectionrelativetothethree-dimensionalterraindisplay.
TheFPMisalwaysavailablewhentheSyntheticTerrainfeatureisinoperation.TheFPMrepresentsthe
directionoftheightpathasitrelatestotheterrainandobstaclesonthedisplay,whiletheairplanesymbol
representstheaircraftheading.
TheFPMworksinconjunctionwiththePathwaysfeaturetoassistthepilotinmaintainingdesiredaltitudes
anddirectionwhennavigatingaightplan.WhenoncourseandaltitudetheFPMisalignedinsidethe
pathwayboxesasshown(Figure8-7).
TheFPMmayalsobeusedtoidentifyapossibleconictwiththeaircraftightpathanddistantterrainor
obstacles.Displayedterrainorobstaclesintheaircraft’sightpathextendingabovetheFPMcouldindicate
apotentialconict,evenbeforeanalertisissuedbyHTAWS.However,decisionsregardingterrainand/or
obstacleavoidanceshouldnotbemadeusingonlytheFPM.
Flight Path
Marker
(FPM)
Wind
Vector
Figure 8-7 Flight Path Marker and Pathways
ZERO PITCH LINE
TheZeroPitchLineisdrawncompletelyacrossthedisplayandrepresentsthehorizonwhentheterrain
horizon is difcult to distinguish from other terrain being displayed.  It may not align with the terrain
horizon,particularlywhentheterrainismountainousorwhentheaircraftisownathighaltitudes.