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This will begin the timer. To turn Off the timer, press 'ENT' from this menu. A warning box will
appear on screen to confirm your action. Press 'ENT' to confirm or 'ESC' to quit and continue the
timer calculation. The default setting is Off (00:00:00).
10.3 trIP CoMPUtEr
The GEOPILOT provides a calculation page which tracks speed, flying time, and distance traveled.
This data is statistical in nature and is calculated based on GPS parameters.
Note
The Fuel Calculator "Starting Fuel" entry will reset the partial trip data.
To select the Trip Computer page:
> 'MENU' 1 sec. + "CALCULATOR" + 'ENT' + "TRIP COMPUTER" + 'ENT'
Fig. 10.3 - Trip Computer page
Flying Avg: Speed values above 35 knots divided by flying time.
overall Avg: Speed values divided by Partial Distance.
Maximum Speed: Fastest speed reached
Current Speed: Current GPS speed.
Flying time: Total time when speed is greater than 35 knots.
Stopped time: Total time unit was on with a GPS fix and speed was less than knots.
trip time: Total time the unit is on regardless of GPS fix.
Partial Dist: Total distance since reset.
trip Dist: Total distance traveled since reset.
to reset Partial totals to zero (all fields except trip distance): While on the Trip Computer Page,
press 'ZOOM IN' + 'ENT' to confirm action.
to Clear all totals (all fields): While on the Trip Computer Page, press 'ZOOM OUT' + 'ENT' to
confirm action.
10.4 vErtICAL NAvIGAtIoN
The Vertical Navigation (VNAV) function prepares a descent profile and recommends a descent
to the altitude of the destination of the active Flight Plan or to some OFFSET point from the
destination. The Vertical Situation Indicator in the HSI display is activated with this function (the
units of measure used for the values entered here are selected from Units Setup menu in the System
Setup Menu, see Par. 14.5). This feature requires that a Flight Plan be activated.
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