Flying The Vectors Approach - Garmin GPS 500 Pilot's Manual & Reference

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4. ATC instructs you to turn right to a heading of 115°.
5. ATC instructs you to turn right to a heading of 175° to intercept the final approach course. As you converge with
the final approach course the needle moves toward the center. In the illustration at right, the needle has returned
to the on-screen CDI and your current position is less than 0.5 nm right of the final approach course.

Flying the Vectors Approach

With "Vectors-To-Final" selected, the CDI needle
remains off center until you're established on the final
approach course. With the approach activated, the
Map page displays an extension of the final approach
course in magenta (remember, magenta is used to
depict the active leg of the flight plan) and "VTF"
appears as part of the active leg on the Default NAV
page (as a reminder that the approach was activated
with vectors-to-final). In this example, we assume ATC
vectors result in a rectangular course to intercept final,
as follows:
1. Within 30 nautical miles of KTOP, the GPS 500 switches from
en-route mode to terminal mode and the CDI scale transi-
tions from 5.0 to 1.0 nautical miles, full scale deflection.
2. If you have not already done so, activate the approach (with
vectors-to-final). This allows the GPS 500 to guide you to the
final approach course (see page 68).
3. ATC instructs you to turn left to a heading of 025°. This
places you parallel to the final approach course in the
opposite direction. CDI needle deflection is to the left.
4 - Procedures
Vectors-To-Final Approach
STEP 2: If the approach is loaded, but not yet
activated, press PROC and select "Activate
Vectors-To-Final?".
STEP 5: As you converge with the final approach
{continued} course, the CDI needle (on the Default NAV page
and the external CDI) moves toward the center.
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