Garmin GPS 500 Pilot's Manual & Reference page 138

SECTION 8
AUX PAGES
Flight Planning Page: Fuel Planning
Performing fuel planning operations:
1) Select 'Fuel Planning' from the Flight Planning
Page, using the steps described in Section
8.2.
2) The current fuel planning 'mode' is displayed at
the top of the page: 'POINT TO POINT' or 'FPL'
(for a flight plan). To change the mode, press
the MENU Key to display the Fuel Planning
Page Menu for the other mode, then press the
ENT Key to accept the other mode.
NOTE: The 'Change Fields?' option above is only
available on GPS 500 installations which include
a Shadin fuel computer. In these installations, use
the 'Change Fields?' option to review separate
fuel information for left and right engines.
3) For point-to-point fuel planning (Figure 8-6),
turn the small and large right knobs to enter
the identifier of the 'from' waypoint. Once
the waypoint's identifier is entered, press the
ENT Key to accept the waypoint. The flashing
cursor moves to the 'to' waypoint. Again, turn
the small and large right knobs to enter the
identifier of the 'to' waypoint and press the
ENT Key to accept the waypoint. OR,
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Figure 8-6 Fuel Planning Page, Point-to-Point
For flight plan fuel planning (Figure 8-7), turn
the small right knob to select the desired flight
plan by number (already stored in memory;
00 is the active flight plan). Turn the large
right knob to highlight the 'LEG' field and
turn the small right knob to select the desired
leg of the flight plan, or select 'Cum' to apply
fuel planning calculations to the entire flight
plan.
Figure 8-7 Fuel Planning Page, Flight Plan
If the fuel management system does not enter
the data automatically, turn the large right
knob to highlight the fuel on board (FOB)
field.
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