Flight Planning; Weight & Fuel Planning; Trip Planning - Garmin G1000 Reference Manual

WEIGHT & FUEL PLANNING
All procedures apply to the MFD unless otherwise stated.
Entering Weight Parameters
The Weight, Fuel, Exceedances Page is displayed after system power-up. If it is
necessary to return to this page, turn the large FMS Knob to select the 'AUX' page
group. Turn the small FMS Knob to select the 'WEIGHT PLANNING' page.
1) Select the EMPTY WT Softkey to place the cursor in the Basic Empty
Weight field.
2) Enter the desired aircraft empty weight.
3) Press the ENT Key. The cursor is now over the 'PILOT & STORES' field.
4) Enter the desired weight of Pilot & Stores.
5) Press the ENT Key.
6) Continue repeating these steps until all desired weights have been entered.
Entering Fuel Parameters
1) If necessary, press the FMS Knob to activate the cursor.
2) Turn the large FMS Knob to place the cursor in the 'FUEL ON BOARD' field.
3) Select the FOB SYNC Softkey to enter the fuel on board quantity as read
from the aircraft fuel quantity sensors.
Or:
Manually enter the desired fuel quantity.
4) Press the ENT Key. The cursor is now in the 'FUEL RESERVES' field.
5) Enter the desired reserve fuel quantity.
6) Press the FMS Knob to remove the cursor.

TRIP PLANNING

1) Turn the large FMS Knob to select the 'AUX' page group.
2) Turn the small FMS Knob to select the first rectangular page icon.
3) The current 'PAGE MODE' is displayed at the top of the page: 'AUTOMATIC' or
'MANUAL'. To change the page mode, press the AUTO or MANUAL Softkey.
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FLIGHT PLANNING

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