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Operations
Nav Mode Procedures
Setting/Editing Auto Descent Values
Altitude Assist features requires the system to include either a F/ADS
or an altitude encoder sensor.
The Auto Descent feature allows you to input a desired End Altitude,
an Offset Distance from a desired Auto Descent Waypoint from the
Active flight plan, a desired Feet per Minute Descent rate, and an
expected Ground speed. It then automatically calculates the distance
remaining in your Active flight plan to the desired Auto Descent
Waypoint and, based on the calculated glide path angle, your present
altitude, and the altitude you are descending to, alerts you with a
message when you should begin and end your descent. A Nav item
field displays information indicating how much time remains before
you should begin Auto Descent, and once Auto Descent begins,
whether you are above or below your intended Glide Path. Glide Path
data may also be output to an optional Vertical Deviation Indicator.
Each time you begin to edit the Auto Descent values, the End Altitude
is automatically reset to 1,000 feet over the altitude of the desired Auto
Descent Waypoint, if the waypoint is an airport. Otherwise, the End
Altitude automatically resets to 1,000 feet. In addition, the default
Auto Descent Waypoint is automatically updated, as long as Auto
Descent is OFF, to the current To waypoint each time a waypoint
sequence occurs. These features will assist you in making Auto
Descent quick and easy to edit and use.
The following procedure is used to set/edit the Auto Descent values.
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