User manual GARMIN GX 55 IFR GPS TRAINING PACKAGE

[. . . ] Apollo GX55 Dealer/Customer Training Package II Morrow and Apollo are trademarks of II Morrow Inc. Consumer Products Division 2345 Turner Road, S. E. Toll Free Canada Toll Free International FAX 800. 525. 6726 800. 654. 3415 503. 391. 3411 503. 364. 2138 Visit our web page at http://www. iimorrow. com Send comments about this manual by email to: techpubs@iim. ups. com Table Of Contents Getting Started the First Time . 5 Course Deviation Indicator (CDI) and Distance Off Track . [. . . ] You flew to the right to avoid a storm cloud and your CDI tells you to fly left, but you still have the same TO waypoint. Your current TO waypoint is displayed and the Waypoint Type will flash. You will now fly direct from your present position to your desired TO waypoint. Your CDI will now be centered, as you are "on course. " 16 Navigation Basics Enter a New Waypoint into a Flight Plan While on a flight plan, you may want to temporarily go to a new waypoint to look at something or you may be directed by ATC. By using Direct-To, you can add this new waypoint into your existing flight plan. This way your flight plan is essentially unchanged, but you were still able to react quickly to new conditions. 1. While on the first leg of your active flight plan, you find out that you need to make another stop on the way but you don't want to change the rest of your plan. While viewing the Active flight plan, turn the Small knob to the first leg. SLE to HIO 1** 345° 37. 8nm arpt arpt 2. Select the desired waypoint using the Large and Small knobs. The Nav function will now be displayed with your new TO waypoint (MMV). ete aMMV 00:20 0. 011 " Brg 321 15. 6nm· 17 Navigation Basics 4. Note that your current leg now shows a direct flight to MMV. direct to MMV 1** 321° 16. 5nm ---- arpt 5. Turn the Small knob one click cw to check the next leg. Note that your flight plan continues to HIO as your original plan did. You have inserted a new leg using the Direct-To function. MMV to HIO 2* 003° 22. 2nm arpt arpt 18 Waypoint Database Waypoint Database Create User The Apollo GX55 allows you to create up to 500 of your own waypoints to the waypoint Waypoint by database. You can create a waypoint based on a Lat/Lon or using a radial and distance Lat/Lon from another waypoint. You can also add the runway length. 1. Turn the Large knob to view the the "Create User Wpt By Lat/Lon" page, and then press ENTER. The first character of the waypoint name will flash. [. . . ] Time values are from 0 to 20 minutes in one minute intervals. While viewing the Airspace Buffer page, press SEL. Airspace Buffers Dist Alt Time 2nm 500' 10min 28 Moving Map Functions 2. Turn the Large knob to select the desired value to change. [. . . ]