SECTION 10

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 10.2.

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 GNS 530 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 10-6), 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,

Figure 10-6 Fuel Planning Page, Point-to-Point

4)For flight plan fuel planning (Figure 10-7), 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 10-7 Fuel Planning Page, Flight Plan

5)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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GNS 530(A) Pilot’s Guide and Reference

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3D Connexion GNS 530(A) manual Flight Planning Page Fuel Planning, Performing fuel planning operations

GNS 530(A) specifications

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