Garmin G1000 Cockpit Reference Guide for the Columbia 350/400 8-7
SECTION 8 – FLIGHT PLANNING
3) The current page mode is displayed at the top
of the page: ‘AUTOMATIC’ or ‘MANUAL’. To
change the page mode, select the
AUTO
or
MANUAL
Softkey.
Figure 8-15 Trip Planning Page
Starting WPT Ending WPT
4) For Direct-to planning, select the
WPTS
Softkey and verify that the starting waypoint
field indicates ‘P.POS’ (present position). If
necessary, press the
MENU
Key and select ‘Set
WPT to Present Position’ to display ‘P.POS’.
Press the
ENT
Key and the flashing cursor
moves to the ending waypoint field. Turn the
FMS
Knobs to enter the identifier of the ending
waypoint and press the
ENT
Key to accept the
waypoint. OR,
5) For point-to-point planning, turn the
FMS
Knobs to enter the identifier of the starting
waypoint. Once the waypoints identifier
is entered, press the
ENT
Key to accept the
waypoint. The flashing cursor moves to the
ending waypoint. Again, turn the
FMS
Knobs
to enter the identifier of the ending waypoint
and press the
ENT
Key to accept the waypoint.
OR,
6) For flight plan leg planning, select the
FPL
Softkey (at the bottom of the display) and turn
the small
FMS
Knob to select the desired flight
plan (already stored in memory), by number.
Turn the large
FMS
Knob to highlight the ‘LEG’
field and turn the small
FMS
Knob to select the
desired leg of the flight plan, or select ‘CUM’
to apply trip planning calculations to the entire
flight plan. Selecting ‘FPL 00’ will display an
active flight plan. If an active flight plan is
selected, ‘REM’ will be an available option to
display planning data for the remainder of the
flight plan.
NOTE: The Page Mode must be set to MANUAL
to perform the following steps.
7) Turn the large
F MS
Knob to highlight the
departure time (DEP TIME) field.
8) Turn the
FMS
Knobs to enter the departure time.
Press the
ENT
Key when finished. (Departure
time may be entered in local or UTC time,
depending upon system settings).
9) Turn the
FMS
Knobs to enter the fuel flow.
Press the
ENT
Key when finished. Note that
in automatic page mode, fuel flow is provided
by the system.
10) The flashing cursor moves to the fuel on board
field. Turn the
FMS
Knobs to modify the fuel
on board. Press the
ENT
Key when finished. In
‘AUTOMATIC’ mode, fuel onboard is provided
by the entry made in ‘GAL REM’ on the EIS
System Page.