Garmin Flight Deck 100 Marine Instruments User Manual


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Embraer Prodigy
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Flight Deck 100 Pilot’s Guide
190-00728-04 Rev. A
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AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM
CHANGING THE AIRSPEED REFERENCE (FLC MODE)
TheAirspeedReference(shownabovetheAirspeedIndicator)maybeadjustedby:
•Usingthe
SPD SEL
Knob
•Pressingthe
CWS
Button, hand-flying the aircraft to attain a new Airspeed Reference, then releasing the
CWS
Button
Duringclimb,theAirspeedReferenceunitsautomaticallychangefromIAStoMachwheneitherthealtitude
ortheairspeedlistedinTable7-3areattained.Fordescent,theunitsswitchbackatthespeciedaltitude
or airspeed. The system determines aircraft climb or descent by the relationship between the current and
Selected altitudes.
Airspeed Reference Units Unit Type Changes At:
Default Units Change To: Altitude Airspeed
Climb IAS Mach > 31,500 ft > M 0.55
Descent Mach IAS < 30,500 ft < 250 kt
Table 7-3 FLC Mode Unit Changes
AirspeedReferenceunitscanbemanuallytoggledbetweenIASandMachunitsbypressingtheSPD SEL
Knob.When theFLCAirspeedReferenceis displayedinMach,the AirspeedReferenceBugisdisplayed
ontheAirspeedIndicatorattheIAScorrespondingtotheselectedMachtargetspeedandthecurrentMach
numberisshownbelowtheAirspeedIndicator.
Figure 7-12 Flight Level Change Mode (Mach)
Airspeed
Reference
Bug
Airspeed
Reference
(Mach)
Selected Altitude
Capture Mode Armed
Flight Level Change
Mode Active
Command Bars Indicate Climb
to attain Selected Altitude
TheAirspeedReferenceBugcanbesetatalltimes(tobeusedasavisualreference)exceptwhenCSCis
engaged.InCSCmodetheAirspeedReferenceBugisxedandsetattheairspeedexistingatthetimeofCSC
engagement.WhilethebugcanbesetduringthesemodesitisonlybeingcontrolledwheninFLCmode,
when CSC is engaged, etc.
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