Garmin Flight Deck 100 Manual

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190-00728-04 Rev. A

Embraer Prodigy

Flight Deck 100 Pilot’s Guide

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ADDITIONAL FEATURES

FLIGHT PATH MARKER

TheFlightPathMarker(FPM),alsoknownasaVelocityVector,isdisplayedonthePFDatgroundspeeds

above30knots.TheFPMdepictstheapproximateprojectedpathoftheaircraftaccountingforwindspeed

anddirectionrelativetothethree-dimensionalterraindisplay.

TheFPMisalwaysavailablewhentheSyntheticTerrainfeatureisinoperation.TheFPMrepresentsthe

directionoftheightpathasitrelatestotheterrainandobstaclesonthedisplay,whiletheairplanesymbol

represents the aircraft heading.

TheFPMworksinconjunctionwiththePathwaysfeaturetoassistthepilotinmaintainingdesiredaltitudes

anddirectionwhennavigatingaightplan. Whenoncourseandaltitude theFPMisalignedinsidethe

pathwayboxesasshown(Figure8-7).

TheFPMmayalsobeusedtoidentifyapossibleconictwiththeaircraftightpathanddistantterrainor

obstacles.Displayedterrainorobstaclesintheaircraft’sightpathextendingabovetheFPMcouldindicate

apotentialconict,evenbeforeanalertisissuedbyTAWS. However,decisions regardingterrainand/or

obstacleavoidanceshouldnotbemadeusingonlytheFPM.

Flight Path

Marker

(FPM)

Wind

Vector

Figure 8-7 Flight Path Marker and Pathways

ZERO PITCH LINE

TheZeroPitchLineisdrawncompletelyacrossthedisplayandrepresentstheaircraftattitudewithrespect

tothehorizon.Itmaynotalignwiththeterrainhorizon,particularlywhentheterrainismountainousor

when the aircraft is ﬂown at high altitudes.