Garmin G1000H Marine Radio User Manual


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Garmin G1000H
™
Pilot’s Guide for the Bell 407GX
190-01255-00 Rev. B 383
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
FLIGHT PATH MARKER
NOTE: The Flight Path Marker is not available when the cross-pointer (X-Pointer) flight director format is
selected.
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HTAWS.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ownathighaltitudes.
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