Garmin GNS 530 - Manual (Page 165)

GNS 530(A) Pilot’s Guide and Reference 190-00181-00 Rev. H 10-5
SECTION 10
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6) Use the small and large right knobs to enter
the amount of fuel on board. Press the ENT
Key when finished.
7) The flashing cursor moves to the fuel flow (FF)
field. Use the small and large right knobs to
enter the fuel flow rate. Press the ENT Key
when finished. Note that if a fuel system is
providing current fuel flow, the fuel flow field
defaults to this value.
8) The flashing cursor moves to the ground speed
(GS) field. Use the small and large right knobs
to enter the ground speed. Press the ENT Key
when finished.
9) With all variables entered, the following
information is provided:
• REQ - Quantity of fuel required
• LFOB - Left-over fuel on board
• LRES - Left-over fuel reserve time
• EFF - Efficiency, expressed in distance per fuel
units (e.g., nautical miles per gallon)
• RNG - Range (distance)
• ENDUR - Flight endurance, or total available
flight time
10) To reconfigure the data fields press the MENU
Key to display the options window (Figure
10-13). Turn the small right knob to highlight
the ‘change fields?’ option. Press the ENT Key
to reconfigure the data fields. Turn the large
right knob to select the desired field. Turn
the small right knob to highlight the desired
data. Press the ENT Key to select the data
configuration.
Flight Planning Page: Trip Planning
Performing trip planning operations:
1) Select ‘Trip Planning’ from the Flight Planning
Page, using the steps described in this
section.
2) The current trip planning ‘leg mode’ is displayed
at the top of the page: ‘POINT TO POINT’ or
‘FPL LEG’ (for a flight plan leg). To change the
leg mode, press the MENU Key to display the
Flight Planning Page Menu for the other leg
mode, then press the ENT Key to accept the
other leg mode.
3) For point-to-point trip planning, 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 (Figure 10-14). 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,
4) For ‘flight plan leg’ trip planning, turn the small
right knob to select the desired flight plan
(already stored in memory), by number. Turn
the large right knob to highlight the ‘LEG’ field
(Figure 10-15) and turn the small right knob
to select the desired leg of the flight plan, or
select ‘Cum’ to apply trip planning calculations
to the entire flight plan.