Dynon Avionics FlightDEK-D180 Pilots Users Guide - Manual (Page 54)

HSI Operation
right button with no menus displayed and selecting a screen that includes the HSI. See page 3-2 for more informatio
screen configuration. n on
All HSI screens in a DSAB network share their configuration and are identical to one another at all times.
of information on one HSI page affects all units, as does changing scaling, bugs, or bearing
ble to show a NAV radio on one screen and a GPS on another screen.
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the course, course deviation, glideslope, NAV
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ackground. This indicates that the system is in NAV mode,
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Changing the source
pointers. It is not possi
HSI Display Basics
There are three possible sources of information on the HSI page: GPS, NAV, and internal EFIS data. It is important to
know what equipment is sourcing your data, so most displayed data is color coded so that it is easy to identify the so
of the data. Data that is sourced from a GPS unit is color coded in magenta, and includes course direction, course
deviation, vertical guidance, ground track, ground speed, altitude, distance to waypoint, and other data. Data that comes
from a navigation radio (VOR / LOC) is green in color and includes
mode, to/from, OBS setting, tuned frequency, station identifier, and more. The final data source is information th
comes from the EFIS itself and is color coded in white. The EFIS-sourced data includes magnetic heading, true airsp
winds, and various other data points. Below are some of the basics
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1. Mode flag. This indicator, located at the upper left of the HSI page, tells you what mode the radi
display are in. There are five options for this indicator.
a. “GPS” in magenta text: This indicates the data source for the overlay is a GPS stream.
b. “NAV” in black letters on a green b
but there is no active VOR or localizer tuned. This is the same as a cross hatch indicator in the
TO/FROM flag on a mechanical CDI. Do not rely on any indications on this page except for th
DG and TAS when this flag is se
6-2 FlightDEK-D180 Pilot’s User Guide