System operation 3-71 – Honeywell GNS-XL User Manual

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System Operation

3-71

GNS-X

L

Flight Management System

Rev. 0
Oct/96

VERTICAL NAVIGATION (VNAV) OPERATION - PRE-
DEPARTURE

SETTING CRUISE ALTITUDE, TRANSITION LEVEL, AND
DEFAULT FLIGHT PATH ANGLE

This procedure allows the pilot to define a Cruise Altitude and change
the default values for Transition Level and Flight Path Angle.

After Initial Leg Selection:

1.

VNAV Key - DEPRESS to display VNAV Page 1.

2.

Line Select Key -
DEPRESS to position
cursor over DATA?.
(Figure 3-119)

3.

ENT Key - DEPRESS to
display VNAV DATA
Page with cursor over
the CRUISE ALT field.

4.

Cruise Altitude - INSERT.
(Figure 3-120)

Only two or three digits
are required to input an
altitude, i.e. enter 80 and
8000 is displayed, enter
120 and 12000 is dis-
played.

Any altitude value
entered greater than the
TRANS LEVEL, altitude
value which normally
defaults to FL180, is
converted and displayed
as flight level (FL). Entering 210 will display FL210.

An altitude less than 1000 feet must be entered with a preceding
zero, i.e., enter 052 and 52 is displayed.

DESCENT

875

TO KSFO

11

EST CROSSING

875

REQUIRED FPM

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ACTUAL

FPM

0

DATA?

VNAV 1/4

>

>

>

Figure 3-119

CRUISE ALT

FL210

TRANS LEVEL

FL180

DEFAULT FPA

3.0

PRESEL

ALT

FL210

RANGE

(NM)

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ETE

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VNAV DATA 1/1

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Figure 3-120

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