Garmin G1000 King Air C90GT - Manual (Page 414)

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Beechcraft C90A/GT 190-00663-01 Rev. A 400
AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM
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VIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
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AUDIO P
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FLIGHT
MANA
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HAZARD
AV
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ANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL FEA
TURES
APPENDICES
INDEX
AFCS CONTROL UNIT
The AFCS Control Unit is positioned above the MFD, and has the following controls:
1 HDG Key Selects/deselects Heading Select Mode
2 APR Key Selects/deselects Approach Mode
3 NAV Key Selects/deselects Navigation Mode
4 FD Key Activates/deactivates the flight director only
Pressing once turns on the selected flight director in the default vertical and lateral
modes. Pressing again deactivates the flight director and removes the Command
Bars. If the autopilot is engaged, the key is disabled.
5 XFR Key Transfers between the pilot and copilot flight directors and controls which flight
director the autopilot is tracking
6 ALT Key Selects/deselects Altitude Hold Mode
7 VS Key Selects/deselects Vertical Speed Mode
8 FLC Key Selects/deselects Flight Level Change Mode
9 17 CRS Knobs Adjust the Selected Course (while in VOR, LOC, or OBS Mode) in 1° increments on
the Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) of the corresponding PFD
Press to re-center the Course Deviation Indicator (CDI) and return course pointer
directly TO the bearing of the active waypoint/station
10 SPD Key Toggles Airspeed Reference between IAS and Mach for Flight Level Change Mode
11 NOSE UP/DN
Wheel
Adjusts the reference in Pitch Hold, Vertical Speed, and Flight Level Change modes
(see Table 7-2 for change increments in each mode)
12 VNV Key Selects/deselects Vertical Path Tracking Mode for Vertical Navigation flight control
13 ALT SEL Knob Controls the Selected Altitude in 100-ft increments (a finer resolution of 10 feet is
available under approach conditions)
14 YD Key Engages/disengages the yaw damper
15 AP Key Engages/disengages the autopilot
16 BANK Key Manually selects/deselects Low Bank Mode
18 BC Key Selects/deselects Backcourse Mode
19 HDG Knob Adjusts the Selected Heading and bug in 1° increments on the HSI (both PFDs)
Press to synchronize the Selected Heading to the current heading on the pilot-side PFD
Figure 7-1 GMC 710 AFCS Control Unit
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Annunciator
Light
10 9 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 18 19