BendixKing KMD 250 - Manual (Page 228)

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Rev 2 Apr/2004 KMD 250 Pilot's Guide
Appendix A
Definitions, Abbreviations
APPENDIX A
DEFINITIONS, ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
DEFINITIONS
Alphabetic: any of the following characters (b/ is a space): b/ABCDE-
FGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Alphanumeric: any of the following characters (b/ is a space):
b/ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789
Automatic Leg Sequencing: As a waypoint is reached in the flight
plan, the next leg and waypoint of the flight plan automatically becomes
active.
Baud: bits per sec
Barometric Altitude: pressure altitude corrected for barometric
altimeter setting
Bearing To User Waypoint (BRG): bearing from the present position to
the active user waypoint measured clockwise relative to true or magnetic
north (true is implied unless magnetic is specified)
Cross Track Error: distance from the present position to the nearest
point on the desired course, and the direction (right or left) from the
desired course to the present position
Cursor Field: a character position or group of adjacent character posi-
tions on which a cursor can appear
Data Field: a character position or group of adjacent character positions
which display a single data item; a data field may be a single character
cursor field, or may contain multiple characters.
Data List: an ordered list of data elements which a given cursor field
can accept
Desired Track (DTK): The angle that the desired flight path makes with
respect to true north at the point nearest the present position. Magnetic
desired track uses the local magnetic variation.
Distance To Waypoint (DIS): distance from the present position to the
active waypoint
Ground Speed: absolute value of the rate of change of position
Headwind: difference between true airspeed and ground speed when
true airspeed is more than ground speed
Knots: Nautical Miles/hr
Definitions, Acronyms & Abbreviations
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