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Note that a blue circle icon indicates a repeated global
value if more than one leg is added to the trip . If the
value remains the same from leg to leg, you will just
need to scroll past . Pressing enter on a repeated global
value will do nothing, unless you change the input .
Problem:
Plan a cross-country trip from Renton Muni
(KRNT) to Forks (S18) to Ocean Shores Muni (W04)
and back to KRNT . The aircraft used for the cross-
country is a Cessna 172 . The 172 burns 9 .5 U .S .
GPH, has a TAS of 110 KTS, and has a deviation of
0° . The area of the cross-country has a variation of
17° E, and you are departing at 12:00:00 UTC . Given
for Leg 1:
Distance between KRNT and S18: 92.3
nautical miles
True Course between KRNT and S18: 288°
Wind Direction is 350° at 3 KTS
CX-3
Flight Computer
PLAN (TRIP FUNCTIONS)
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1st LEG SOLUTION:
Press , scroll to Leg 1
and tap enter . Press:
and tap enter to input the distance of
92 .3 NM, then
and tap enter to input the true course of
288°, then
and tap enter to input the true airspeed
of 110 KTS, then
and tap enter to input wind direction,
then
and tap enter to input the wind speed of 3 KTS,
then
and tap enter for -17° variation, then
and tap enter to input the deviation of 0°, then
and tap enter to input the fuel rate of 9 .5
U .S . GPH, and then finally
and tap enter to
input the departure time .
Press , scroll down to Leg 2 and tap enter .
Given for Leg 2:
Distance between S18 and W04: 57.3
nautical miles
True Course between S18 and W04: 170°
Wind Direction is 200° at 6 KTS
This button and associated menu items are used for planning a cross-
country trip . Once all legs of the cross-country trip have been entered, the
display will show the total trip . This consists of total distance (Dist), estimated
time enroute (ETE), estimated time of arrival (ETA), and fuel burned (Fuel) .
PLAN
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TRIP
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