DG Flugzeugbau DG 202, Flight Manual

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Example: Selection of an APT:
After selcting the APT program with the MODE button the APT menu is activated by pressing the “ ENTER ” key.
With the arrows keys the menu SELCT is selected and with ENTER key activated. Now there are two possibilities
for search for the airfields:
a) Search for ICAO indicator b) Search for name
Now enter the full ICAO indicator of the
airport (every letter has to be confirmed by
ENTER button).
Skip the input of the ICAO indicator by pushing the ESC
button or pushing the ENTER button 4 times.
The DX 50 is searching the airport using
the ICAO indicator and returns direct to the
glider NAV display with the NAV data of
the desired APT displayed.
Select the country of the disired airport by the UP/DOWN
keys and push the ENTER button to confirm selection.
Now you can enter the first four letters of the desired
airport using the arrow key and ENTER key for confirma-
tion.
You will now find one or several airports in the bottom
line of the display that start with the four entered letters.
If more than one airport is indicated the desired can be
selected by UP/DOWN keys and activated by pushing
ENTER.
The NAV data of the selected airfield are then displayed
in the glider NAV menu.
5.1.1 TEAM
The TEAM menu enables group flights of two or more gliders; e.g. when you lose your partner out of sight or when
you want to meet him on your way. With the TEAM menu you can follow your partners under condition that all the
gliders are equiped with the GPS instruments (preferable with the DX 50) and are flying to the same way point.
Both partners have to select the same way point. The serched partner-B has to tell the partner-A his bearing and the
distance to the selected way point by radio. These values are then entered by partner-A in the mode APT/menu
TEAM of the DX 50. On the glider navigation display are then shown the navigation data directly to the partner-B.
5.1.2 WIND
The wind can be calculated (considered) in 4 different ways.
In the APT, TP or TSK menus the WIND menu can be selected. The following options are available:
FIX manual input of a fixed value (speed and direction)