Garmin G1000 Series, Pilot'S Manual

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Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Diamond DA40
190-00592-00 Rev. A 7-86
MULTI FUNCTION DISPLAY
With all variables entered, the following information is
provided (not available at all times):
• DTK – Desired track, or desired course
• DIS – Distance
• ETE – Estimated time enroute
• ESA – Enroute safe altitude
• ETA – Estimated time of arrival
• Sunrise/Sunset times at the destination
Fuel Planning
Using fuel flow (FF) and/or fuel totalizer data, the AUX
trip planning page displays current fuel conditions along
the active Direct-to or flight plan. You may also manually
enter fuel flow, ground speed (GS) and fuel on board
figures for planning purposes. Fuel planning figures can
be displayed for the currently active flight plan and Direct-
to, or point-to-point navigation between two specified
waypoints and for any stored flight plan.
To perform fuel planning operations:
1. Select the AUX-TRIP PLANNING page.
2. The current page mode is displayed at the
top of the page: ‘AUTOMATIC’ or ‘MANUAL’.
To change the page mode, press the
AUTO
or
MANUAL
softkey.
3. For Direct-to planning, press the
WPTS
softkey
and verify that the from waypoint field indi-
cates P.POS (present position). Press the
ENT
key and the flashing cursor moves to the
‘to’ waypoint field. Turn the
small and large
FMS knobs to enter the identifier of the ‘to’
waypoint and press the
ENT
key to accept the
waypoint. OR,
4. For point-to-point fuel planning, turn the
small
and large FMS knobs to enter the identifier
of the ‘from’ waypoint. Once the waypoints
identifier is entered, press the ENT key to accept
the waypoint. The flashing cursor moves to the
to waypoint. Again, turn the
small and large
FMS knobs to enter the identifier of the ‘to’
waypoint and press the ENT key to accept the
waypoint. OR,
5. For flight plan leg fuel planning, press the
FPL softkey and turn the small FMS knob to
select the desired flight plan (already stored in
memory), by number. Turn the
large FMS
knob
to highlight the ‘LEG’ field and turn the
small
FMS knob to select the desired leg of the flight
plan, or select ‘CUM’ to apply fuel planning
calculations to the entire flight plan.
6. Turn the
small and large FMS
knobs to enter
the fuel flow. Press the ENT key when finished.
Note that in automatic page mode, fuel flow is
provided by the system.
7. The flashing cursor moves to the fuel on board
field. Turn the
small and large FMS
knobs to
modify the fuel on board. Press the ENT key
when finished. Note that in automatic mode
this is provided by the system.
8. The flashing cursor moves to the calibrated
airspeed field. Turn the
small and large FMS
knobs to enter an calibrated airspeed. Press
the
ENT key when finished.
With all variables entered, the following information is
provided (all of the items are not available at all times):
• Efficiency
• Total Endurance
• Remaining Fuel
• Remaining Endurance
• Fuel Required
• Total Range