NautoPilot® 5000 Series
102-890.NG001-NG003
Operator Manual
Edition: 003
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Special alerts for the NP5500
Note:
If the WPTs are very close together and if a long APPROACH time has been
adjusted, it may happen that the APPROACH alarm of the following WPT appears
already during the current track change maneuver:
Indications
Comment/Notes
An alert is displayed at the top bar of the display (see section 7).
Approach NEXT- Waypoint
2 pulses
Acknowledge the alert.
App. NEXT- Wpt.
After acknowledgement the
short text is displayed and the
LED is no longer alight.
Extreme case:
Figure 17: Extreme Case Example of a Track Change maneuver
Attention is here to be paid to that the minimum distance between 2 successive
radii have been defined to be 350 m and that, therefore, with a speed of approx. 20
kn the shortest approach time that may occur in this most unfavorable case is still
approx. 70 s.