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4.2.6
NAVIGATION PLOTTER SCREEN
In the PLOTTER page the navigation is based on a graphic perspective plotter that
features:
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Graphic representation of the flight track toward the current WP;
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Graphic representation of the current WP cylinder;
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Optimized course line to the current WP cylinder;
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Optimized course line to the next WP;
o
Wind’s direction and intensity;
The following info are listed in digital format:
o
Required glide ratio to the current WP and its distance;
o
Expected height of arrival above the Current WP and current glide ratio;
o
Current WP name.
4.2.7
HSI NAVIGATION PLOTTER PAGE
In the center of the PLOTTER page are represented two dotted lines crossed,
where the crossing point indicates the current WP with its real altitude. During
the glide to WP the “plane” symbol, moves toward the right or the left of the
vertical dotted line to indicate a wrong route to the cylinder’s center and moves
above or below the horizontal dotted line to indicate if with the current glide will
arrive above or below the WP.
Along the horizontal line, the symbol represents the optimized direction to the current WP.
4.2.8
BEARING COMPASS
On the bottom of the PLOTTER page there is a bearing compass showing also all
the navigation’s info with graphics symbols (WP direction, wind etc.…).
If the GPS signal is valid, the direction is the TRK of the GPS track, otherwise it is
represented the AIR’s internal magnetic compass.
COMPASS SCREEN MAIN FIELDS
In the COMPASS page, the navigation info are represented with a series of
concentric circles with some rotating symbols:
- Outside the circle there are the N-E-S-W points;
- In the outer ring are rotating the direction to WP symbols;
- In the inner ring are rotating the direction to the last thermal, the wind direction
and wind speed symbols.
4.2.9
COMPASS SCREEN, NAVIGATION TO THE START LINE
In the COMPASS page, during the task’s phase preceding the Start, the pilot finds some
specific info to navigate to the Start line.
On the top section there is a clock and below a field with the countdown timer to start.
