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Chapter 10
Fuel Management System Operation
The fuel management option for the Pro Pilot allows the pilot to view multiple fuel parameters. It
provides a means to accurately measure fuel flow (in gallons or liters), fuel remaining and fuel used. It
employs the GPS data to compute available range and time remaining. This feature requires the
installation of a small pushbutton on the panel or control stick.
The fuel flow in
GPH
(gallons per hour) or
LPH
(liters per hour) is always available in the variable data on
the bottom right quadrant of the display. Rotating the encoder knob will cycle through the GPS data
screens to bring this data into view.
A small momentary pushbutton, mounted to the
instrument panel or control stick allows the pilot to view
additional fuel parameters.
Pressing the remote pushbutton, regardless of what is
being shown on the autopilot display screen, will bring up the
displays as shown below.
Each fuel display will remain viewable for a 5 second
period before timing out and returning to the normal autopilot
display. However, if the button is pressed again during that 5
second period, the screen will advance to the next fuel
display.
In this manner, all fuel parameters are always available with
the press of a button.
Display Screens
Five screens are available when using the remote pushbutton. The first screen presented is the screen
that was on the display when last viewed. In the example below this would be the GPH display
The first time the button is pressed the right hand side of the screen will
show a larger display of the
FUEL GPH
.
The second press of the button will display the
FUEL REM
(Fuel
Remaining) screen.
The third press of the button will display the
TIME REM
(Time
Remaining) which indicates the time until the tanks are empty.
The forth press of the button will display
USED
(Fuel Used). This
parameter will accumulate until the pilot resets it as described below.
