Garmin GPS 500 - Manual (Page 136)

GPS 500 Pilot’s Guide and Reference 8-2
SECTION 8
AUX PAGES
8.2 FLIGHT PLANNING PAGE
The Flight Planning Page (Figure 8-4) provides access
(via ‘menu options’) to E6B functions for fuel planning,
trip planning, density altitude/true airspeed/winds aloft
calculations, and a ‘Crossfill’ function to transfer flight
plans/user waypoints to a second 400/500-series Garmin
unit. When a menu option is selected, the corresponding
page appears providing additional information and
features.
Figure 8-4 Flight Planning Page
Current Page Group
Menu Options (to Select,
Highlight with Cursor and
Press the ENT Key)
Position of
Current Page
within Current
Page Group
Number of Pages in
Current Page Group
Selecting a menu option from the Flight
Planning Page:
1) Press the small right knob momentarily, to
activate the flashing cursor (Figure 8-4).
2) Turn the large right knob to select the desired
menu option.
3) Press the ENT Key (Figure 8-5) to display the
desired page.
Figure 8-5 Density Alt/TAS/Winds Page
The following menu options are available:
• Fuel Planning - When equipped with fuel flow
(FF) and/or fuel on board (FOB) sensors, this
option displays current fuel conditions along
the active direct-to or flight plan. The pilot may
also manually enter fuel flow, ground speed (GS)
and (in some instances) fuel on board figures for
planning purposes. Fuel planning figures can be
displayed not only for the currently active flight
plan or direct-to, but also point-to-point between
two specified waypoints and for any programmed
flight plan.
Fuel planning figures can be entered and
displayed based upon one of three possible
configurations:
♦ No fuel sensors connected - In this instance
fuel flow is manually entered and is used
to calculate fuel on board. When fuel flow
or fuel on board is manually entered, the
figures are retained the next time the page is
displayed (with fuel on board continuously
recalculated).
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