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Flight Planning Page: Fuel Planning

To perform fuel planning operations:

1. Select “Fuel Planning” from the flight planning page, using the steps described on page 136.
2. The current fuel planning “mode” is displayed at the top of the page: “POINT TO POINT” or

“FPL” (for a flight plan). To change the mode, press

m

to display an options window for

the other mode, then press

E

to accept the other mode.

3a. For point-to-point fuel planning, rotate the small (

a

) and large (

h

) right knobs to enter

the identifier of the “from” waypoint. Once the waypoint’s identifier is entered, press

E

to

accept the waypoint. The flashing cursor moves to the “to” waypoint. Again, rotate the small

(

a

) and large (

h

) right knobs to enter the identifier of the “to” waypoint and press

E

to accept the waypoint. OR,

3b. For flight plan fuel planning, rotate the small right knob (

a

) to select the desired flight plan

by number (already stored in memory. 00 is the active flight plan). Rotate the large right

knob (

h

) to highlight the “LEG” field and rotate the small right knob (

a

) to select the

desired leg of the flight plan, or select “Cum” to apply fuel planning calculations to the entire

flight plan.

4. If your fuel management system does not enter the data automatically, rotate the large right

knob (

h

) to highlight the fuel on board (FOB) field.

5. Use the small (

a

) and large (

h

) right knobs to enter the amount of fuel on board. Press

E

when finished.

6. The flashing cursor moves to the fuel flow (FF) field. Use the small (

a

) and large (

h

) right

knobs to enter the fuel flow rate. Press

E

when finished. Note that if a fuel system is

providing current fuel flow, the fuel flow field will default to this value.

7. The flashing cursor moves to the ground speed (GS) field. Use the small (

a

) and large

(

h

) right knobs to enter the ground speed. Press

E

when finished.

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