Garmin GPSCOM 190 - Manual (Page 81)

R e f e r e n c e
Tnp & Fuel
Planning
MINDS ALOFT
TflS:
Hdg: 156*V
@25^
Hoad Wnd 6.9^
Wind irom 33 r
at 6.0*V
126.77 110.00
Wmdi aloft may be
Ltilcuiatt’d by entering your
£rut’ air speed and current
heading-
TRIP Zt FUEL PLAN
WavDoint
From: KCOS
To:
KIXD
Speed: 150^
Flow: 11
DTK
DIS
REQ
ETE 077^
460ii.
34
03:04
126.77 119.00
Niivigatiofial injormation
and/lid usage may be cal­
culated for a trip between
any two wa^'pinti.
The GPSCOM 190’s winds aloft function will calcu­
late the wind direction, speed and head/tail wind condi­
tions for the aircraft once you have entered your true air
speed and current heading.
To calculate winds aloft:
1. Highlight the true airspeed field 'TAS'.
2. Enter the TAS (use the density altitude function if you do
not know TAS) and press'
Winds Aloft Function
to begin entry of your current heading 3. Press
(Hdg).
4. Enter your heading and press The wind direc­
tion, speed and the head/tail wind conditions will be dis­
played at the bottom of the page.
Trip and Fuel Planning Function
The GPSCOM 190’s trip and fuel planning function
wall calculate the desired track, distance, estimated time
enroute and fuel requirements between any two way-
points or any programmed route. The first field (top left
ol the planning page) allow's you to select between way-
point or route planning.
To perform a waypoint-to-waypoint trip and fuel
plan;
1. Highlight the Waypoint/Rte field and press
2. Use the arrow keypad to select the 'Waypoint' option
and presses. The field highlight will move to the
'From' field.
3. Enter the starting waypoint for the trip, or leave the field
bl^to start from your present position, and press
I. The field highlight will advance to the 'To' field.
.The 4. Enter the destination waypoint and press
field highlight will advance to the 'Speed' field
The field highlight 5. Enter trip speed and press
will advance to the 'Flow' field
6. Enter the fuel flow for the trip and press . The
desired track (DTK), distance (DIS), fuel requirement
(REQ), and estimated time enroute (ETE) of the trip will
be displayed at the bottom of the page.