BendixKing GC 360A - Manual (Page 13)

4. Wind
Displays wind velocity at present
position and altitude. The Wind
function is available only with the
GC 360’s 360˚ circle function acti-
vated.
To view the current wind speed and
direction, press the Wind key once.
A solid green square on the com-
pass rose will show wind direction,
and wind speed will appear in green
digits beneath a “WS” annunciator
on the right side of the radar indica-
tor. Press the Wind key again to
view headwind (HW) or tailwind
(TW) components. Pressing the
key a third time removes wind
graphics from the radar screen.
5. Joystick Waypoint
You may position the joystick way-
point any place on the radar screen,
including behind the aircraft’s pre-
sent position if the GC 360A is dis-
playing its 360˚ circle format, any
time you want to alter the flight plan
with reference to information on the
radar screen. Moving the joystick
control for a moment causes the
waypoint cursor to appear; holding
it in any of its eight positions,
spaced 45˚ apart, moves the cursor
in that direction. Waypoint lat/lon
coordinates, displayed in white next
to the “Cursor” annunciator at the
bottom of the radar indicator, will
change accordingly.
During operations in the BOTH
mode with dual LNAV installations,
you may reference the Waypoint
cursor to either Long Range
Navigation System by pressing the
GC 360A’s Name/Index key.
Waypoint cursor coordinates will
appear on the radar screen in the
corresponding data block-left for
Nav 1 and right for Nav 2.
With the Waypoint cursor in the
desired position, pressing the cur-
sor check-off key transfers its coor-
dinates to the LNAV. A waypoint
page will appear automatically on
the LNAV Display, with the identifier
“O” in the case of the KNS 660,
KLN 88, KLN 90, KLN 90B or KLN
900. The GNS-XLS identifies the
first waypoint received from the GC
360A as “EX#01”, the second as
“EX#02”, etc. The LNAV does not
automatically insert the joystick
waypoint into the flight plan;
instead, you must use the normal
waypoint insertion procedures for
the particular LNAV being used.
Of course, if you want to proceed
direct to the joystick waypoint, you
may do so by using the LNAV’s
Direct-To function. The GNS-XLS
automatically switches to Direct-To
mode upon receiving the joystick
cursor coordinates from the
GC 360A.
You may erase the Waypoint cursor
at any time before its coordinates
have been transferred to the LNAV
by pressing the GC 360A’s Cancel
pushbutton.
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