BendixKing SKYMAP IIIC - Manual (Page 66)

DETAILED OPERATION
Once you have reached the desired item, pressing Key 1, ENTER, will select it and either
return you to Screen 12, Flight Plan Program / Edit Screen, entering the item to your flight
plan or invoke the DIRECT TO and take you to Screen 47, MAP Mode with NAV
Information, depending on which entry flight plan to Screen 13 you happen to have used.
Once you have reached the desired item, pressing Key 1, ENTER, will select it and either
return you to Screen 12, Flight Plan Program / Edit Screen, entering the item to your flight
plan or invoke the DIRECT TO and take you to Screen 47, MAP Mode with NAV
Information, depending on which entry flight plan to Screen 13 you happen to have used.
If VOR’s, NDB’s or intersections / approach waypoints were selected on Screen 13,
Database Selection Screen, you will see a two-letter ICAO area code displayed to the right
of the identifier. If you have the area filter set to ALL, you can move the cursor over to the
two-letter ICAO code and select items with similar names in other areas. For example,
there are four NDB’s in the Europe area with the indent ‘AB’. To select any one of these,
first select AB then move the cursor to the right so that it is positioned over the two-letter
ICAO code. By moving the joystick up and down is it now possible to select EK, ES, LF or
LO as a country code. By doing this you can select the ‘AB’ NDB in Finland (EK), Sweden
(ES), France (LF) and Austria (LO).
If VOR’s, NDB’s or intersections / approach waypoints were selected on Screen 13,
Database Selection Screen, you will see a two-letter ICAO area code displayed to the right
of the identifier. If you have the area filter set to ALL, you can move the cursor over to the
two-letter ICAO code and select items with similar names in other areas. For example,
there are four NDB’s in the Europe area with the indent ‘AB’. To select any one of these,
first select AB then move the cursor to the right so that it is positioned over the two-letter
ICAO code. By moving the joystick up and down is it now possible to select EK, ES, LF or
LO as a country code. By doing this you can select the ‘AB’ NDB in Finland (EK), Sweden
(ES), France (LF) and Austria (LO).
When selecting a beacon, intersection or approach waypoint, check the ICAO
area code carefully since there are many duplicates present in the database.
Checking the area code will eliminate any ambiguity.
Graphical Viewing and Editing of Flight Plans
Screen 19: View and Edit Flight Plans On Map Screen
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This Screen is accessed by pressing FLIGHT PLAN in Main Menu, followed by EDIT
FPLN and Key 5, View Map, on Screen 11, Flight Plan Selection Screen. Screen 19 is
displayed showing the starting point of the selected flight plan centred in the middle of the
display. The legs and waypoints are shown as in the illustration above.
The joystick can be used to move the pointer. The screen window can be moved around
the map by “bumping” the screen borders left, right, up or down with the pointer. Distance
and bearing boxes below the map show distance and bearing from the last waypoint
in the flight plan to the pointer. This feature allows you to enter waypoints as a distance
and bearing from the previous flight plan point.
To build a flight plan you simply point at the first item to be included in the flight plan and
press Key 2, ADD WPT (or ADD WayPoinT). This will place an S (for Start) next to the
waypoint. If no suitable data point or user waypoint is available beneath the pointer, a new
user waypoint will be created; which can be given a name later by using Screen 9, Manual
Rev 9 Jul 2006 3-23 Skymap/Tracker IIIC Pilot's Guide