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Trip planning, System operation 3-96 – Honeywell GNS-XL User Manual

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System Operation

3-96

GNS-X

L

Flight Management System

Rev. 0

Oct/96

NOTE: HOURS of fuel and RANGE are calculated to the RESERVE
fuel, not “0” fuel, unless the RESERVE fuel is “0”.

To change the unit of measurement (LB or KG):

a.

Line Select Key - DEPRESS to position the cursor over the
REMAINING field. DEPRESS the Line Select Key above to
position the cursor over the unit field (LB or KG).

b.

BACK

Key -

DEPRESS. The
field will display LB?
or KG? to notify the
pilot of the pending
change. (Figure 3-
155)

c.

ENT

Key -

DEPRESS. The units
field on the title line
and specific range line
will change. All fuel
figures are recalculat-

ed to reflect the new units of measurement.

TRIP PLANNING

The TRIP PLAN Page provides the capability to calculate information
for Active or Stored Flight Plans, DIRECT TO legs, or Random legs
without affecting any of the system’s navigation functions.

1.

PLAN Key - DEPRESS to display TRIP PLAN Page.

NOTE: Initially the TRIP
PLAN
Page will display the
Active Flight Plan (if pre-
sent). The initial leg dis-
played will be DIRECT TO
the current TO waypoint on
the active flight plan or the
first TO waypoint on the
flight plan selected. (Figure
3-156)

PLAN

1/8

FUEL STATUS

LB?

REMAINING

5000

RESERVE

1000

FLOW

1200

LAST INPUT:

00:05

HOURS

03+19

RANGE

1341

NM/LB

0.335

>

>

>

Figure 3-155

TRIP PLAN

A

DIRECT

KDAL

TO LIT

KHPN

GS

407

DIS/DTK

258.1/060

ETE

00:38.2

FPL

1242/

03+03

ETA @KHPN

04:00

RAIM @KHPN

AVAIL

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PLAN

2/8

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Figure 3-156