GPS 400 Pilot’s Guide and Reference
190-00140-60 Rev. E
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SECTION 1
INTRODUCTION
Flight Plans (FPL)
The GPS 400 lets the pilot create up to 20 flight plans,
with up to 31 waypoints in each flight plan. Flight plans
are created, edited, and activated using the
FPL
Key. The
FPL Page Group includes two pages: the Active Flight Plan
Page and the Flight Plan Catalog Page (Figures 1-29 and
1-30). The Active Flight Plan Page provides information
and editing features for the flight plan currently in use
(referred to as ‘flight plan 00’). The Flight Plan Catalog
Page serves as the main page for creating new flight plans,
as well as editing or activating previously created flight
plans.
Figure 1-29 Active Flight Plan Page
Figure 1-30 Flight Plan Catalog Page
Since using flight plans is arguably one of the more
complex features of the GPS 400, it will only be discussed
briefly here, with focus on creating a new flight plan and
activating it to use for navigation. After reading through
this brief introduction, answers to additional questions
about flight plans can be found in Section 4, Flight Plans.
Creating a new flight plan:
1) Press the
FPL
Key.
2) Turn the small
right
knob to select the Flight
Plan Catalog Page.
3) Press the
MENU
Key to display the Flight Plan
Catalog Page Menu (Figure 1-31).
Figure 1-31 Flight Plan Catalog Page Menu
4) Turn the large
right
knob to select ‘Create New
Flight Plan?’ and press the
ENT
Key.
5) The cursor appears on the first waypoint identifier
field (located directly below ‘WAYPOINT’). Use
the large and small
right
knobs to enter the
identifier of the first waypoint in the flight plan.
(The small knob is used to select the desired
letter or number and the large knob is used to
move to the next character space.)
6) Press the
ENT
Key once the identifier has been
selected. The cursor moves to the next blank
waypoint identifier field.
