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Route
Operator’s Manual
main intact in the
RTE2
screen.
The following
CFG1
menus directly impact the
RTE
functions:
¾
Navigation - sets a variety of important functions and alarms.
Ö
Rhumb line or Great Circle navigation
Ö
Range units: nautical miles, nautical miles and meters (when
under 1,000 meters), nautical miles and feet (when under 1,000
feet), statute miles, statute miles and meters (when under 1,000
meters), statute miles and feet (when under 1,000 feet), kilo-
meters, or kilometers and meters (when under 1,000 meters)
Ö
Waypoint pass criterion and distance: bisector line, perpen-
dicular line, complex (combination of bisector line and per-
pendicular line), distance to waypoint, or manual.
Ö
Waypoint Approach distance
Ö
Autopilot alarm control
¾
Position - sets Lat/Lon or UTM and some alarm limits.
¾
Time - sets time offsets and 12 or 24 hour clock mode (for ETA
calculation, and waypoint passed time stamp).
RTE1 - The Active Route
The
RTE1
screen provides the active route data for the
NAV
and
PLOT
screens. It also maintains a waypoint pass log for you. Another
important feature in the
RTE1
screen that you need to be aware of is
that the
up (
Ï
)
and
down (
Ð
) arrow softkeys
, displayed when you
are in the edit mode under the
Route Control
softkey, control which
waypoints are skipped (down arrow -
Ð
) and which are restored (up
arrow -
Ï
) for your current route.
Note: The CDU will recalculate the route when a navigation mode,
either Rhumb Line or Great Circle is selected.
You can enter waypoints using different datums into the
route
The
RTE1
screen is where you are likely to do most of your trip prepa-
ration. There are several methods you can use to create routes. You are
sure to find one or more methods which meet your needs in the follow-
ing sections.
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