Learn more about the avionics systems in your airplane!

If you have a GNS 480 installed in your panel, then chances are you also have an HSI/Sandel and an autopilot/flight director.  If you want to enhance your GNS 480 knowledge and learn more about your aircraft's systems, then this course is for you!

In the morning session, we'll discuss aircraft systems, failure modes, and answer questions such as:

• Is your HSI vacuum powered?  electric?  or, both?
• Will your autopilot function if the primary attitude indicator fails?
• How does your autopilot fly a coupled ILS with the GNS 480?
• Does the turn coordinator really display rate-of-turn?

In the afternoon, you'll put your problem solving skills to work as you encounter difficult and unusual IFR scenarios during the GNS 430/530 hands-on lab sessions using actual units!  Some examples of the lab exercises are:

• You'll "fly" an arrival from a NoPT arrival sector (three different types)
• You'll "fly a missed approach procedure with two "pilot nav" legs
• You'll "fly" an obstacle departure procedure and an uncoded SID
• You'll "fly" a variety of "interesting" GPS approaches and departures and arrivals

In addition, you'll learn how your autopilot behaves when flying a precision and non-precision approach with the GNS 480.