Comments on: 5 Quick G1000 Tips http://www.pilotmikekc.com/2009/05/28/5-quick-g1000-tips/ A blog about my aviation and other life experiences in the midwest. Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:06:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: pilotmike http://www.pilotmikekc.com/2009/05/28/5-quick-g1000-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-289 pilotmike Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:46:04 +0000 http://www.pilotmikekc.com/?p=229#comment-289 Hi Eric! Thanks for stopping by and taking time to comment. Re #2: Thanks for the info on Skywatch. I don't have any experience with Skywatch equipped airplanes so that is good to know. I'll modify the post with that information. Re #4: This is interesting because I was told differently by my CFII when doing my G1000 checkout in a Cessna 172 with a G1000. Just to double-check, I loaded up the King Schools G1000 course, and they mentioned the same thing in Lesson 3. Martha King says on the video "...only GPS2 provides GPS navigation guidance to the autopilot. So if you loose GPS2 the only navigation source that the autopilot can use is VOR and ILS tracking." Perhaps the type of autopilot makes a difference. Maybe the KAP140 is different than the Garmin GFC 700. Does anyone else know? Hi Eric! Thanks for stopping by and taking time to comment.

Re #2: Thanks for the info on Skywatch. I don’t have any experience with Skywatch equipped airplanes so that is good to know. I’ll modify the post with that information.

Re #4: This is interesting because I was told differently by my CFII when doing my G1000 checkout in a Cessna 172 with a G1000. Just to double-check, I loaded up the King Schools G1000 course, and they mentioned the same thing in Lesson 3. Martha King says on the video “…only GPS2 provides GPS navigation guidance to the autopilot. So if you loose GPS2 the only navigation source that the autopilot can use is VOR and ILS tracking.”

Perhaps the type of autopilot makes a difference. Maybe the KAP140 is different than the Garmin GFC 700. Does anyone else know?

]]> By: Eric http://www.pilotmikekc.com/2009/05/28/5-quick-g1000-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Eric Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:15:30 +0000 http://www.pilotmikekc.com/?p=229#comment-286 #2 - if you have Skywatch installed, it gives full position reports: "traffic, two o'clock, high, three miles." The only way to mute it is per-call. Skywatch picks up every transponder, including people holding short, which it considers a collision hazard as you're on short final. I prefer the simple "traffic" call, and I think you would too if you were flying in something with more than TIS. :) #4 - you may want to have your aircraft inspected! The #1 avionics unit is what drives your GPS navigation under all circumstances until #2 fails. If you don't check #2 manually, you won't know that there's a problem. GPS 2 is currently out of service in one of our Skylanes, and the autopilot tracks GPS just fine. #2 – if you have Skywatch installed, it gives full position reports: “traffic, two o’clock, high, three miles.” The only way to mute it is per-call. Skywatch picks up every transponder, including people holding short, which it considers a collision hazard as you’re on short final. I prefer the simple “traffic” call, and I think you would too if you were flying in something with more than TIS. :)

#4 – you may want to have your aircraft inspected! The #1 avionics unit is what drives your GPS navigation under all circumstances until #2 fails. If you don’t check #2 manually, you won’t know that there’s a problem. GPS 2 is currently out of service in one of our Skylanes, and the autopilot tracks GPS just fine.

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