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<\/a><\/h2>\nTo assist in descent planning and energy management, pilots can take advantage of VNAV profiles throughout the en route and terminal phases of flight within GTN 650\/750 series touchscreen navigators when they\u2019re paired with G500 TXi\/G600 TXi, G500\/G600 or G5. Within GTN, pilots can easily enter altitude constraints on the flight plan page to setup a vertical descent profile. Pilots also experience a near-seamless transition from VNAV to an arrival and instrument approach. Once an arrival or approach is loaded and activated, GTN automatically populates step-down altitudes or any applicable altitude restrictions. If ATC issues an unpublished altitude restriction, pilots can enter those altitudes manually into the active flight plan under the VNAV field.
\nAs part of the VNAV profile, top of descent (TOD) and bottom of descent (BOD) values are also calculated and displayed on the moving map. As the aircraft arrives at TOD, GTN displays a visual annunciation, prompting the pilot to begin the descent. When paired with a flight display such as G500 TXi\/G600 TXi, G500\/G600 or G5, a vertical deviation indication (VDI) also populates on the display to provide vertical guidance for the descent. Additionally, when the GTN 650\/750 series is paired with the GFC 600 or GFC 500 autopilot, pilots can select the VNAV button on the mode controller to fly a fully-coupled VNAV profile.<\/p>\n
Now Approved with G500 or G500 TXi: G5 and GFC 500![\"Updates](\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Updates-TXi2-300x230.jpg\")
<\/a><\/h2>\nThe ever-popular G5 electronic flight instrument will soon be approved as a standby flight instrument when paired with the G500 TXi or G500 flight displays. Additionally, this will allow Aircraft owners to pair the economical GFC 500 autopilot with the G500 TXi or G500 flight displays, while offering a redundant, all-glass cockpit. In doing so, adjustments made to heading bugs, altitude select, airspeed bugs, as well as the barometric pressure setting are automatically synced from G500 TXi or G500 flight displays to G5. Flight director and autopilot mode annunciations from GFC 500 can also be viewed across all flight displays, including G5.
\nIn the unlikely event of a G500 TXi flight display failure, G5 will remain coupled to the GFC 500 autopilot and continue to fly normal autopilot modes, including altitude select, heading, vertical speed and more. G5 as a standby flight instrument will be available for Class 1 aircraft listed on both the G5 AML STC and the G500 TXi AML STC. To incorporate GFC 500, the aircraft must also be listed on GFC 500 AML STC. Note that G5 and the GAD\u2122 29B adapter are required to connect GFC 500 to a G500 or G500 TXi flight display.<\/p>\n
Course Deviation Indication (CDI) and VDI Preview<\/h2>\n
A popular feature in turbine class aircraft, a CDI preview option allows pilots to view course and vertical deviation information prior to an instrument approach. When the GTN series is paired with G500 TXi\/G600 TXi or G500\/G600, pilots can view this feature within the HSI or lateral deviation indicator on the flight display. When GPS is the selected CDI source, information \u2014 such as a course pointer, lateral deviation, station ID and the numeric inbound course \u2014 automatically populates on the HSI in gray when an instrument approach is loaded. For ILS and GPS approaches with vertical guidance, a preview of the VDI also populates on the TXi series, G500\/G600 or G5, allowing pilots to view glideslope or glidepath deviation prior to the descent.<\/p>\n
Garmin Pilot\u2122 App and Engine Information System (EIS) Analytics<\/h2>\n
Exclusive to Garmin, customers can now utilize Garmin Pilot on Apple\u00ae mobile devices to view real-time engine information via Flight Stream 510 when the app is paired with an EIS-capable TXi flight display or the G1000\u00ae NXi integrated flight deck. Upon landing, the flight data log (including EIS data) is wirelessly uploaded to the flyGarmin\u00ae website and is stored securely within the app and on flyGarmin. Within the flyGarmin website, pilots can access detailed information related to any flight, play back the flight and download data logs. Pilot-configurable exceedances can also be set within the flyGarmin website.<\/p>\n
New TXi Display Orientations, Configurations and Capabilities![\"Updates](\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Updates-TXi31-300x221.jpg\")
<\/a><\/h2>\nThe TXi family adds even more options with software version 2.20, including the following:
\n\u2022 The 10-inch TXi flight display can be configured to a 40% PFD and 60% MFD split-screen layout.
\n\u2022 On a 7-inch portrait or landscape G500 TXi\/G600 TXi display, the displays can be configured to view MFD features and single-engine EIS information simultaneously.
\n\u2022 The 7-inch landscape TXi display can be used as a PFD, adding installation flexibility in aircraft panels that are space-limited.
\n\u2022 Multiple video inputs can be displayed on the MFD with purchase of a new video input feature enablement.
\n\u2022 Within the EIS-capable TXi displays, pilots can select and view individual cylinder head temperature (CHT) values.
\n\u2022 Flight Stream 510 may now be installed directly in a TXi display, allowing aircraft not equipped with a GTN navigator to take advantage of flight data (including EIS data) transfer to the Garmin Pilot\u2122 app and database transfer to TXi. Note that flight plan transfer is not supported if Flight Stream 510 is installed directly in a TXi display.<\/p>\n
GTN Series Enhancements<\/h2>\n
The GTN series touchscreen navigators will also receive many new features with software version 6.50, including:
\n\u2022 The addition of new audible and visual terrain proximity alerts, including, \u201cterrain ahead, pull up\u201d, \u201cobstacle ahead, pull up\u201d and \u201cwire ahead.\u201d An aural \u201cfive-hundred\u201d annunciation is also available when the aircraft is on approach to land. These new alerts are available as a free feature.
\n\u2022 Pilots can now set a user-defined waypoint as an airport, so terrain alerts are minimized while landing at an airport that is not in the navigation database.
\n\u2022 The addition of a QWERTY keyboard within the GTN 650\/750 series and G500 TXi\/G600 TXi gives pilots a more familiar way to input information.
\n\u2022 Pilots can configure COMM sidetone settings within GTN.
\n\u2022 Irish, Swiss and English coordinate systems are now supported so it\u2019s easier for pilots to enter GPS coordinates in various formats, including latitude\/longitude, degrees\/minutes\/seconds and decimal degrees.
\n\u2022 The new GWX\u2122 75 weather radar is now supported by the GTN touchscreen navigators and G500 TXi\/G600 TXi flight displays, which offers four-times more color contouring than typically found on other weather radars on the market.”![\"Updates](\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Updates-TXi4-300x151.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nVisit our Maxcraft<\/a> team or call us at 604-465-3080.<\/p>\nMaxcraft Avionics<\/a>\u00a0is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades, including installation of everything from basic VHF Radios and flight instruments, all the way to sophisticated\u00a0<\/em>GPS,\u00a0<\/em><\/a>TCAS, EFIS, and\u00a0<\/em><\/a>glass cockpit systems<\/em><\/a>. We have the largest avionics facility\u00a0in Canada and over 20,000 unique part numbers in our inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maxcraft is excited to announce significant changes to Garmins configuration options and new capabilities with the following instruments. Adding descent VNAV, G500 TXI compatility with G5 and GTC500 and more. Read more\u00a0details from Garmin below: “Garmin is pleased to announce … Continue reading
\nIn the unlikely event of a G500 TXi flight display failure, G5 will remain coupled to the GFC 500 autopilot and continue to fly normal autopilot modes, including altitude select, heading, vertical speed and more. G5 as a standby flight instrument will be available for Class 1 aircraft listed on both the G5 AML STC and the G500 TXi AML STC. To incorporate GFC 500, the aircraft must also be listed on GFC 500 AML STC. Note that G5 and the GAD\u2122 29B adapter are required to connect GFC 500 to a G500 or G500 TXi flight display.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/h2>\nThe TXi family adds even more options with software version 2.20, including the following:
\n\u2022 The 10-inch TXi flight display can be configured to a 40% PFD and 60% MFD split-screen layout.
\n\u2022 On a 7-inch portrait or landscape G500 TXi\/G600 TXi display, the displays can be configured to view MFD features and single-engine EIS information simultaneously.
\n\u2022 The 7-inch landscape TXi display can be used as a PFD, adding installation flexibility in aircraft panels that are space-limited.
\n\u2022 Multiple video inputs can be displayed on the MFD with purchase of a new video input feature enablement.
\n\u2022 Within the EIS-capable TXi displays, pilots can select and view individual cylinder head temperature (CHT) values.
\n\u2022 Flight Stream 510 may now be installed directly in a TXi display, allowing aircraft not equipped with a GTN navigator to take advantage of flight data (including EIS data) transfer to the Garmin Pilot\u2122 app and database transfer to TXi. Note that flight plan transfer is not supported if Flight Stream 510 is installed directly in a TXi display.<\/p>\n
GTN Series Enhancements<\/h2>\n
The GTN series touchscreen navigators will also receive many new features with software version 6.50, including: Visit our Maxcraft<\/a> team or call us at 604-465-3080.<\/p>\n Maxcraft Avionics<\/a>\u00a0is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades, including installation of everything from basic VHF Radios and flight instruments, all the way to sophisticated\u00a0<\/em>GPS,\u00a0<\/em><\/a>TCAS, EFIS, and\u00a0<\/em><\/a>glass cockpit systems<\/em><\/a>. We have the largest avionics facility\u00a0in Canada and over 20,000 unique part numbers in our inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Maxcraft is excited to announce significant changes to Garmins configuration options and new capabilities with the following instruments. Adding descent VNAV, G500 TXI compatility with G5 and GTC500 and more. Read more\u00a0details from Garmin below: “Garmin is pleased to announce … Continue reading
\n\u2022 The addition of new audible and visual terrain proximity alerts, including, \u201cterrain ahead, pull up\u201d, \u201cobstacle ahead, pull up\u201d and \u201cwire ahead.\u201d An aural \u201cfive-hundred\u201d annunciation is also available when the aircraft is on approach to land. These new alerts are available as a free feature.
\n\u2022 Pilots can now set a user-defined waypoint as an airport, so terrain alerts are minimized while landing at an airport that is not in the navigation database.
\n\u2022 The addition of a QWERTY keyboard within the GTN 650\/750 series and G500 TXi\/G600 TXi gives pilots a more familiar way to input information.
\n\u2022 Pilots can configure COMM sidetone settings within GTN.
\n\u2022 Irish, Swiss and English coordinate systems are now supported so it\u2019s easier for pilots to enter GPS coordinates in various formats, including latitude\/longitude, degrees\/minutes\/seconds and decimal degrees.
\n\u2022 The new GWX\u2122 75 weather radar is now supported by the GTN touchscreen navigators and G500 TXi\/G600 TXi flight displays, which offers four-times more color contouring than typically found on other weather radars on the market.”<\/a><\/p>\n