On May 15, 5:47 am, "Jim Carter" wrote:
The GX 50/60 series puts the grid lines on the quadrangle with WPTs at each
turnpoint. Does the G1000 do the same?

But back to any of the non-GX 50/60 class; does the aircrew just calculate
and program in the WPTs by hand, or do they use the old pencil and chart
method to layout the grid track?

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In the G1000 the observer takes command of the right screen while
taxiing out and programs in a way point named Grid#A/B/C/D, etc.
So he creates a WPT called 123A, 123B, 123C, 123D, etc. He does this
by looking at his gridded sectional and figuring the lat/long. If he
makes a mistake, its obvious on the screen. If he's lucky someone else
has already searched that grid and the WPT is already there! . He
then creates a flight plan that goes direct to one of the points and
then goes through each point. That flight plan is stored in the FPL
database for the pilot to pull up. We don't do much hand flying in the
G1000 planes, the autopilots are pretty awesome.

-Robert