Usually you get a crossing restriction referencing a point on your flight
plan, so in your case XYZ is in the 430's flight plan already. Go to the
VNAV page and put in the distance and altitude from XYZ and your 430 will
give you a Vertical Speed Required (VSR) on the Nav page to intercept the
altitude at the specified point.

I usually us the OBS mode to intercept and track radials but you need two
GPSs or a second VOR reciever to identify the intersection of the crossing
radials. If you get the same instructions frequently you may want to create
a user waypoint. The problem then is remembering what you named it.

Mike
MU-2


"Michael 182" wrote in message
...
Is there a simple way to program the Garmin to handle in-flight route
instructions such as :

"Pass 10 miles N of XYZ at 10,000 ft" or "Continue inbound to ABC, then
the 131 radial to DEF..."

I can make user waypoints, but it seems a little slow and awkward,
especially in hard IFR. Any tricks?

Thanks,

Michael