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Introduction!
A"PRACTICAL"GUIDE"TO"FLYING"WITH"X4PLANE"GPS"430/530" This guide is a practical guide that you can use by following the steps and fly the plan.
By Xplanebaz@aapt.net.au There are sample copies of documents with this file to help understand aspects of this guide.
Try flying it at night and rely on the GPS to make it happen.

Getting!to!Know!the!530!

Radio Freq 1 Flip- Zoom In/Out Map range

flop (from standby)
DIRECT TO: select
location to fly to
NAV 1 1 Flip-flop
(from standby) MENU display for FPL
(Flight Plan)
OUTER RING:
CLEAR specific
MHZ (e.g. 108-
Waypoint or esc Menu
136MHZ)
ENTER button
INNER RING:
OUTER RING: Move
.00-.95MHZ
cursor

PUSH C/V: Toggle INNER RING: Scroll

NAV or FREQ items from cursor pos.
select
PUSH CRSR: Activate
cursor (or deactivate)

Switch View/Hide
View/Hide
between NAV Vertical
Message page
1 and GPS Navigation
! Page

View/Hide View/Hide View/Hide

Disclaimer Omni Bearing Flight Plan Procedures
I do not have any formal training in undertaking Instrument Flight or in the operations of the Selector page page
GPS described below.
Do not use this example in the real world or regard this in anyway to be a substitute for real
world training.
This is only for your personal enjoyment using X-Plane 10.30 or greater.

If you agree to this disclaimer, please go on. If you have any concerns or are uncertain about
this disclaimer, please stop and delete this file and never consider looking at it again.
Regards
Baz

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Step!1!!7!Setting!up!to!fly!–!Start!location:!YMEN,!Destination:!YBLA! Enter New Plan

Clear any previous flight Click inner knob (right side) and dial up
Select FPL (Flight Plan) the first letter of the location on the Active
Click MENU Plan Page
Use the Outer knob (right side) to move
the cursor

Click inner knob (right side) and dial up

DELETE FLIGHT PLAN YMEN

Click ENT

Click ENT (Enter)

ACCEPT - click ENT

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Setting!up!an!arrival!procedure!
Click PROC
Next Waypoint
NOTE: The only SID for YMEN is
Essendon Five Departure (Radar) track
to and intercept the outbound radial from
ML VOR

Click inner knob (right side) and dial up Select Approach - Click ENT
the next location on the Active Plan Page
Use the Outer knob (right side) to move

ML (VOR)

Click ENT

Select using the inner knob (right side) [if

required] the correct location from the
list.

Click ENT

ACCEPT - click ENT Select entry

Select using the inner knob (right side)
Repeat for: BLAEG

SBG (NDB) and

YBLA (Benalla Airport) Click ENT

Click ENT - LOAD

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Saving!Your!Flight!Plan!
Select FPL (Flight Plan)
Make sure the CRSR is not active (that is
nothing is highlighted) and click MENU
Select using the inner knob (right side)
select SAVE FLIGHT PLAN?
Click ENT
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Loading!a!Saved!Flight!Plan!
Select FPL (Flight Plan)
Make sure the CRSR is not active (that is
nothing is highlighted)
Select using the inner knob, right hand
side (right side) click
Click PUSH CRSR
Select using the inner knob (right side)
Click ENT
Good to go.
Depart YMEN
Coupling!and!getting!away!
Click FPL
Click D(irect) button to ML
ACTIVATE? Click ENT
The autopilot can be coupled to the GPS
in the Twin Comanche.
Select GPS button and NAV button on
the Autopilot.
The Autopilot will now fly your plan
without any intervention.
After crossing a Waypoint, the GPS will
display MSG. Click and comply with
MSG, usual to change the HSI course
heading. The MSG will disappear on
compliance.
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GPS!Map!Screen!Information!
The GPS will display information relating
to the flight plan and aircraft.
From top left in clockwise direction on the
ENR NAV screen
DTK: Direction 030° NOTE: to select BLAEG as a descent
TRK: Track 030° point for setting VNAV, it must be part of
DIS: Distance to run 58.2(nm) the Active flight plan. I cannot do this
ETE: Estimated time to next point 19:14 until I pass SBG and select D-> BLAEG
ML->SBG: The current track from and to otherwise I will cancel SBG and fly
GS: Ground Speed 181kts directly to BLAEG from my current
35nm is the RNG (Range) shown on the location.
map display

After Passing SBG

Determining!Top!of!Descent!(ToD)!
Click VNAV (Vertical Nav)
Click PUSH CRSR

Enter Target Altitude using the Approach Approach!to!YBLA!

Plate: 5000ft
Enter Target Position (I give myself 1nm The Vertical Indicator (Green Dot) will
before) and location. (Read NOTE on indicate the aircraft’s position in relation to
next page now) the descent path. With VNAV or APP
selected in the Autopilot the aircraft should be
Click the using the outer knob, right hand able to pick up and fly the descent.
side (right side) using the inner knob to
the underline. And when you do look up, hopefully a runway
will be sitting in direct view.
Select BLAEG using the inner knob, right
hand side (after reading the previously
mentioned NOTE).
Set Vertical Speed Profile: 500fpm
VSR (Vertical Speed Required) at your
current position, speed and altitude will
be calculated and STATUS will be
shown.
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