Originally Posted by
Swedish Blender
Everyone's picking on the GPS portion. You complained about screaming down and going too fast at the IAP. How about a procedure turn? You can get away 1.5k high and fast in a prop most of the time, but probably not meet any stabilized approach criteria. You're starting off learning the wrong way to do things. IMHO
ahhh...finally someone else sees what I saw right away.
I don't preptend to be all knowing...I know that I am NOT all knowing (hahaha).
First, you should have asked for a heading to get you started and then asked the gazillion-hour guy next to you how to do it in the Garmin. I guarantee you, if he has a gazillion hours, he probably had no clue. Old guys don't do new technology well in general (not a slam, the truth).
Second, do as someone else said and bust out the manual and FIGURE IT OUT. You are now on a heading and ATC will keep an eye on you until you tell him you are direct to the fix.
Third, the ENTIRE part about your configuration is what troubled me the most. I don't care how experienced the guy next to you is. An approach as f'd up as you described is in no way stabilized and will get you killed sooner or later.
Therein lies my beef.