Dependence on Automation
#21
Wow...that's unbelievable. Not sure how a pilot is going to remain proficient at raw-data if they never do it. I don't see much point in flying cruise portions (with people walking the cabin, and only needing to hold altitude and heading) but flying a descent or climb is good for keeping your brain sharp. Maybe I'm misinformed, since I fly a turboprop with no AP, but I thought we were certified to fly an aircraft through all phases of flight within ATP (or, at the very least, Commercial) standards.
Smurf, my best advice is to keep teaching your students the same way, but add in a little more about the G1000, even if it comes during the prep for the stage check. If the student is good and prepared, it shouldn't be a problem for him or her to pick up the glass system stuff. After all, there's no substitute for a good, basic foundation of skills. You may only have to show them once.
Smurf, my best advice is to keep teaching your students the same way, but add in a little more about the G1000, even if it comes during the prep for the stage check. If the student is good and prepared, it shouldn't be a problem for him or her to pick up the glass system stuff. After all, there's no substitute for a good, basic foundation of skills. You may only have to show them once.
#22
The WildSmurf
#24
Not sure if one is available for the G1000, but Garmin has free downloadable simulators for their associated units. These have been very helpful to my students by doing ground with just the sim software so they can focus on just learning the box without the pressure of flying the airplane or the associated cost of running the aircraft.
When they do instrument x-c's on them I have fly it/program it on their own on the sim first so that way they are much better when we fly it.
When they do instrument x-c's on them I have fly it/program it on their own on the sim first so that way they are much better when we fly it.
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First Jobs
The biggest problem I see, (Note: I am not, nor have been a CFI) is that many first jobs, other than flight instruction, are in steam gauge AC. Barons, Aztecs, Navajo's, etc. If your lucky like I was, you could be flying Lear jets down to mins on the sixpack. I think all students need to learn "old school", plenty of time for the glass later. This automation is, while progress, I fear to the detriment of the next generation of Pilots, and ultimately the flying public.
#26
Not sure if one is available for the G1000, but Garmin has free downloadable simulators for their associated units. These have been very helpful to my students by doing ground with just the sim software so they can focus on just learning the box without the pressure of flying the airplane or the associated cost of running the aircraft.
When they do instrument x-c's on them I have fly it/program it on their own on the sim first so that way they are much better when we fly it.
When they do instrument x-c's on them I have fly it/program it on their own on the sim first so that way they are much better when we fly it.
I have NO experience with any of the Garmin products and the few times I saw them in flight - well...I was too busy flying the airplane to really grasp the automation.
I heard about the FREE downloads available and got the Garmin 430/530 User Manuals and Simulators.
I'm hoping to impress my new bosses with my basic knowleedge since he specifically complained about some of the pilots having been flying for quite a few months and knowing hardly anything about the GPSs
Btw - the information available from these Garmin units in incredible and the G1000 system is just out of this world!
USMCFLYR
#27
Once you learn one Garmin, you've learned them all. Started with a 430, and when I started flying larger stuff, the 530 was a piece of cake. Transition to a G1000 was also really easy. They are nice products, but are way too much for new students. As mentioned before, students end up looking at the shiny displays the entire flight instead of what's right out the window. And that's a shame, because I always thought everything looks nicer from a few thousand feet up.
#28
Once you learn one Garmin, you've learned them all. Started with a 430, and when I started flying larger stuff, the 530 was a piece of cake. Transition to a G1000 was also really easy. They are nice products, but are way too much for new students. As mentioned before, students end up looking at the shiny displays the entire flight instead of what's right out the window. And that's a shame, because I always thought everything looks nicer from a few thousand feet up.
USMCFLYR
#29
All the GPS functions are the same across the whole line-up of Garmin Products. What takes time is in the G1000 the Com/Nav functions change slightly, but are easy to pick up. Then there's the expansive features such as the Vertical Profiles(that show up on the PFD and set up in the FPL menu vs. a VNAV page) and all sorts of cool trip planning features. It really can be "too" much information for your day VFR types, but hard IFR, there's not much info you can't get access too assuming you have full XM weather, and charts
#30
All the GPS functions are the same across the whole line-up of Garmin Products. What takes time is in the G1000 the Com/Nav functions change slightly, but are easy to pick up. Then there's the expansive features such as the Vertical Profiles(that show up on the PFD and set up in the FPL menu vs. a VNAV page) and all sorts of cool trip planning features. It really can be "too" much information for your day VFR types, but hard IFR, there's not much info you can't get access too assuming you have full XM weather, and charts
Ewfflyer - how could I outline a box of airspace though if I wanted to on the 430/530 series? I know most SUAS is already displayed - but usually it is huge chucks of airspace (Warning Areas for example) and local units further break that airspace into many smaller areas. Accept for using Suer Wypts to define the airspace and then linking them together as a flight plan, I didn't really see another way of sequencing. Any ideas?
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