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11. OBS Operation

SUSPaftercancelingOBSwhenonFromsideofOBS

path–Thechangeinbehavioristhis:Whenyouputthe

400W/500W-seriesunitintoOBSmodeandthecourse

selectedplacestheaircraftontothefromsideandthen

youcancelOBS,theOBScourseisretainedbuttheunit

indicatesthatsequencingissuspendedbyannunciating

SUSP.Notethatyoucanstillchangethecoursetothe

OBSwaypointaslongasyouhaven’tcancelledOBS,but

onceyouhaveitwillannunciateSUSP.TheWAASTSO

requirestheunittoannunciatewhenlegsequencingis

suspended,sothisisthereasontheSUSPannunciation

isactive.Theclassicproductbehavedthesamewaybut

didnotindicatethatsequencingwassuspendedand

whenpressingtheOBSkey,itwouldreturntoOBS

modeonthesamewaypoint.Withthe400W/500W-se-

riesunit,pressingtheOBSkeywhentheSUSPan-

nunciationisaboveitwillallowlegsequencingtooccur

immediately.

See the Q & A comments about using the OBS key in

Appendix C - Troubleshooting Q&A of the Pilot’s Guide for

more details.

12. Hold to Altitude

TheHoldtoAltitudelegsnowusebaro-corrected

altitudeifitisavailable(similartoFixtoAltitudelegs).

Thismeansthatifbaro-correctedaltitudeisavailable

andtherequiredaltitudeisreachedforthehold,the

400W/500W-seriesunitwillautomaticallyunsuspend

andthensequencetothenextlegaftertheholdxis

crossed.Ifbaro-correctedaltitudeisnotavailable,then

thebehavioristhesameastheClassic–theuserneeds

topressOBStosequencepastthehold.

See the section on Flying an Approach with a Hold in the

Procedures chapter of the Pilot’s Guide for more details.

13. Parallel Track

ParallelTrackallowsyoutocreateaparallelcourse

offsetof1to99NMtotheleftorrightofyourcurrent

ightplan.Aftersettingaparalleltracktoyourcurrent

ightplan,amagentaparalleltrackactiveleglinewillbe

drawnoffsetfromtheoriginalbytheselecteddistance.

Theoriginalcourselinewillappearinwhite.Theaircraft

willnavigatetotheparalleltrackcourseline.

PointstorememberwithParallelTrack:

1. Youmusthaveanactiveightplan.

2. Thecurrentlegmustsupportparalleltrack.

3. Paralleltrackisnotallowedfortheactivelegofan

approach.

4. Paralleltrackisnotallowediftheactivelegisnota

track-to-xordirect-to-xleg.

5. Paralleltrackmaybeallowedbutnottheselectedoffset

distance.

6. ParallelTrackoffsetwaypointisindicatedwitha“-p”

sufx.

Navigating Along A Parallel Track

After setting a parallel track to your current ﬂight plan, a

magenta parallel track line will be drawn offset from the

original by the selected distance. The original course line

will be drawn in white. The aircraft will navigate to the

parallel track course line.

Original ﬂight

plan course

line

Parallel Track offset waypoint

Present

Position

Original waypoint

See the section on Parallel Track in the Flight Plan chap-

ter of the Pilot’s Guide for more details.