AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - October 2013 - 84

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Get too low and expect SVT to change
nearby terrain or obstacles to yellow and
then red with additional “pull-up” guidance,
both visual and aural. The G500 doesn’t yet
display ADS-B-derived traffic information, but an upcoming software upgrade is
expected to change that; the system already
displays traffic from other sources.
Another useful tool that at first appears
as only clutter is the zero-pitch line—a
white horizontal line across the middle of
the PFD. The line represents the aircraft
attitude with respect to the horizon. Put
the flight path marker on the zero-pitch
line and the airplane is level—really helpful
for leveling off from a climb or descent and
also for steep turns. If the flight path marker

As with many pilots flying
legacy airplanes with
legacy panels, my goal
in the upgrade was
improved reliability over
mechanical gyros.
stays on the white line, you will not climb or
descend more than about 20 feet on even
the steepest turns. The line also includes
compass rose ticks, even more SA when
making turns. Speaking of ticks, with SVT
enabled, the pitch ladder changes in scale,
making it easier to peg, say 7.5 degrees in
the climb. Pitch too high or low and bright
red chevrons appear on the PFD, providing
guidance out of the unusual attitude.
With its ability to display terrain and
obstacles, traffic, weather, approach plates,
taxiway diagrams and more, the MFD side
of the G500 warrants an article of its own.
The GTN 750—a book of its own.
As with many pilots flying legacy airplanes with legacy panels, my goal in the
upgrade was improved reliability over
mechanical gyros. Like other electronic
PFDs, the G500 delivers that. The real
sleeper in the upgrade is the stunning amount
of new information available to help make
each flight more precise and safer.
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EMAIL thomas.haines@aopa.org

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