Direct To a waypoint in flightplan on Garmin 430

I may be wrong, but IIRC...
FPL
Cursor on
Scroll to desired waypoint
Enter
Enter

or is it Direct, Direct?
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Jim Burns III

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FPL
Cursor ON
Scroll to waypoint
Direct
Enter
Enter
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Jim Burns III

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If you go direct, direct, enter it will activate the next leg rather
than direct.to

Jim wrote:

FPL
Cursor ON
Scroll to waypoint
Direct
Enter
Enter
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wrote:

If you go direct, direct, enter it will activate the next leg rather
than direct.to

So I skip to the next waypoint with "direct", "direct", "enter"? And this
will give me the DTK etc. from my current position to that waypoint?

Perfect! Thanks for knowing this little box so well...

Andrew

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 19:23:54 -0500, Andrew Gideon
wrote:

wrote:

If you go direct, direct, enter it will activate the next leg rather
than direct.to

So I skip to the next waypoint with "direct", "direct", "enter"? And this
will give me the DTK etc. from my current position to that waypoint?

Perfect! Thanks for knowing this little box so well...

No. You only use "direct direct enter" if you want to go to the next
way point on the leg described in the flight plan. When the controller
clears you "direct to xxx" you want to select xxx and then press
"direct enter enter".

ArtP wrote:

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 19:23:54 -0500, Andrew Gideon
wrote:

wrote:

If you go direct, direct, enter it will activate the next leg rather
than direct.to

So I skip to the next waypoint with "direct", "direct", "enter"? And this
will give me the DTK etc. from my current position to that waypoint?

Perfect! Thanks for knowing this little box so well...

No. You only use "direct direct enter" if you want to go to the next
way point on the leg described in the flight plan. When the controller
clears you "direct to xxx" you want to select xxx and then press
"direct enter enter".

Hmm...I'm not sure how what you've written is different from what I've
written.

Let's assume that the flight plan currently in the GPS is SBJ LANNA BOPLY
ETX ABE. The active waypoint - that to which we're currently flying - is
SBJ. ATC clears me direct to LANNA.

Would "direct" "direct" "enter" change the waypoint to LANNA? Or would it
leave it as SBJ? Or would it do something different?

- Andrew

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 22:35:52 -0500, Andrew Gideon
wrote:


Let's assume that the flight plan currently in the GPS is SBJ LANNA BOPLY
ETX ABE. The active waypoint - that to which we're currently flying - is
SBJ. ATC clears me direct to LANNA.

Would "direct" "direct" "enter" change the waypoint to LANNA? Or would it
leave it as SBJ? Or would it do something different?


"direct direct enter" would set your course to intercept and fly the
SBJ-LANNA leg of your flight plan.

"direct enter enter" would fly direct to LANNA from your current
position.

The "direct direct enter" is used when you are told to "resume own
navigation" after a vector diversion. The "direct enter enter" is used
when you are "cleared direct to" a point.

wrote:

If you go direct, direct, enter it will activate the next leg rather
than direct.to

"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
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So I skip to the next waypoint with "direct", "direct", "enter"? And this
will give me the DTK etc. from my current position to that waypoint?

Doesn't work on the sim. Of course it may be that my copy of the sim is
dated.

"direct", "direct", "enter" activates the *current* leg of the FPL. It
doesn't skip a leg.
"direct", "direct", "enter" and "direct", "enter", "enter" will toggle
between direct nav to the current waypoint and the active leg to the current
waypoint. Neither appears to change the current waypoint.

So...

Let's assume that the flight plan currently in the GPS is SBJ LANNA BOPLY
ETX ABE. The active waypoint - that to which we're currently flying - is
SBJ. ATC clears me direct to LANNA.

Would "direct" "direct" "enter" change the waypoint to LANNA? Or would it
leave it as SBJ? Or would it do something different?

"direct", "direct" offers to activate the leg from [wherever] to SBJ, not
LANNA.

The method shown in the manual for doing what you want is:

1 "direct"
2 rotate large knob to FPL field (usually three clicks clock)
3 rotate small knob to desired point (two clicks clock for the one beyond
current),
4 "enter"

So there is, apparently, one more step on the Garmin than on the B/K. It
would make more sense IMHO if the "select direct-to waypoint" page defaulted
to highlighting the FPL field and omitting step 2.

It's not much shorter than:

FPL
press for cursor
rotate large knob to desired point (two clicks clock for the one beyond
current),
"direct"
"enter"
"enter"

which is, I guess, what you were doing.

Julian Scarfe

It does work but you have to do it right...

FPL - cursor - twiddle to END of desired leg - direct - direct - enter.

It doesn't automatically skip to the next leg.

John

"Julian Scarfe" wrote in message
...
wrote:

If you go direct, direct, enter it will activate the next leg rather
than direct.to

"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
online.com...

So I skip to the next waypoint with "direct", "direct", "enter"? And
this
will give me the DTK etc. from my current position to that waypoint?

Doesn't work on the sim. Of course it may be that my copy of the sim is
dated.

"direct", "direct", "enter" activates the *current* leg of the FPL. It
doesn't skip a leg.
"direct", "direct", "enter" and "direct", "enter", "enter" will toggle
between direct nav to the current waypoint and the active leg to the
current
waypoint. Neither appears to change the current waypoint.

So...

Let's assume that the flight plan currently in the GPS is SBJ LANNA
BOPLY
ETX ABE. The active waypoint - that to which we're currently flying -
is
SBJ. ATC clears me direct to LANNA.

Would "direct" "direct" "enter" change the waypoint to LANNA? Or would
it
leave it as SBJ? Or would it do something different?

"direct", "direct" offers to activate the leg from [wherever] to SBJ, not
LANNA.

The method shown in the manual for doing what you want is:

1 "direct"
2 rotate large knob to FPL field (usually three clicks clock)
3 rotate small knob to desired point (two clicks clock for the one beyond
current),
4 "enter"

So there is, apparently, one more step on the Garmin than on the B/K. It
would make more sense IMHO if the "select direct-to waypoint" page
defaulted
to highlighting the FPL field and omitting step 2.

It's not much shorter than:

FPL
press for cursor
rotate large knob to desired point (two clicks clock for the one beyond
current),
"direct"
"enter"
"enter"

which is, I guess, what you were doing.

Julian Scarfe

John Harper wrote:

It does work but you have to do it right...

FPL - cursor - twiddle to END of desired leg - direct - direct - enter.

It doesn't automatically skip to the next leg.

And, that is so you can elect to select a leg downstream if circumstances
warrant.