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Garmin 430/530 Questions
Can you program in a radial off of a VOR to use as a GPS course?
For example, say your cleared from your present position to intercept a given radial inbound. Up to this point you've been flying direct, or flying a set of GPS waypoints. You're navigating off of GPS, not VOR. When this happens to me, I always have to dial in the VOR freq. on the Garmin, set the OBS to the proper radial and then switch the GPS from GPS navigation to VOR navigation. In this situation, it's not too much of a problem and doesn't really bother me. However, when I'm issued an IFR clearance that includes an outbound radial on one VOR to an inbound radial on the next VOR it would be nice to be able to program those into the flight plan. I haven't read anything about it the manual and didn't think it was even possible until I read an earlier post about a guy programming his flight plan into his Garmin after an unusual IFR clearance (using radials). Another similar question. Lets assume your being radar vectored on departure, departure instructs you to intercept an airway to resume your own navigation. What's the best way to intercept an airway with a 430? I've been having to lookup the radial for the airway on the nearby VOR and then enter into the Garmin to track inbound using VOR mode. It seems to me you could easily enter the two VOR's or nav points that define the airway and have the Garmin create a route overlying the airway. If you try this, you end up with a route from your present position to the first VOR and then to the second VOR. You don't end up with a route to intercept the airway between the two VOR's. You could fly a manual course using GPS mode and when you think your on the airway (by looking at the display on the Garmin) you could hit direct to the second VOR. Doesn't seem ideal. There's got to be a better way to do it? |
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