Dgamble
Well Known Member
Skyview 15 has added some nifty new features, but one in particular intrigued me. I call it ILS-lite.
With this version, you can select a particular runway to land on at your destination. If you do so, you can then configure the Skyview to provide vertical glideslope guidance to the autopilot. Note that this IS NOT a true ILS approach - it does not use and land-based navigation equipment. It is also NOT an approved method of making a real live instrument approach.
But it IS quite interesting.
From page 7-47 of the most recent users guide:
This is a short video of one of my early attempts to use it:
https://youtu.be/oOr-myyeoKs
I still have a lot to learn about it, but it looks like it could come in handy someday.
And I apologize in advance for the low quality video.
With this version, you can select a particular runway to land on at your destination. If you do so, you can then configure the Skyview to provide vertical glideslope guidance to the autopilot. Note that this IS NOT a true ILS approach - it does not use and land-based navigation equipment. It is also NOT an approved method of making a real live instrument approach.
But it IS quite interesting.
From page 7-47 of the most recent users guide:
When a specific runway is selected, a SkyView Flight
Plan can provide vertical navigation (VNAV) guidance
to the selected runway, including commanding the
AP to fly a specific glideslope. When the glideslope is
captured, the AP will fly the necessary vertical speed
to stay on the programmed glideslope. In this mode,
the glideslope vertical speed is indicated in the VSI. In
Figure 127, the blue tick mark shown in the VSI is the
calculated vertical speed to fly the glideslope and the
magenta line is the vertical speed necessary to arrive
at the selected runway threshold (or specified height
above).
To enable SkyView?s Flight Plan VNAV capability, prior
to flight go to SETUP MENU > MAP SETUP > VS REQ?D
OPTIONS and enter your desired VNAV parameters.
This is a short video of one of my early attempts to use it:
https://youtu.be/oOr-myyeoKs
I still have a lot to learn about it, but it looks like it could come in handy someday.
And I apologize in advance for the low quality video.