pstraub
Well Known Member
Hi all, I hope this is not too far off-topic for the RV-12 forum, but I feel comfortable asking it here and I am continually amazed by this group's knowledge. It's embarassing to ask, since I was a practicing CFII until 1988, but I completely missed the GPS revolution (I did not fly between 1993 and 2016). GPS is obviously amazing, I feel like I'm cheating every time I look at my moving map!
So, I never flew a GPS approach or used an on-board unit that had GPS. Now I see all these RNAV (GPS) approaches at little airports that never had anything back in the ILS/VOR/NDB days. I was also confused by the name 'RNAV' because that basically meant VOR/DME back in my day. A couple basic questions....
1. On one of these units I have never used, like the Garmin GNSxxx (excuse my ignorance), would you just enter the name of the approach, like RNAV (GPS)-B at Lodi, CA (1O3) and the GNS would create all the waypoints/fixes for you, based on the approach plate? Or would you have to enter the lat/lon coords yourself to 'build' the approach?
2. I have the Dynon Skyview system (here is the RV-12 content). If it were legal, could I use my WAAS enabled GPS to fly a GPS approach like this one, by manually creating the waypoints in the correct order, in a flight plan? I am assuming the Skyview system has no way to 'load' an approach like this?
Hope these questions even make sense, would love anybody to elaborate and set me straight.
So, I never flew a GPS approach or used an on-board unit that had GPS. Now I see all these RNAV (GPS) approaches at little airports that never had anything back in the ILS/VOR/NDB days. I was also confused by the name 'RNAV' because that basically meant VOR/DME back in my day. A couple basic questions....
1. On one of these units I have never used, like the Garmin GNSxxx (excuse my ignorance), would you just enter the name of the approach, like RNAV (GPS)-B at Lodi, CA (1O3) and the GNS would create all the waypoints/fixes for you, based on the approach plate? Or would you have to enter the lat/lon coords yourself to 'build' the approach?
2. I have the Dynon Skyview system (here is the RV-12 content). If it were legal, could I use my WAAS enabled GPS to fly a GPS approach like this one, by manually creating the waypoints in the correct order, in a flight plan? I am assuming the Skyview system has no way to 'load' an approach like this?
Hope these questions even make sense, would love anybody to elaborate and set me straight.