sbalmos
Well Known Member
This is a bit of a two-parter, probably for a combination of the g3xpert gang, and Lucas @ Trutrak. Assume I am designing a G3X Touch with a GTN connected by ARINC.
1) If I had a Vizion 385, I know the G3X Touch can connect to and do the typical syncing of autopilot functions. Do the new on-screen autopilot control buttons in the G3X Touch also work in this case, or are those controls solely meant for when being used with the GSA28 servos? I'd rather not touch the Vizion control head except in an emergency, which leads to the next part...
2) If I used the GSA28 with the GMC 305 control head, I know the vast majority of the time I can use the G3X Touch's on-screen buttons and such. Now, if the G3X Touch goes on vacation, I still have GPS Steering to drive the servos from the GPS flight plan, and could probably do a whole coupled RNAV approach. But unlike the Vizion's control head, there's no way on the GMC 305 control head to input a heading select or altitude select if the G3X Touch is inop, correct?
I'm thinking of a really-bad scenario where I'm on a GPS flight plan, the G3X Touch goes inop, but ATC gives me a vector or altitude off-plan for a while.
Thanks for the input!
1) If I had a Vizion 385, I know the G3X Touch can connect to and do the typical syncing of autopilot functions. Do the new on-screen autopilot control buttons in the G3X Touch also work in this case, or are those controls solely meant for when being used with the GSA28 servos? I'd rather not touch the Vizion control head except in an emergency, which leads to the next part...
2) If I used the GSA28 with the GMC 305 control head, I know the vast majority of the time I can use the G3X Touch's on-screen buttons and such. Now, if the G3X Touch goes on vacation, I still have GPS Steering to drive the servos from the GPS flight plan, and could probably do a whole coupled RNAV approach. But unlike the Vizion's control head, there's no way on the GMC 305 control head to input a heading select or altitude select if the G3X Touch is inop, correct?
I'm thinking of a really-bad scenario where I'm on a GPS flight plan, the G3X Touch goes inop, but ATC gives me a vector or altitude off-plan for a while.
Thanks for the input!