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daveleikam(at)wi.rr.com
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 Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:42 pm Post subject: G900X |
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For those who are flying a G900X panel,
How does the system calculate "TTL Time in Service?" I called Garmin and the guy I spoke with told me he would get and answer and call me back, two days ago.
It is not from engine start to shut down.
David Leikam
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N89DA
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speckter(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:36 am Post subject: G900X |
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This is one of the dumb features on an otherwise great system. To get to
time in service, press the red reversion button on the audio panel. Then on
the PFD select the engine soft button and then in the lower left corner is
the time in service. I think it calculates only flying time derived from
ground speed trigger, but am not totally sure about that.
Gary Specketer
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Robin(at)PaintTheWeb.com
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| Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:26 pm Post subject: G900X |
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Here is the clone site URL:
http://airplanelogs.com/
Robin
From: Robin Marks [mailto:Robin(at)PaintTheWeb.com (Robin(at)PaintTheWeb.com)]
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 10:27 AM
To: rv10-list(at)matronics.com (rv10-list(at)matronics.com)
Subject: RE: G900X
Gary & David,
Another way to do that is during shutdown (on my system) the MFD is turned off but the PFD stays on. At that point it is just like revision mode. Follow the procedure listed below Engine > System to get your time.
I have two other suggestions.
Some time ago I mentioned to the RV List a free website called www.CirrusReports.com I record my flight data for every flight on the top MFD SD Card slot. About once every 4-6 flights I swap out the SD card for the backup SD card I carry in my flight bag camera case. Take the SD card to any computer, delete any small files that represent engine starts but not flights (they are obvious due to file size) and then upload the flight data to CR.com. The upload process is fast & easy. I uploaded 6 flights yesterday and it took probably 2 minutes. From there CR.com presents every single engine & flight parameter you can imagine including Geo-referenced map, and charts of every engine item with the option to display any 4 individual items at once so you can see for example Fuel Flow vs. CHT's. Speed vs. RPM. The combinations are enlightening. It also has a spread sheet function to give you Departure/Arrival times, Hobbs time, Flight time etc... In many ways it can substitute for your Log Book as far as accurate flight dates, hours, notes. You can choose to make your flight data public or keep it private. I have decided to make mine available to the public. http://www.cirrusreports.com/flights/N110EE/ Because it has this data it also has a simple export to Google Earth in both 3D view & Cockpit View. Here is a screen capture of the 3D view for a local flight I took back in August. Again this took less than 1 minute to produce:
[img]cid:image001.jpg(at)01CBE712.38E32930[/img]
Here is a close up (from the other side of the airport) of my departure & arrival on different runways plus the over flight of the airport. It even shows I taxied back to Self Serve Fuel. Very powerful!
[img]cid:image002.jpg(at)01CBE712.38E32930[/img]
Nice feature!
Moving on I have one more suggestion. If you have not installed the latest version of the G900X OS. It has many small changes I have noticed. For example it has Ground Speed now displayed next to True Air Speed so I can eliminate the GS I normally had as an option on the MFD and can use that space for some other parameter like ETA. It has an updated Flight Planning system and displays including different flags that I still have no idea what they mean. It also has some really cool features like anytime you scroll over an airport or roll over one in the Flight Planner it gives you instant weather reporting vs. having to push a couple of additional page buttons and leave the map display to get updated field WX info. Very tidy info. I bring this up because I bet there is a better representation of times in the new OS. I just have not played with it enough to know the differences yet. Also if you want to make a stink about these times with Garmin one day they may just place the times in their own section on the appropriate status page some day as they should have from the start.
Robin
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