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CHAPTER 3 FLYING THE EFD1000 PRO PFD
EFD1000 VFR PFD Pilot’s Guide
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Auto Course Select has already set our Course Pointer to the 255º course from ABQ
to ZUN and a 220º heading sets us up for a nice intercept. We pitch a little higher to
climb at 115 KIAS through 8,000 for trac, then lower the nose to maintain our target
airspeed of 120 KIAS by reference to the Airspeed Bug.
Even though our trac should be right ahead of us and about ve miles by now, we
don’t see it out the window. But we see the trac target on our PFD Navigation Display
and continue to monitor it even though it appears not to be a factor.
At about 9,700 feet, the yellow alert ag by the Selected Altitude eld illuminates, telling
us we are 15 seconds from reaching our assigned 10,000 feet. We begin our level-o,
and upon reaching 10,000 feet, engage ALT hold on the autopilot’s mode selector.
Departure calls again to hand us o to Albuquerque Center on 133.0. As we’re tuning
the radio, we glance at the PFD shows the Altitude Alerter ag ashing, our altitude
indicates 10,200 and climbing. We quickly stop the climb, correct back down to our
assigned altitude of 10,000, and engage the autopilot before calling to check in
withCenter.
As we level out, accelerate to cruise speed, and then power back, we nally see our
trac out the left window, same direction, now about two miles and 2,000 feet below
us — just where the trac symbol on our PFD says it should be.
Figure 3-29
CDI “Alive” and Shown Solid
Figure 3-28
CDI Shown Hollow at Full-Scale Deection