Diamond DA 62 - 6.10 Descent; GFC 700 Operation During Descent

Normal Operating
Procedures
DA 62 AFM
4A.6.10 DESCENT
1. POWER lever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . as required
2. Airspeed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . as required
3. Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . as required
4. Annunciations/Engine/System Page . . . . . . . monitor
END OF CHECKLIST
GFC 700 Operation During Descent
NOTE
The NOSE UP and NOSE DN buttons on the mode controller
on the MFD are referenced to airplane movement. The NOSE
UP button will increase the reference pitch attitude, increase
the reference vertical speed and decrease the reference
airspeed. Likewise, the NOSE DN button will decrease the
reference pitch attitude, decrease the reference vertical
speed, and increase the reference airspeed.
a) Vertical Speed (VS)
1. Altitude preselect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . set to desired altitude
2. Mode controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . select VS on mode controller
3. Vertical speed reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . adjust using NOSE UP and NOSE
DN buttons
4. White ALT (altitude preselect armed) . . . . . . note on PFD
5. Green ALT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . verify upon altitude capture
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