Eventide ARGUS 5000 - Seaplane Bases

Seaplane Bases
If you have examined the AMEND pages carefully, you probably noticed that "water"
was an allowable selection for runways. You probably also noticed the Heliport
selection. The Argus has the capability of displaying seaplane bases and heliports as
well as airports. This feature was not covered earlier in this manual to reduce the
number of details and exceptions. Unless your Argus is installed in a helicopter or in
an aircraft that is amphibious or water-based, this information will be of little use to
you.
As part of the SETUP operation performed by the installation agency, an entry is made
in the Argus software describing your aircraft's landing gear. The choices are LAND,
AMPHIBIOUS, and WATER. If LAND is selected, the Argus operates as described
earlier. If water runways are selected in AMEND, you will see any seaplane bases that
happen to be encompassed by the area of the graphic display.
098° BRG
1.7 NM
TK 101 KTS
120° 00:01 = 00
■«-.
Three seaplane bases are shown in the illustration at the
left, and 4NJ2 has been SELected for bearing and
distance display. As with land airports, the INFOrmation
mode calls up data on the facility. The "runways" of
seaplane bases are not graphically depicted, either on the
map screen or in the Plan View Mode. Rather, the bases
are shown as a small circle with an "anchor" in the center.
They are further distinguished with an -S following the
alphanumeric identifier.
In EMERgency mode, the Argus selects airports for
display based on these major criteria: Pilot choice of
minimum runway length, lighting, and aircraft landing
gear type. While it is useful to depict land airports as landmarks while flying enroute
from one waterway to another, you probably don't want to land on one in a seaplane!
For this reason, in EMERgency, the Argus makes the following choices:
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IL 0.9NMI
4NJ2-S
U0°TE
ENR/5
If you are flying a LAND-based aircraft, ONLY airports with solid runways that meet
your length and lighting criteria are depicted. This is true regardless of whether you
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