vision microsystems VM1000 - Page 34

\.-,
''
"-t--"-'
SECTION
2
OPERATTON
2.5.3 FUEL COMPUTER
NORMAL
OPERATION MODES
35
Press
'BUTTON
4'to select
the desired
fuel computer operating
mode.
The mode will
be indicated
in
black
letters
below the words
'FUEL
FLW
on the
display:
Fuel
flow
is
the
mode
after
powering
up and
does
not
activate
any
additional
letters
on
the
display.
This
mode
displays
the
fuel
flow
in
Gallons
Per Hour
both digitally
and
graphically.
The
digital section
provides
0.1
gallon
resolution.
The
graphic
section
provides you
with
a
quick
reference
of
the fuel
flow.
This is very useful during
power
changes.
'REM'
-
This mode
displays
the
current
fuel
total remaining in
gallons.
It
is digitally
displayed
in
0.1
gallon
increments.
This
mode
is
ONLY
usable,
if
you
have
kept the
computer's
memory
updated
with fuel
information
corresponding
to
the
actual
aircraft
usable
fuel
and
have
always
had the computer
operational
when fuel
is
being
bumed.
The
graphic
display
is
shut
off
as
it
has
no
relationship
to this
parameter.
'HRS'
-
This
mode
displays
the
calculated
hours
of
fuel remaining
(sometimes
referred
to
as
endurance),
as
a
function of
the
current flow
rate
and
current fuel
total
in
the
compute/s
memory.
lt
is
digitally
displayed
in
0.1
hour increments.
This
mode is
ONLY
usable,
if
you
have
kept the
computer's
memory
updated
with fuel
information
corresponding
to the
actual
aircraft
usable
fuel and
have always had
the
computer
operational
when
fuel
is being
burned.
The
graphic
display
is
shut
off
as
it
has no
relationship
to this
parameter.
'BRN'
-
This mode
displays
the
gallons
of fuel
burned
in flight
since
system
power
up. lt is
digitally
displayed
in 0.1
gallon
increments.
The
graphic
display
is
shut off as it has no
relationship
to
this
parameter.
'ADD'
-
This mode
allows
you
to
add
fuel
to
the fuel
computers
'electronic
tank'
after
fuel has
physically
been
added to the
aircraft's
tank(s).
See
section
on
'ADDING
FUEL TO THE
COMPUTER'.
50100r)2 REv F
VMIOOO
OWNERS
MANUAL