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3. FR waypoint Insert desired
waypoint
4. ENTER key Press. The next
waypoint in the active flight plan
sequence will appear in the TO
field.
5. TO waypoint Verify. To change
the
TO
waypoint,
insert
the
desired identifier.
6. ENTER key Press to activate
the new leg and cancel the
holding pattern.
t. Vertical
Navigation
Operation
Pre-Departure.
(1) Setting Cruise Altitude, Transition Level,
and Default Flight Path Angle. This procedure allows
the pilot to define a cruise altitude and change the
default values for transition level and flight path angle
after initial leg selection.
1. VNAV key Press to display VNAV
page 1.
2. Line select key Press to position
cursor over DATA?.
3. ENTER key Press to display VNAV
DATA with cursor over the CRUISE
ALT field.
4. Cruise altitude Insert.
NOTE
Only two or three digits are required to
input an altitude (that is, enter 80 and 8000
will be displayed).
Any altitude entered greater than the
TRANS LEVEL, which normally defaults to
FL180, is converted and displayed as Flight
Level (FL). For example, entering 210 will
display FL210.
An altitude less than 1000 feet must be
entered with a preceding zero (that is, enter
052 and 52 will be displayed).
NOTE
A (at or above) or B (at or below) constraint
entries are not applicable. Setting a cruise
altitude will establish a #TOD (top of
descent) waypoint or a #TOC (top of climb)
waypoint if VNAV is valid. A #TOC will be
established only if there are no altitude
constraints between the aircraft and #TOC.
5. ENTER key Press.
6. Transition level Insert or verify.
NOTE
Field defaults to FL180 if pilot does not
enter a value. Anytime a TRANS ALT is
entered, the value will remain in non-
volatile memory even after the system is
shut down.
7. ENTER key Press.
8. Default flight path angle (DEFAULT
FPA) Insert or verify (in degrees and
tenths of a degree, 0.1 to 6.0 range).
NOTE
Field defaults to 3.0 if pilot does not enter a
value. Anytime an FPA is entered, the
value will remain in nonvolatile memory
even after the system is shut down.
9. ENTER key Press to return to VNAV
page.
(2) Creating/Changing
VNAV
Waypoints.
Vertical
navigation
constraints
can
only
be
programmed for waypoints on the active flight plan,
and though all active flight plan waypoints are
displayed on VNAV pages, new waypoints must be
added to the active flight plan before they appear on
the VNAV flight plan after initial leg selection.
1. NAV, FPL, or D key Press to
display applicable page.
2. Line select key Press to position
cursor over desired waypoint.
NOTE
On Navigation pages, only the TO waypoint
can be selected.
3. VNAV key Press to display VNAV
Waypoint page for selected waypoint.
4. ALT
Insert
altitude
constraint
followed by an A (at or above) or a B