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Garmin G1000 Cockpit Reference Guide for the DA40/40F

SECTION 6 – AUTOMATIC

FLIGHT CONTROL

6-4

Pitch Hold Mode (PIT)

1) Press the

Key. ‘PIT’ will be displayed

in green in the Active Mode Field of the AFCS

Status Box. The system will maintain or give

command bar direction for a constant pitch

attitude (pitch reference) depending on which

key is pressed.

Flight Director

command bars

maintain desired

pitch reference

Pitch Hold mode is active Altitude Hold mode is armed

Figure 6-10

Pitch Hold Mode

2) Altitude Hold mode is automatically armed with

‘ALT’ displayed white in the Armed Mode Field

to the right of the ‘PIT’ annunciation.

3) Pitch attitude can be adjusted in 0.5 degree

increments by pressing the

NOSE UP/NOSE DN

Keys.

4) Aircraft pitch may also be changed by pressing

and holding the

CWS

button to manually

establish the desired pitch using the control

stick. When the

CWS

button is released, the

current pitch angle will be maintained.

5) If desired, enter an altitude in the Selected

Altitude Box by turning the

ALT

Knob. As the

selected altitude is reached ‘ALT’ will ﬂash in

green for 10 seconds in the Acitve Mode Field,

after which the annunciation stops ﬂashing.

This signals the altitude capture is complete

and the selected altitude will be maintained.

If only the ﬂight director is engaged, pitch and

roll commands are given to manually maintain

the selected altitude.

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