IFD 5 Series & IFD 4 Series Touch Screen GPS/NAV/COM - 440 course line went from magenta to white

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440 course line went from magenta to white

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Topic: 440 course line went from magenta to white

Posted By: Rmurphy5
Subject: 440 course line went from magenta to white
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2019 at 11:04am

During a flight yesterday I need to change the course so dragged the route to a new waypoint on the ifd100 - the course line then went white and the HSI did not respect the new course at all. What did I do wrong?

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Posted By: AviSteve
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2019 at 1:34pm

The IFD will always follow the active leg (magenta line). I can't quite tell exactly what you dragged where so a few screenshots would be helpful.

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Steve Lindsley
Avidyne Engineering

Posted By: Rmurphy5
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2019 at 4:15am

Hi Steve, apologies I don't have any screenshots but what I mean is during the flight I pulled the course to another waypoint - rubber banding I think you guys call it - but after that the course line was white. Did i need to activate the new route or something in the FMS page?

Posted By: AviSteve
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2019 at 9:15am

Just to clarify, you rubber banded the active leg, correct? After you've dragged the line and selected the waypoint, you should get a green confirmation box saying "Activate <wpt>" (where <wpt> is the name of the waypoint you chose). Once you confirm it, though, the leg from the aircraft to <wpt> should be magenta. I just tried it on an IFD100 here and it worked correctly.

I'll need exact details in order to diagnose your scenario.

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Steve Lindsley
Avidyne Engineering

Posted By: Rmurphy5
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2019 at 9:18am

I will try it again, we were near the airfield at the time so the workload was high. Thanks for confirming that it should work like you state above.