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Abeam waypoint

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Topic: Abeam waypoint

Posted By: _phm_
Subject: Abeam waypoint
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2023 at 6:09pm

Is there a way to create an abeam to a fix on a current flight plan on the IFD?

sometimes the atc asks us to report when abeam a VOR / airport, and my old GNS430 had a way to insert a temporary abeam waypoint to the current route

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Posted By: AviSteve
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2023 at 9:41pm

There's no abeam points function in the IFD. You could do some crazy stuff with user waypoints and the flight plan, but the best way I can think of would be to just use the Designated Waypoint datablock. Enter the VOR/Airport into the datablock, then monitor the bearing until it's 90 degrees to your course.

Anybody else with a better idea?

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Steve Lindsley
Avidyne Engineering

Posted By: Victor
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2023 at 1:07pm

AviSteve wrote:

There's no abeam points function in the IFD. You could do some crazy stuff with user waypoints and the flight plan, but the best way I can think of would be to just use the Designated Waypoint datablock. Enter the VOR/Airport into the datablock, then monitor the bearing until it's 90 degrees to your course.

Anybody else with a better idea?

Use the Offset Route or Rubber Banding feature.

Posted By: _phm_
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2023 at 4:36pm

Yes - rubber banding seems to be a good solution - pinpoint with your finger the place abeam / where the atc told you to report, create a temporary user waypoint and wait for it to fly by.