190-00595-00 Rev. A Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Beechcraft A36/G36 2-1FLIGHT INSTRUMENTSSECTION 2 FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS2.1 INTRODUCTIONWARNING: In the event that the airspeed, attitude, altitude, or heading indications become unusable, referto the backup instruments.NOTE: The Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) provides additional readouts and bugs on selected flightinstruments. Refer to the AFCS Section for details on these bugs and readouts, as they appear on the displayduring certain AFCS modes.The G1000 System controls were designed so that regardless of which seat the pilot is flying from, the aircraftcan be flown with one hand and the controls manipulated with the other hand. Increased situational awarenessis provided by replacing the traditional instrument “six-pack” on the instrument panel with an easy-to-scandisplay that provides a large horizon, airspeed, attitude, altitude, vertical speed, and course deviation information.In addition to the flight instruments, navigation, communication, annunciations, terrain, traffic, and weatherinformation are also presented on the PFD and explained in other sections of this Pilot’s GuideThe following flight instruments and supplemental flight data are displayed on the PFD:• Airspeed Indicator, showing– True airspeed– Airspeed awareness ranges– Trend vector– Reference flags• Attitude Indicator with slip/skidindication• Altimeter, showing– Trend vector– Barometric setting– Selected Altitude• Vertical Deviation/GlideslopeIndicator• Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)• Horizontal Situation Indicator,showing– Heading and course indications– Turn Rate Indicator– Navigation source– Course Deviation Indicator(CDI)– Bearing pointers andinformation windows– DME Information Window• Outside air temperature (OAT)• System time• Timer/References Window,showing– Generic timer– Vspeed values and flags– Barometric minimum descentaltitude (MDA, DH)The PFD also displays various alerts and annunciations.
