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Garmin G1000 Cockpit Reference Guide for the Columbia 350/400

SECTION 6 – AUTOMATIC

FLIGHT CONTROL

6-5

Altitude Hold Mode (ALT)

1) Press the

ALT

Key. The ﬂight director is activated

(if not already active) and ‘ALT’ is now displayed

in green in the Active Mode ﬁeld with the

current altitude displayed in the Altitude

Reference ﬁeld.

2) Pitch commands will be given to manually

maintain the current altitude. Press the

AP

Key to engage the autopilot for maintaining

the current altitude.

Figure 6-11 Altitude Hold Mode

Altitude Hold mode is active

Flight Director

command bars

hold pitch attitude

to maintain the

altitude reference

Altitude Reference

3) To change aircraft altitude, press and hold

the

CWS

button and manually maneuver

to the desired altitude. Upon reaching the

desired altitude, release the

CWS

button. This

new altitude is now displayed in the Altitude

Reference ﬁeld. The autopilot will now hold

the aircraft at this altitude.

NOTE: If the Selected Altitude is captured during

CWS maneuvering, the Flight Director altitude

reference is not changed. To adjust the altitude

reference in this case, the pilot must again press

the CWS button after the Selected Altitude is

captured.

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