Missed approach question

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   I have been out exercising my new IFD540 in my Bonanza in practice conditions to get used to it before venturing into IMC with it. Like most of you, I will shoot an ILS into a nearby airport then miss and go to another nearby airport for another practice approach.
I have been stumbling when trying to transition from the miss to entering the next destination airport and then selecting the appropriate approach and IAF there. With the 530, I would simply scroll to the end of the flight plan and enter the new airport in the first blank space.

I haven't found the equivalent easy way to do this on the 540. I'm sure it's there, but difficult to do when under the pressured situation in an ILS miss.

What is the best/easy way to do this that will cancel the existing approach and go direct to a new airport?

This is not something that is so easy to simulate on the simulator or I wouldn't be asking the question :-).

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rolfe_tessem Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Jan 2012 Location: Massachusetts Status: Offline Points: 185	Post Options Post Reply Quote rolfe_tessem Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Missed approach question Posted: 12 Mar 2015 at 7:29pm
	I have been out exercising my new IFD540 in my Bonanza in practice conditions to get used to it before venturing into IMC with it. Like most of you, I will shoot an ILS into a nearby airport then miss and go to another nearby airport for another practice approach. I have been stumbling when trying to transition from the miss to entering the next destination airport and then selecting the appropriate approach and IAF there. With the 530, I would simply scroll to the end of the flight plan and enter the new airport in the first blank space. I haven't found the equivalent easy way to do this on the 540. I'm sure it's there, but difficult to do when under the pressured situation in an ILS miss. What is the best/easy way to do this that will cancel the existing approach and go direct to a new airport? This is not something that is so easy to simulate on the simulator or I wouldn't be asking the question :-).

FORANE Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 04 May 2013 Location: 0A9 Status: Offline Points: 57	Post Options Post Reply Quote FORANE Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Mar 2015 at 7:48pm
	I do not have an IFD yet, but one of the features which drew me to it is the ability to enter the alternate prior to shooting the approach to the first airport. I would enter the alternate while enroute if conditions are marginal. Good to know other options though...
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rolfe_tessem Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Jan 2012 Location: Massachusetts Status: Offline Points: 185	Post Options Post Reply Quote rolfe_tessem Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Mar 2015 at 7:54pm
	Right, I do understand that if you are on a real IFR flight. But on practice approaches, you often want to enter the next destination on the fly. Actually, you sometimes need to do that even when on a real IFR flight.

MysticCobra Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 29 Jan 2013 Status: Offline Points: 649	Post Options Post Reply Quote MysticCobra Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Mar 2015 at 8:24pm
	At least two easy ways: 1) Press the "Direct To" key, and punch in your alternate airport ID, Enter, Enter. Once on track to the new airport, hit the PROC button and select your approach. 2) Press the "NRST" key, and find your alternate airport on the list. Choose it, press Direct To/Enter/Enter, then hit the PROC button and select your approach. (I don't have the sim available right now, so I might have the button sequence wrong, but bottom line is to pick the airport from the NRST page and set Direct To it, then load the PROC.)

rolfe_tessem Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Jan 2012 Location: Massachusetts Status: Offline Points: 185	Post Options Post Reply Quote rolfe_tessem Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Mar 2015 at 8:26pm
	MysticCobra, I thought I did that, but it didn't seem to cancel the existing approach. Still wanted to go the MAP on the original approach. I will try again this weekend. Thanks for the input!

MysticCobra Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 29 Jan 2013 Status: Offline Points: 649	Post Options Post Reply Quote MysticCobra Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Mar 2015 at 9:38pm
	"Direct To", by definition, should change the magenta line to point directly to your new airport. If your magenta line was still pointing to a waypoint on the approach to the original airport, then the "Direct To" command was not completed (maybe you missed an "Enter", for example?).

rolfe_tessem Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Jan 2012 Location: Massachusetts Status: Offline Points: 185	Post Options Post Reply Quote rolfe_tessem Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 2015 at 9:24am
	MysticCobra, that is a possibility. I will find out this weekend. It is good to know that it does work the way I expected it to work :-). Thanks!