V with Arrow in FMS
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Forum Name: IFD 5 Series & IFD 4 Series Touch Screen GPS/NAV/COM
Forum Description: Topics on Avidyne's IFD 5 Series and IFD 4 Series Touch Screen GPS/NAV/COM
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Printed Date: 26 Mar 2026 at 5:33pm
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Topic: V with Arrow in FMS
Posted By: IanJay
Subject: V with Arrow in FMS
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2025 at 7:42pm
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On the trainer app, during approach there is a LSK on the FMS that looks like a V with an arrow through it. What does it do? Side note, I google showed me this has been discussed before but anytime I click to open a link for a topic previously discussed, I am automatically taken to the home page. Searching provided no results, either.
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Posted By: AviSteve
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2025 at 8:37am
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-V-> is "Vertical Direct To" and is part of enroute VNAV. When you select that, VNAV will construct a descent path along the flight plan directly from your aircraft altitude to the altitude constraint associated with the selected leg and then immediately start commanding the descent. P.S. I've got our IT team working on the forum links. Looks like a hiccup when the forum was rehosted. I tried some workarounds and found that you can copy the link and then manually change forums.avidyne.com to www.avidynelive.com.
------------- Steve Lindsley Avidyne Engineering |
Posted By: IanJay
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2025 at 3:14pm
| Very cool! Thanks for the explanation, Steve. |
Posted By: jwellman
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2025 at 2:46pm
Need to play with this some now that I have VNAV with the GFC500 :-D
Is this constructed using your preferred descent profile or does it do something else? Let's say I'm 3 miles out from the existing TOD point and I hit the -V-> Does that put me at the lower altitude 3 miles sooner than the previous TOD (basically using my default descent profile) or does it still keep the same crossing restriction as the existing TOD (cross 1 mile before at altitude x) and just plan a slower descent? Jared ------------- 1954 E35 Bonanza IFD440 GFC500 |
Posted By: AviSteve
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2025 at 9:04am
You get a slower descent. ------------- Steve Lindsley Avidyne Engineering |
Posted By: keithrkoenig
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2025 at 8:22pm
The GFC500 will not fly the VNAV with an IFD.
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Posted By: keithrkoenig
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2025 at 8:22pm
THe GFC500 will not fly the VNAV with an IFD.
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