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I don’t know if you’re familiar with an ADF or not but the bearing pointer is similar to that. It is a pointer that just always points in the direction of the VOR if it’s a VLOC pointer or in the direction of your next waypoint if it is the GPS pointer ( you can have them both displayed at the...

You all have made some really good points. I guess I have two major take-aways from this discussion. 1) It’s probably never going to happen so why put so much effort into that kind of contingency. Vectors would be more likely in the event of a failure. And I could always ask for a vector if not...

I have the Garmin 430W driving the G5. I like the bearing pointer idea. I’ve recently seen you tube videos on it and plan on trying it myself in real life.

Great post. I’m going to practice this on my 430 simulator. It probably has more hours on it that my real one installed In the plane! Appreciate the comment. Thanks

Point well taken. I think I have an ingrained mistrust for technology and have the attitude of not if it fails but when. I guess I need to develop a little more trust in it. It’s hard to do being raised on steam gauges. But I think it’s time for a change in mindset. I appreciate the comment and...

yes I do I said one or the other. Not both at the same time. Am I going too fast for you? I can type a little slower.

I’m using it with a Garmin 430W and it actually does a nice job on an arc. The auto pilot will even fly it flawlessly. The reason I’m asking the question is because I like to have a contingency plan in case I lose my GPS signal or if ATC assigns me an uncharted arc. If either of those things...

I agree that is a better way, but is that the best way? I feel like I’m missing something with the operation of this instrument. It is new to me so I am still in the learning stages with it. But Using the bearing pointer takes me back about 20 years when I was learning ADF approaches. It makes...

Am I the only one who thinks that a major failure of the Garmin G5 HSI is that they only provide one knob to control two functions, forcing you to continually switch back and forth through the menu to select either the heading bug or the course selector. This is very distracting and labor...