G3XAvionics Presentation

[@vasingovender]

Watched tons of G3X videos as the user manual is not useful. This video by far the most comprehensive G3X overview I’ve seen with crisp descriptions and outstanding illustrations and screen shots. Well done !!!

[@mikecrawford3805]

Very well done. This is the best introduction presentation for the Garmin G3X Touch, that I have found so far. In the last 2 weeks, I think I have viewed every presentation on the G3X Touch, available on You Tube, and this one, is the most clear, and easy to follow. Thank you.

[@youskunktown]

Thanks Mike. We've had this setup in the 182 for six months now and we're so happy with it, we've decided to do it in our 172 also (minus the fancy expensive autopilot).

[@warwickchristian5682]

The best presentation I have seen..! Cheers

[@socialbutterfly499]

I’m in the piper p100i a lot and this video has helped a lot and showed me some secrets I never knew

[@3dogman311]

An excellent presentation. Very nicely done. Thank you.

[@deonventer5615]

A superb presentation. Thank you.

[@stephengill4282]

Thanks excellent help and presentation

[@ashokaliserilthamarakshan5079]

Thanks for the overview. Very helpful 👍

[@richfreddo6064]

Outstanding video. Thank you!

[@aviator267]

Brilliant content

[@JustSayN2O]

I haven't had the opportunity to fly with a G3X but why didn't Garmin color-code the command bars such that flight director off = one color, and flight director on = different color? Are solid and hollow flight director bars' appearances so visually different that no pilot ever confuses them? I would like to see gray and purple instead.

[@markspears7790]

Very awesome presentation, I am starting my IFR training next week in a Piper Archer with the new G3X Garmin ! Did you have an information sheet for quick setup for IFR or any other helpful notes to study ! Thanks

[@AV8BS]

You’re lucky … to be starting instrument training with a G3X. Sorry, I don’t have that cheat sheet. I think one of the most important things for you will be “navigating the navigation”… understanding the display of, and switching between, nav sources. CDI & OBS, and use of the supplemental nav data available through proper setup of your bearing pointers. Good luck!

[@tnflygirl]

Good video. My plane is getting this along with the 650 and autopilot and I cannot wait. I do have a question on the direct to button. What's the point having it on the G3X screen if it doesn't work when you press the button? Also I will have the 355 separately, I'm assuming its easy to switch back to either one on the G3X. Thanks again

[@AV8BS]

Essentially this: You can only navigate with one GPS at a time. The G3X has its own internal GPS system that is VFR only. Consider it your backup GPS - only to be used in the event the 650 fails. Your G3X has an easily configured GPS setting to "Internal" or "External". This tells your G3X screen which unit it should display data from. You should have it set to "External" because the internal one is unable to select an approach, arrival, SID etc. (Remember, the G3X came from the experimental market and it can be used alone to navigate VFR.) The 650 has a direct to button. You should just get in the habit of doing EVERYTHING route-wise on the 650. Make it a habit; it's easy. Not sure what you mean about switching the 355 back on the G3X. Can you explain that question again?

[@tnflygirl]

@@AV8BS Thank you! Makes sense. In regardless to the 355 is I will have both the 650 and the 355. Can I switch them on the G3X? Right now I can switch GPS 1 and GPS 2 on my aspen. Hope this makes since

[@AV8BS]

@@tnflygirl Oops - my bad, I was thinking about the audio panel (350) not the navigator 355. So - that's an awesome setup! The 355 will be backup to your 650 and the internal GPS in the G3X will be backup to your backup. Assume you have a G5 standby PFD? In order to answer your question, that's an important piece of information (because of its ability to display nav data).

[@tnflygirl]

@@AV8BS Yes I will have the 275 as my backup PDF. Yes the 355 will be my back up to my 650 xi. I'm replacing my 430 waas with the 650xi and keeping my 355 nav :)

[@AV8BS]

@@tnflygirl OK - that's a sweet setup and yeah, good to ditch the 430W at this point. I hope you have a good relationship with the shop where the installation is taking place. Couple critical things that you'll want to have addressed during installation: Make sure that you can display the navigation on both your primary PFD - G3X and your standby PFD - 275. These are settings and wiring issues that must be done properly. So, tell them you want to be able, for example, to display a VOR signal (crossing radial) from your 355 on your 275, while you are using the navigation from the 650, which is being displayed on the G3X CDI. Needless to say these should also be selectable on the G3X bearing pointers. The other thing is you would want the two GPS units to cross-talk - syncing the route. Good luck! What kind of plane?

[@ramin1422]

Thanks, very good presentation👍

[@JustSayN2O]

Why did Garmin design the mode control panel (AFCS) in this sequence: lateral modes | central on-off switches | vertical modes and the mode annunciator panel in a different left-to-right sequence: central on-off switches | lateral mode | vertical mode ?

[@AV8BS]

I don't know, but you're right. It's inconsistent.

[@JustSayN2O]

@@AV8BS Well, I'm a nit-picker (as you know) and as such, I like consistency. Two different engineering groups designed these separately and without having a meeting together. That being said, I would gladly rent and get signed off in a C-172 or LSA having a G3X, GTN, G5, and the AFCS (forgot the C-name). Currently no use for a C-182. It's just me, no passengers, no cargo.

[@TXMURF]

Stick with industry standards please.... it's not a score board.... Lets call it what it is, a MODE annunciator. EVERY TIME YOU SELECT something on the mode control panel (AFCS) ALWAYS check the MODE ANNUNCIATOR TO VERIFY YOU GOT WHAT YOU SELECTED. Other than that I love your presentation, very well done!

[@TXMURF]

It’s called a FMA. Flight Mode Annunciator not a frickin scoreboard

[@tedc6694]

Amazing

[@RynoKarelsen]

How do I add the fuel level indicator on the left above the CHT?

[@AV8BS]

Hi @RynoKarelsen. Are you referring to the vertical EIS strip on the left side of the PFD? If so, then that layout is accessed through the configuration process. It should only be attempted by someone with a relatively deep understanding.

[@RynoKarelsen]

@@AV8BS Yes, I am refferring to that one as indicated in your video.

[@AV8BS]

@@RynoKarelsen So, that's the answer - configuration mode. The G3X is highly configurable. See this link www.blueskyaa.com/members/g3x-configuration-changes for something that I just published yesterday for our club. It talks about some recent minor configuration changes we've made. We now have two G3Xs and will be installing a third in March.

[@dannymiller1594]

Does the nav side of your 255 get much use?

[@AV8BS]

Hi Danny, if you're referring to the internal OBS and CDI capability, no. At least, not yet. The only advantage that I can see to that is for someone who really wants that CDI representation. If you're adept at reading the pointer needle on the G3X HSI, then there's really no advantage to the CDI, IMO.

[@dannymiller1594]

@@AV8BS I have a G3X & 650Xi in my plane too. I may be wrong but it seems to me that maybe the only time one might need the extra Nav & CDI is for identifying a fix that requires two navs to do so. I've seen some areas that have this and I have yet to figure out a way to use both, GPS & VOR Nav, on the 650.

[@AV8BS]

@@dannymiller1594 Hi Danny, if you touch the HSI, it brings you to the PFD Options menu. From there, you can set your bearing pointers. Set one to VLOC2 and now you have a pointer towards that other NAV source. It's not the same as a CDI, but if you know how to read it (hint: look at the tail), it will give you the exact same information i.e. when the tail is pointing at the proper radial on the HSI, it's the same as having your #2 CDI centered. Does that make sense? Take a look at an approach that requires two nav sources, think it through and get back to me if it doesn't make sense.

[@dannymiller1594]

@@AV8BS Thanks so much for that. I love the G3X and learn some new capability almost every week.

[@devaconcc9038]

How do you switch between gps and vor?

[@AV8BS]

That’s done with the CDI button on the GTN650, “Default Nav” page… similar to the 430 or 530.

[@devaconcc9038]

@@AV8BS no cdi button on the g3x

[@AV8BS]

Yes, it can be done from the G3X also…PFD options page, I believe. Since we have a WAAS navigator, we recommend doing all navigation functions through it. There really is no problem doing it through the G3X. My concern about getting in the habit of making nav changes through the G3X is that it has its own GPS, which is VFR only. So, in my opinion the only time you should make changes there is if your IFR navigator fails.

[@JustSayN2O]

Your installations' non-functional NEAREST and DIRECT TO buttons should be revised to manually control screen brightness level.

[@AV8BS]

How is that done? And, secondly, if it can be done, would it be wise? How would those buttons function in the event of a primary navigator (GTN here) failure?

[@JustSayN2O]

@@AV8BS Well, I don't know how that would be achieved. Perhaps through a G3X menu setting. Sorry to be a nitpicker. How would these two (what propose to be softkeys instead of hardkeys) buttons function in the event of a primary navigator failure? Automatic reversion to NEAREST and DIRECT TO, with appropriate labeling above them on the G3X screen. Yes, I'm a nitpicker. Wish your operation were at my airport !

[@AV8BS]

@@JustSayN2O I'd be willing to bet that it cannot be done. These are labeled hard keys. To make them do something other than what they are labeled, would be unsafe. If you lose the primary navigator, you use these keys to navigate with your internal VFR-only GPS.

[@JustSayN2O]

@@AV8BS I completely understand.

[@DanFrederiksen]

such a racket to have the redundant trivial GTN unit instead of just being part of the main display. Just so they can steal 13 grand more from you and greatly increase the installation cost.

[@cobbnissen8331]

Out of this worl🌍!!! Do not waste another day = P-R-O-M-O-S-M!

[@DanFrederiksen]

switching between tapes and round dials is like a Tesla switching between ford model T and model A. incredibly stagnant 'thinking'

[@TheBioniXman]

What a boring video. The subject is very interesting, but when narrated in that droning voice is not.

[@JustSayN2O]

The content of the presentation was outstanding. I did not notice whether the speaker's voice was static or dynamic with regard to volume, cadence or pitch. Why is this so important to you?