I have a Skyview classic system. VFR. No autopilot. Recently a glideslope indicator has begun popping up when I’m approaching an airport. It goes away when I’m about 1 mile away. It’s nice but I’d like to know what’s feeding the data. I do not have a nav radio. Is it GPS advisory only? Is it configurable?
Vertical guidance
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Page 7-34 of the classic pilots guide.
VS REQ'D OPTIONS:” Use these settings to configure the Vertical Speed Required to Destination Info block on the map. Select the distance from and the distance above the final waypoint (i.e., destination airport/runway) in the Flight Plan and SkyView will continuously compute what vertical speed you would need to maintain from your present position to converge on the point above and before the point specified. This information is reflected on the PFD in the VS REQ'D DESTINATION Info Item, the vertical speed tape, and the VNAV Indicator if Synthetic Vision is enabled.
VS REQ'D OPTIONS:” Use these settings to configure the Vertical Speed Required to Destination Info block on the map. Select the distance from and the distance above the final waypoint (i.e., destination airport/runway) in the Flight Plan and SkyView will continuously compute what vertical speed you would need to maintain from your present position to converge on the point above and before the point specified. This information is reflected on the PFD in the VS REQ'D DESTINATION Info Item, the vertical speed tape, and the VNAV Indicator if Synthetic Vision is enabled.
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Revision aj the section I posted was cut from that page. No mention of traffic or ADSB.
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You're seeing the VFR version of VNAV that Dynon provides. This is a "glideslope" that can be coupled to the autopilot if you have one, or handflown, and provides a 2-degree descent rate to traffic pattern altitude of your destination airport. It looks identical to a glideslope presented from an IFR navigator, but provides no guarantees of airspace or obstacle clearance and should be used as a VFR situational-awareness tool only. If there is a mountain between you and the airport, this glideslope will happily fly you right through that mountain on the 2-degree descent.
Go to the user manual and search "vertical navigation".
Go to the user manual and search "vertical navigation".