Tell me why you like the HSI

[Marauder]

It has a "real" one so I need to know how to use it.

The mechanical one you are using will require you to set the OBS to the course you want. I suspect it is the same for non GPSS GPS waypoint selection.

I went directly (after flying 28 years with a DG) to an Aspen. To say I came up from the stone age would have been a understatement. The Aspen had the ability to set an "auto course" feature that automatically sets the next waypoint for you.

The yellow circled item shows it is on and the red circled items is the auto course selected course. The course you would have to set manually with the left knob.

 

[flyingron]

Could well be true, it's been a loooong time since I've flown with a 430.

Hmm... not sure what you'd call the gizmo on the 480 NAV page that I used on my IR checkride then.

I stand corrected (and I do have the 480 though I never use that page). If I wanted to use the 480 for a nogyro type operation I just zoom up the regular map. I'm not sure the HSI page offers anything significant. All that information is available on the main map page and it gives you better situational awarenesss.

 

[azure]

I stand corrected (and I do have the 480 though I never use that page). If I wanted to use the 480 for a nogyro type operation I just zoom up the regular map. I'm not sure the HSI page offers anything significant. All that information is available on the main map page and it gives you better situational awarenesss.

It has a course pointer and CDI for lateral guidance, and even a VDI for vertical guidance when flying a vertically guided approach. Would you want to fly a GPS approach for real using just the map page, with no CDI? Sure a real heading-based HSI is preferable, but I would MUCH rather have the track-based HSI than just a moving map if my Sandel went OTS in the soup. On my checkride I was fully prepared to do exactly that, but the DPE let me turn the flying over to George on the way to the IAF while I troubleshot the Sandel.