Aerobask GTN 750 / 650

Owner's Manual

FOR SIMULATION ONLY!

DO NOT USE FOR REAL FLIGHT!
AEROBASK GARMIN GTN 750 / 650
FOR X-PLANE

Developped from scratch by Lionel Zamouth.

Associated with our EFIS Skyview, the Aerobask
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
GTNs offer the most advanced glass-cockpit
simulation for X-Plane General Aviation.

The GTNs are fully integrated in our aircraft. Popup views 3

System Requirement :
Windows / Mac OS / Linux NAV/COM 4
Transponder Control 4
Home page 5
CAUTION Moving map 6
Our EFIS simulate the true Garmin instruments,
but they do not reproduce them strictly. Terrain Proximity 7
Do not use for real training.
Trafc Information Service (TIS) 8
Charts 9-10
FPL/AIRWAYS/SID-STAR 11-13
Procedures 14
Direct To 15
Weather 16
Nearest 17
Waypoint info 18-19
Autopilot 20
Utilities 21
Checklists 22
DALT/TAS/Winds 23
Flight Timers 24

Credits 25

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POPUP VIEWS

Our aircraft offers you to optionally show the EFIS

750/650 as popup windows.
You can move and resize the popups using your
mouse and close them using the small “x” icon on
their upper right corner.

Click on the border Click to close the popup

frame in the 3D
Click to reset the pop-up cockpit to display
to its original size. the pop-up

Click on the border frame in the Click & drag to resize the pop-up
3D cockpit to display the pop-up

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NAV/COM - TRANSPONDER CONTROLS 750 / 650
Mic / Xpdr Panel
Active Com Frequency Monitoring Controls Active Nav Frequency
Standby Com Frequency Selection Standby Nav Frequency
Volume, Squelch
On/Off, and Nav
ID On/Off

Com/Nav
frequencies and
Transponder are
selected by
touching the value
in the standby
Com/Nav frequency
/ Xpdr Panel field
and using Frequency
the subsequent Transfer
keypad. (Flip/Flop)
Key

Large and
Small Knobs
Com/Nav (Frequency
Standby Adjust)
Editing
Window
Squawk Code
Backspace Key
Numeric Keypad
Squawk Code
Window
Back Home Enter Key
page

VFR Squawk Transponder Touch the IDENT key

Code (1200) Key Mode Keys once to reply with an
identifying squawk
code.

Com/Nav frequencies are selected by touching the value in the standby Com/Nav frequency field and using
the subsequent keypad.
The GTN750 features COM1/NAV1, the GTN650 features COM2/NAV2.

Transponder code is selected by touching the value in the XPDR Panel Control field and using
the subsequent keypad.

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HOME PAGE
Audio Panel /
Xpdr Panel
Controls
Volume, Squelch
On/Off, and Nav Active & Standby Com1 Active & Standby Nav1 Back Home
ID On/Off Frequency Frequency page

GTN 750

Direct To

Large and
Small Knobs

Active & Standby Com2 Audio Panel / Active & Standby Nav2
Frequency Xpdr Panel Frequency
Controls
GTN 650

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MAP (the Moving Map is disabled since XP11.20)
Aircraft GSL Heading
Value
The Map page is used to provide situational awareness in flight.

The Map page can display the

following information :

Airports, NAVAIDs
Flight plan legs,
Topography data,
Aircraft icon,
Nav range ring.

Active Flight Plan leg

Map menu to Touch the Menu to access options Navigation Source Map Scale
change Selection
Resolution,
Tab to select your display
displaying, etc...
options

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TERRAIN PROXIMITY (disabled feature since XP11.20)

Terrain Proximity uses information provided from the GPS receiver

to provide a horizontal position and altitude.
Aircraft GSL
Value

Red Terrain Is
Above Or Within
100 ft Below The
Aircraft Altitude

Yellow Terrain Is
Between 100 ft and
1000 ft Below The
Aircraft Altitude

Terrain Scale

Touch the Menu to access options Terrain scale

Terrain Page 120° Arc or 360° Rings

Touch the Flight Plan key to toggle the

display of active flight plan on or off.

There are low, average and hi-

resolution options for adapting to
your system's performance.

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TRAFFIC INFORMATION SERVICE (TIS)

Available on both GTN750 & 650.

The Traffic Information Service (TIS) is intended for advisory
use only. TIS is intended to help the pilot locate traffic visually.
It is the responsibility of the pilot to see and maneuver to avoid
traffic.
The TIS is designed to help in detection and avoidance of Current selected traffic
other aircraft. information

Our TIS works with:

•
AI aircrafts
•
IVAO
•
VATSIM
•
Pilot Edge

Current
Network online

Traffic
Proximity
Advisory

Non-Threat
Traffic

Your aircraft
position

Range ring
distance

Alert Traffic
Proximity
Advisory
With vocal
alert

Menu
Options

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CHARTS -1
Touch To Select your Touch to select
The Chart feature provides a digital representation of a airport a charts set
paper airport charts and provides no vertical or lateral
course guidance.

Note:
There's a short
latency when
selecting a new
chart. This is
normal and should
not be reported as
a bug, as images
are loaded and
unloaded on-
demand in order to
limit memory
footprint.

Click and hold to

move the chart in
the window

Click to choose a full Touch to select Zoom chart

or split display a chart in the
current set
Touch to select
a chart

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CHARTS -2

Install your charts set

By default, the folder ‘charts’ is installed in the main directory aircraft.
You can share your charts with another aicraft using our technology by copying the ‘charts’ folder in
the X-Plane ‘Custom Data’ folder.

To add a new airport charts set, just create a new folder named with the ICAO code in the ‘charts’ folder.

How To create your own charts set

All charts source can be used. The only requirement is to convert your charts to PNG format.

Step 1 : convert automaticaly your PDF charts online with the website : http://pdf2png.com/
Step 2 : rename your PNG charts according to the following rules:
INF.xxxxx.png for the Information charts (ground mouvement, obstacles, area, etc…)
DEP.xxxxx.png for the Departure charts
APP.xxxxx.png for the Approach charts
ARR.xxxxx.png for the Arrival charts

Caution: no special or accented characters.

Next, copy your PNG charts in your dedicated airport folder.
Check the default LFBZ folder (charts/LFBZ) included in the aircraft to get an example.

CAUTION : Before sharing charts with other users, ensure you have the right to distribute them.

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FLIGHT PLAN - 1
Menu tab.
Click ‘Catalog’ icon
The Flight Plan function is accessed by touching the Flight Plan key on the Home page. to choose a saved
The Flight Plan function allows you to create, store, edit, and copy flight plans. FPL on your HDD.
You can choose SID&STAR and AIRWAYS.

First screen.
Click the Menu Choose your FPL in
key to access the list. Click
‘Activate’ to valid.
Flight Plan displayed.
Use your mouse wheel
to scroll in the list

According the selected WPT,

the ‘Options’ Tab displays
several choice. For example,
Click a WPT to get add Departure (SID), Arrival
the options. (STAR) or Airways.

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FLIGHT PLAN - Airways

Click the ‘Load Airway’ Select your airway Select the exit point
key

The Airway is automatically

added in the flight plan

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FLIGHT PLAN – SID/STAR
SID

First, select your Click the ‘Load Select your runway Select the SID
departure Airport Departure’ key

STAR
Select Select Select Select
First, select your Arrival Click the ‘Load Arrival’ your final the STAR Transition Approach
Airport key

The SID/STAR are

automatically added
in the flight lan

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PROCEDURES
Click the ‘PROC’’ key
on the main page to
access.

From this page, you can directly add

SID/STAR in your flight plan.
Make sure you you created a FPL
before access.

Select your departure/arrival airport to choose Read the page 13 for more
the according procedure. information.

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DIRECT-TO

Click the Direct-To key to access to options. Select a tab.

WPT: to choose any WPT
FPL: to choose any WPT in
your FPL
NRST APT: to choose a
proximity airport

Selected WPT
Direct-To key

Select a WPT in
your FPL or a
proximity airport

Click the
key to
activate the
Direct-To

The Direct-To
feature is available
on the 650 too.

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WEATHER

The current weather is displayed on the Weather page.

Cloud cover
(3 levels)

Winds
Winds speed Direction
(3 levels) (3 levels)

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NEAREST

Find easily the nearest airports, VOR, FIX, etc...

Touch to find an airport,

VOR, NDB or FIX

Click to select your choice

Use your mouse scroll

wheel to scroll through
the list !

Click to scroll the list up/down

Click to select your choice Set Frequencies COM/NAV directly

(see WAYPOINT INFO page)

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WAYPOINT INFO - 1
Touch to get information from the
WPT selected
From this page, you can :
●
Get information about any airport, VOR, NDB or FIX.
●
Find and select all radios frequencies.
●
Select a Direct To.
●
Get the charts
Touch to find an
airport, VOR, NDB
or FIX

Use the numpad to

Search your WPT

Click to select a new WPT Select a tab Click the keyboard icon to activate your
physical keyboard. The icon lights up
when the keyboard is selected

Info page

Select a Direct To

Click to view the airport charts

Click to select the runways to get

the information

Runways

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WAYPOINT INFO - 2

Runways

Click to see and choose all NAV

frequencies available on the selected
airport

Click to inject the selected frequency to

NAV1 or NAV2

Click to set the OBS

Frequencies page

Click to see and choose all COM

frequencies available on the selected
airport

Click to inject the selected frequency to

COM1 / COM2

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AUTOPILOT

We choose to add this feature on the GTN650 to manage the autopilot easily in simulation.
In this mode, you can select/activate all functions available.

Note : the Skyviews EFIS provide the AP features too. Please refer to the dedicated manual.

●
AP: This button activates or de-activates the autopilot.
●
FD: This button shows or hides the flight director bars on the PFD. The flight director shows you the direction
and altitude you need to fly in order to reach a set target heading and target altitude.
●
HDG: This button activates the autopilot's heading hold mode. The autopilot will follow the heading bug you set
on the PFD's HSI.
●
NAV: This button activates the autopilot's navigation mode. The autopilot will follow the active navigation source.
Change the navigation source with the „HSI SRC“ softkey in the PFD or GTNs menu.
●
APR: This button activates the autopilot's approach mode. Use this button for capturing the localizer and
glideslope of an ILS approach.
●
IAS: This button activates the IAS hold mode. The autopilot will try to hold the indicated airspeed set on the
PFD's speedtape.
●
VS: This button activates the vertical speed mode. The autopilot will try to climb or descend with the speed
selected with the “UP/DN” buttons. The autopilot will climb or descend to the altitude pre-selected.
●
ALT: This button activates the altitude hold mode. The autopilot will hold the current or pre-selected altitude.

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Utilities

The Utilities page provides a group of features that will support your flight planning to make
them easier and more efficient.

Current active features (more features will are added in future update) :

Flight Timers – Interactive Checklists – DALT/TAS/Winds

Flight
Timers

Checklists
DALT/TAS/Winds

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Interactive Checklists

Select a Group:
Normal Checklists
Emergency Checklists
Reference

Select a Checklist, according the Group.

Use your mouse scroll

wheel to scroll through
the list !

Scrolling

Checkbox

You must validate all items (green checkmark)

to switch to the next.

Blue items are optional.

Checklists
menu

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DALT/TAS/Winds
Click To Select Click To Select
Calibrated Air Baro Pressure
Click To Toggle Speed
Senor Data Use Click To Select
Indicated Altitude Click To Select
Total Air Temp

Density Alt / TAS / Winds indicates the

theoretical altitude at which
your aircraft performs depending upon
several variables, including indicated
altitude (Indicated ALT), barometric
pressure (BARO) and total air tempera-
ture (TAT; the temperature, including the
heating effect of speed, read on
a standard outside temperature gauge).
This item computes true airspeed
(TAS) and density altitude, based upon
the factors above. Also, this feature
determines winds aloft — the wind
direction and speed — and a head
wind/tail wind component, based on true
airspeed, aircraft heading (HDG)
and ground speed.

TRK, HDG, &

GS Statistics

DALT, TAS, and

Winds Statistics

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Flight Timers

The Flight Timers function provides count up/down timers, plus automatic recording of departure time, and total
trip time. Departure and total trip time recording can be configured to run either any time unit power is on, or
only when your ground speed exceeds the in-air threshold set by the installer

750 and 650 timers are independent.

Departure Time Elapsed Time

Selected Counter
Direction

Start/Stop

Select Preset
Time (use Numeric
Keypad)

Select Criteria For

Timer Start

If the Generic Timer

Direction counter is set to
"Up," the Reset Timer key
will be shown and when
touched will return the
timer to 00:00:00. If the
Direction counter is set to
"Down," the Preset Timer
key will be shown and the
key will return the timer to
the Preset time value.

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 FOR SIMULATION ONLY!
DO NOT USE FOR REAL FLIGHT!

Credits

Manual template: Mario Donick

Some texts: From the original Garmin manual