Author: Gring
Subject: Love the 3nm ring on the chart
Posted: 22 Apr 2014 at 7:06am
Being a strictly GA guy, if find it fascinating the insight into the tools available on the various part 121 aircraft. On the IFD we have the range rings where the inner ring is 1/2 the distance of the outer ring and can be set by zooming. The function I think you are asking for is range rings irrespective of the zoom level? Not a large difference given the size of the screen real estate. If we had a 12" MFD type display I could see a scenario where the map was zoomed out 100nm and you might want a range ring at say 10 and 20nm for some distance calculation. How do you use the distance rings in the 737?
Subject: Love the 3nm ring on the chart
Posted: 22 Apr 2014 at 7:06am
Being a strictly GA guy, if find it fascinating the insight into the tools available on the various part 121 aircraft. On the IFD we have the range rings where the inner ring is 1/2 the distance of the outer ring and can be set by zooming. The function I think you are asking for is range rings irrespective of the zoom level? Not a large difference given the size of the screen real estate. If we had a 12" MFD type display I could see a scenario where the map was zoomed out 100nm and you might want a range ring at say 10 and 20nm for some distance calculation. How do you use the distance rings in the 737?