Garmin G1000

The Garmin G1000 is a integrated flight display system manufactured by Garmin. It is one of the most widely-installed glass cockpits in general aviation.

Configuration

In its most basic configuration the Garmin G1000 consists of one primary flight display and one multi-function display which together replace most common traditional flight instruments and gauges. In larger and more expensive installations, a second PFD may be installed for use by a co-pilot.

A physical keyboard can be installed to provide easier data entry for the crew. An integrated flight director can also be installed to interface with a Garmin GFC 700 autopilot, either with or without VNAV support.

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

History

Sim Update X (SU10) (2022-09-20):

• The G1000 NXi is now the default G1000 in the simulator! This brings a number of features to the G1000, taking it close to the real NXi unit, including: VNAV, procedure turns, holds, arc legs, visual approaches, accurate autopilot/modes, full RNAV, and much, much more.
  • Important G1000 NXi Note: The G1000 NXi is now default in SU10, however it will only display in default sim aircraft equipped with the G1000. To enable the G1000 NXi in third party G1000-equipped aircraft, please install and/or update the version of the G1000 NXi available from the Marketplace to ensure you have v0.14.
• Added weather radar to aircraft with it enabled
• Added radio altimeter to aircraft with it enabled
• Added RA mins option to aircraft with radio altimeter
• Added back-course support to autopilot
• Added the current remaining active leg distance to the FPL page for the active leg
• Added ability to edit all flight plan altitude restrictions and not just arrival/approach procedures
• Added support for handling NAV/COM Volume knobs
• Added support for slew mode; instrument will pause when in slew to prevent crazy flight path drawings or erroneous advancing of legs
• Adds support for VNAV guidance to an airport when no approach is selected (allowing users to use VNAV with VFR flights)
• Fixed issue where VPATH would fail to re-arm upon reach bottom-of-descent or a level leg
• Fixed issue where VNAV edited altitude would be ignored if it was defined on the destination airport leg
• Fixed issues showing the bearing pointers when selected at startup
• Fixed incorrectly setting to/from flag based on heading when in MANSEQ leg
• Bearing pointers should now hide correctly when showing LOC or turning pointers off
• Bearing pointers should now hide arrow when switching frequencies to an invalid nav source
• Fixed issue where bearing and CDI labels did not properly switch when changing frequency
• Fixed various other edge cases with arrows/labels showing/not showing when a frequency is swapped
• Fixed an issue where starting to edit an altitude and then leaving the page or disabling cursor would leave editing in an undefined state
• Fixed numerous issues that caused the flight plan to activate the incorrect leg when using Travel To
• Fixed an unlucky race condition that could result in a direct-to causing the leg to activate as opposed to going direct-to
• After receiving community feedback, flight plans will now be loaded during bushtrips in the G1000 NXi
• Improved calculation of intercept legs
• Improved rendering performance of airspace boundaries
• Adjusted max bank angle for some aircraft
• Added LNAV vector turn anticipation to eliminate oversteer, particularly when exiting a turn
• The Garmin traffic map range layer will now always display ranges in nautical miles
• Fixed flight director not turning off in C208
• Fixed bug where OBS would not work on a flight plan with only origin or destination
• Fixed missing TOD/BOD markers on map
• Fixed bug where TAS/TIS did not initialize to operating mode if starting flight in air
• Fixed bug where default Bravo bindings would not change the selected altitude on KAP140 equipped G1000 aircraft
• Fixed bug with path rearming due to changes in LNAV sequencing
• Fixed bug where GS/GP activation would not fully deactivate vnav
• Fixed bug where loading a visual approach would add a disco leg to the flight plan
• Fixed bug causing 'VNAV UNAVAILABLE' message to show after the FAF
• Fixed truncation of frequency transfer when using 8.33kHz spacing
• Fixed slow response of AP pitch control to pitch inc/dec button events
• Fixed incomplete CDI tooltips
• Fixed missing NEXRAD on HSI map
• Fixed bug where map range compass layer could be missing heading labels after a map resize
• Fixed broken on-screen keyboard interaction on Xbox
• Fixed issue where adding duplicate legs after an intercept leg could cause the flight path to move incorrectly
• Removed screen flash upon entering or exiting reversionary mode based on real unit reference
• Fixed issue where Engine page softkeys could be missing or become stuck when entering or exiting reversionary mode on the PFD
• Fixed bugs with BackCourse and Approach tooltips/hardware indications
• Fixed bug with the visual approach preview not showing the STRGHT and FINAL legs
• Fixed bug where the pitch ref would decrease while executing unrelated autopilot commands
• Fixed bug where VNAV would sometimes not re-arm on level legs

Sim Update VI (SU6) (2021-10-19):

• Fixed an issue where FLC behavior using the NOSE UP/NOSE DN buttons was reversed
• Minor frequency color fix
• Fixed issue where outer COM knob would only increment the frequency no matter which direction it was turned

Sim Update IV (SU4) (2021-05-25):

• Airspaces are redrawn upon change in map orientation

Sim Update III (SU3) (2021-03-09):

• Added option to display the fuel range in the MFD map
• Added display for Nav and Com volume when changing them with the appropriate knob
• Added the possibility to switch off the Synthetic vision
• Fixed a typo in PFD Departure selection page saying Arrival instead of Departure
• Added Track Up, Desired Track Up and Heading Up orientation options for the MFD map
• Added "No Wind Data" instead of the fast rotating arrow when wind speed is near 0
• Added OBS mode in
• Direct-To page is now prefilled with Waypoint info when pressing Direct-To softkey with a highlighted waypoint

Sim Update II (SU2) (2020-12-22):

• Fixed several aircraft going back to departure airport when approach is activated

World Update I: Japan (WU1) (2020-09-29):

• Fixes on flight plan entering / duplicate waypoint page
• Performance improvements when displaying nearest airport page

Patch 1.8.3.0 (2020-09-16):

• Beechcraft Baron G58, Beechcraft Bonanza G36, Cessna 172 Skyhawk (G1000), Diamond DA40 NG: fixed missing ALT knob.
• automatically switches from NAV to LOC when needed.
• ETE and ETA fixed wrong values.
• AP setup is no longer reset when enabling AP.
• Fixed missing flight plan when the selected departure is coordinates on the world map.

Alpha 5 (2020-06-11):

• Auto-tuning the NAV Radio used to default to NAV1 instead of the selected radio
• The approach drawn after setting the direct to or classic-flight plan was not correct
• Glass cockpits tooltips were corrected

Alpha 3 (2020-05-14):

• Scale of (VFR) map is addressed

Alpha 2 (2020-04-01):

• Diamond DA40 NG and Diamond DA62 – Altitude knob added on Pilot side

External links

• Garmin G1000 manual for Cessna Nav III aircraft