1. Developed by Lt Col David Yost, NCR-MN-122
G1000 SAR Tasks
Prior to qualification as a Mission Observer, and during the CAPF 91 checkride for Mission Pilots, the candidate is expected to be able to properly utilize a number of functions within the G1000.
This presentation goes through how to perform some of the most common tasks a SAR/DR Mission Pilot and/or Observer needs to perform with the G1000.
Developed by Lt Col David Yost, NCR-MN-122

2. G1000 SAR Tasks Objectives
Familiarize Pilots with G1000 GPS “Knobology”
Prepare Mission Pilots and Observers to be able to:
Enter search patterns.
Mark current location – save as a user waypoint.
Display current lat/long in real time.
Find the nearest airport and go Direct-To.
Some basic familiarity with the G1000 MFD is assumed (i.e. ability to turn device ON/OFF and display MAP screens).
This training is not intended to replace the user manual.
We will examine how to do the following tasks:
Display your current position (Lat/Long) in real time. (Changes as the airplane moves.)
Set up search patterns:
Parallel line (grid) search
Expanding Square search
Creeping Line search
Mark your current location as a user waypoint.
Find the nearest airport(s) and set up a Direct-To.
Some basic familiarity with the GPS is assumed, like how to turn it on and off, and use the MAP button and large knob to move between Map screens.
This presentation is not intended as a complete tutorial or to replace the user manuals. It simply shows the steps needed to accomplish certain tasks.

3. G1000 SAR Tasks Objectives
Familiarize Pilots with G1000 GPS “Knobology”
Enter a search "Flight Plan"
Search Patterns:
Parallel line (Grid) search
Expanding Square search
Sector search
Creeping Line search
Route search with offset
We will examine how to do the following tasks:
Display your current position (Lat/Long) in real time. (Changes as the airplane moves.)
Set up search patterns:
Parallel line (grid) search
Expanding Square search
Creeping Line search
Mark your current location as a user waypoint.
Find the nearest airport(s) and set up a Direct-To.
Some basic familiarity with the GPS is assumed, like how to turn it on and off, and use the MAP button and large knob to move between Map screens.
This presentation is not intended as a complete tutorial or to replace the user manuals. It simply shows the steps needed to accomplish certain tasks.

4. G1000 SAR Tasks CAP Grids 15' = 15 nm 15' = 10.6 nm
A CAP grid is 15 minutes of Lat/Lon on a side. The grid is not square because lines of Longitude converge as you get closer to the North or South Pole.
A minute of Latitude is 1 nm. To calculate the length of a minute of Longitude, multi 1 by the Cosine of your Latitude. Windows calculator in Scientific View will easily do this for you.
15' = 10.6 nm

5. G1000 SAR Tasks CAP Grids A B C D 1 2 4 3 45° 30' 45° 22.5'
The G1000 SAR package does not use the CAP grid system. You must determine the Lat/Lon coordinates of the area you wish to search and use them to create user waypoints in the G1000 database. C D 4 3
45° 15'
93° 00'
92° 52.5'
92° 45'
92° 37.5'
92° 30'

6. G1000 SAR Tasks Search CAP Grid GRB 354D
45° 30'
45° 22.5' S1 S2
Press the MAP button to display a moving map showing the airplane's current location, bearing, and ground speed.
When all else fails, push the MAP button to return here and start over. D S3 S4
45° 15'
93° 00'
92° 52.5'
92° 45'
92° 37.5'
92° 30'

7. G1000 SAR Tasks Search CAP Grid GRB 354D Parallel Search
Create user waypoints for the corners of the Grid section to be searched.
S1 = 45° 22.5' N 92° 37.5' W
S2 = 45° 22.5' N 92° 30' W
S3 = 45° 15' N 92° 37.5' W
S4 = 45° 15' N 92° 30' W
Here are the Lat/Lon coordinates for the user waypoints shown in the previous slide.

8. G1000 SAR Tasks Default MAP Display
Go to the User Waypoints page and create a new user waypoint.

9. G1000 SAR Tasks Default MAP Display
Here is the new user waypoint (S1) shown on the map, and its Lat/Lon coordinates.

10. G1000 SAR Tasks Default MAP Display
Create the other three user waypoints (S2, S3, S4) in the same way.

11. G1000 SAR Tasks Default MAP Display
FPL
MENU
ENT
Press the FPL button, then MENU. Select Search and Rescue, then press ENT.

12. G1000 SAR Tasks Default MAP Display
Fill in the screen with the values desired to create your search pattern. In this example, we wish to fly from 21D directly to user waypoint S3 and enter the "grid" at the SW corner.

13. G1000 SAR Tasks Default MAP Display
Here's what it looks like on the MFD moving map.

14. G1000 SAR Tasks Start at Osceola airport Expanding Square Search
Use KOEO as the initial waypoint.
Set up a Search-and-Rescue flight plan with an Expanding Square pattern.
Initial Direction: 045
Initial Turn: Left
Spacing: 1.0 nm
Number of Legs: 24
Now let's set up an Expanding Square search, starting at the Osceola airport, and using the values shown on the slide.

15. Fill in the screen with the values desired to create your search pattern. In this example, we wish to fly from 21D directly to KOEO and begin flying the expanding square.

16. G1000 SAR Tasks Default MAP Display
Here's what it looks like on the MFD moving map.

17. G1000 SAR Tasks Start at Osceola airport Sector Search
Use KOEO as the initial waypoints.
Set up a Search-and-Rescue flight plan with a Sector pattern.
Initial Direction: 120
Initial Turn: Left
Leg Length: 10 nm
Now let's set up a Sector Search, starting at the Osceola airport, and using the values shown on the slide.
This may be unfamiliar to many CAP members, since the Sector Search pattern does not appear in other CAP training materials.

18. Fill in the screen with the values desired to create your search pattern. In this example, we wish to fly from 21D directly to KOEO and begin flying the Sector Search. 10 nm is the longest leg length supported.

19. G1000 SAR Tasks Default MAP Display
Here's what it looks like on the MFD moving map. A Sector Search is a series of triangles.

20. G1000 SAR Tasks Start at Osceola airport Creeping Line Search
Use KOEO as the initial waypoint.
Set up a Parallel Line Search-and-Rescue flight plan, starting at a point "half a leg length" before KOEO.
Direction of creep: 045
Pattern: Parallel
Initial Direction: 135
Initial Turn: Left
Leg Length: 8 nm
Spacing: 1.0 nm
Number of Legs: 40
Now let's set up a Creeping Line, starting at the Osceola airport, and using the values shown on the slide.
Setting up a Creeping Line search takes a bit more doing, since you need to have the pattern legs straddle both side of the creeping line.
The key to this is creating a user waypoint half a leg length to one side of the desired starting point.
Then you just set up a Parallel Search pattern with the desired parameters.

21. In this example, we wish to fly a creeping line pattern to the Northeast (045), beginning a KOEO, with legs 8 nm in length.
We create a user waypoint (S5) 4 nm to the Northwest of KOEO, and use that as the starting point for a Parallel Search pattern.

22. Fill in the screen with the values desired to create your search pattern. In this example, we wish to fly from 21D directly to S5 and begin flying the Creeping Line search. 40 leg is the highest number supported.

23. 045°
Here's what it looks like on the MFD moving map. Notice that we are flying pattern legs from NW-SE and SE-NW 8 nm long with 1 nm legs in between. The effect of this is a "creep" to the Northeast.

24. G1000 SAR Tasks Parallel Track
Not done using the Search-and-Rescue menu item.
Fly a route search from Lake Elmo (21D) to Duluth (KDLH) with a 2-nm offset to the left of course.
Enter a route from 21D – KDLH
On the Flight Plan menu, choose Parallel Track
Direction: Left
Distance: 2 nm
On a Route Search, you may be asked to fly parallel to the desired course, but with an offset.

25. In this example, we want to fly from 21D to KDLH with a 2-nm offset to the west.
(This does not use the Search and Rescue menu choice.)
Create a Flight Plan, then display the menu and choose Parallel Track.

26. Fill in the screen with the values desired to create your parallel track. In this example, we wish to fly from 21D directly to KDLH, but offset 2nm to the west (left) of the direct route.

27. Here's what it looks like on the MFD moving map.

28. G1000 SAR Tasks New User Waypoint – Present Position
We can capture our present position as a user waypoint.
Go to the User Waypoint page and press the NEW button.
Enter a name for the waypoint and press the ENT button.

29. G1000 SAR Tasks Lat/Long Position
We can a user waypoint at any location using the Range joystick knob and the arrow pointer.
Go to the User Waypoint page.
Press the Range knob in the get an arrow pointer.
Move the pointer to the position of the new desired waypoint.
Press the NEW button. (Or press the MENU button and choose Create New User Waypoint.)
Fill in the screen with the name of the new waypoint.
Press Range knob to display Lat/Long of arrow. Defaults to current airplane position.

30. G1000 SAR Tasks Real time Lat/Long Aux Page
The GPS Status page of the AUX chapter shows your present real-time Lat/Lon position.

31. G1000 SAR Tasks Nearest Airports
To go directly to one of the 25 nearest airports, go to the Airports page of the Nearest chapter.
This displays a list of the 25 nearest airports to your current position, along with a white dashed line showing the route to the airport you highlight in the list.

32. Direct ENT With the desired airport highlighted, press the Direct key.
Then press the ENT key twice to select that airport and activate a Direct flight plan to that airport.
Remember the sequence: Direct, Enter, Enter.

33. Here is our direct flight plan shown on the MFD moving map.

34. G1000 SAR Tasks Further Resources
Introduction to G1000 Search Patterns (MN Wing)
YouTube
Search on "G1000 Search and Rescue"
and Rescue
For further information and examples, here is a link to a document (produced in MN Wing) that shows additional examples.
YouTube is also a good source.

35. QUESTIONS?