DA 40 AFM
Supplement A21
GNS 530
Doc. # 6.01.01-E Rev. 0 01 Dec 2001 Page 9 - A21 - 11
5. PERFORMANCE
No change.
6. MASS AND BALANCE
Upon removal or installation of the GNS 530 the change of empty mass and
corresponding center of gravity of the airplane must be recorded according to Chapter
6 of the Airplane Flight Manual.
7. DESCRIPTION OF THE AIRPLANE AND ITS SYSTEMS
7.14 AVIONICS
The GNS 530 System is a fully integrated, panel mounted instrument, which contains
a VHF Communications Transceiver, a VOR/ILS receiver, and a Global Positioning
System (GPS) Navigation computer. The system consists of a GPS antenna, GPS
Receiver, VHF VOR/LOC/GS antenna, VOR/ILS receiver, VHF COMM antenna and a
VHF Communications Transceiver. The primary function of the VHF Communication
portion of the equipment is to facilitate communication with Air Traffic Control. The
primary function of the VOR/ILS Receiver portion of the equipment is to receive and
demodulate VOR, Localizer, and Glide Slope signals. The primary function of the GPS
portion of the system is to acquire signals from the GPS system satellites, recover
orbital data, make range and Doppler measurements, and process this information in
real-time to obtain the user's position, velocity, and time.
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