Cessna 172 :: Instruments (Garmin) suddenly shut down ...

[iMike_ 2]

Hi there,

after many hours of practicing i switched from Cessna 152 to 172. Currently i'm facing the issue of shutting down instruments (displays / Garmin) after a couple of minutes. Is this a feature (screensaver ;-)), a known bug or a low-skill-pilots mistake?

(did a quick search, found nothing matching).

 

Cheers

 

Michael.

 

[paddler 64]

I have in the past suffered this problem as well. It caused me to stop flying it.

[NovemberUniform 156]

Is this with running engine?

[V1-Rotate 15]

Did you have the engine running and the alternators online? You may have run out of battery.

[iMike_ 2]

engine is running, alternators online. Garmin is up&running for the first 3-4 minutes, then shutting down. Looks like the Garmin is flashing/pulsing white afterwards.

Edited September 6, 2020 by iMike_

[SteveFx 258]

Have you tried rebooting?  I had this after messing about importing a FSX aircraft.  Rebooting the PC fixed it.

[iMike_ 2]

rebooting doesn't seem to help here. did it a few times. 

 

 

Edited September 6, 2020 by iMike_

[iMike_ 2]

ARGHH! in this case it seems to be my mistake. Ignition-Switch/Magnetometer was set to "Start" (honeycomb alpha controls). This seems to be a bad idea. Need to get my PPL(A) soon!

[hanhamreds 592]

I've had this with the right screen only.

No idea why

[macpilot 22]

ARGHH! in this case it seems to be my mistake. Ignition-Switch/Magnetometer was set to "Start" (honeycomb alpha controls). This seems to be a bad idea. Need to get my PPL(A) soon!

 

This solved my problem.

[Jetman67 517]

6 hours ago, iMike_ said:

ARGHH! in this case it seems to be my mistake. Ignition-Switch/Magnetometer was set to "Start" (honeycomb alpha controls). This seems to be a bad idea. Need to get my PPL(A) soon!

It's not your fault a real start switch will kick back to both unlike the honeycomb one,it's super easy to leave on start and suffer flat battery