F1 GTN Enroute VNAV Capability?

[medx421 50]

Recently, I was looking at potentially moving from the GTN suite to the UNS-1.  One of the appeals to this was the enroute VNAV.  This would obviously make RNAV Departure and Arrival procedures a lot easier with less math and head guessing (TLAR).  As I'm fortunate to have a rather up to date GTN, and the fact that the GTN does the approach guidance and VNAV makes it appealing to keep the GTN.  My question is, is there a way to couple the enroute VNAV with the F1 GTN?  I know I can enable VNAV and have it display the vertical track, but is there a way to actually get the autopilot to follow it with little input?  Thank you.

[rightseat 277]

If you're just talking about STARs and approaches, my workaround is to set up the STAR and approach in the GTN, then I activate APPR mode, and when it's time to descend, the autopilot will follow the the vertical track guidance. However, I do this on the F1 GTN, not the RXP version.

If it fails to engage, then I select the altitude box next to the fix I want, then hit Direct To, then APPR. It sometimes needs a little redirection, but I get it to work nearly every time.

[Adrian123 1,015]

On 1/18/2022 at 8:16 PM, medx421 said:

way to couple the enroute VNAV with the F1 GTN?

If your referring to coupling the MCU/AP VNAV to the GTN then the answered is no. Believe it's been said that it would take a custom AP to couple to the Garmin trainer F1 or RXP.

Edited January 29, 2022 by Adrian123

[medx421 50]

Thank you both for your time and responses.