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-V-> is "Vertical Direct To" and is part of enroute VNAV.  When you select that, VNAV will construct a descent path along the flight plan directly from your aircraft altitude to the altitude constraint associated with the selected leg and then immediately start commanding the descent.

Edited by AviSteve - 05 Sep 2025 at 8:38am

Need to play with this some now that I have VNAV with the GFC500 :-D

-V-> is "Vertical Direct To" and is part of enroute VNAV.  When you select that, VNAV will construct a descent path along the flight plan directly from your aircraft altitude to the altitude constraint associated with the selected leg and then immediately start commanding the descent.

Is this constructed using your preferred descent profile or does it do something else?  Let's say I'm 3 miles out from the existing TOD point and I hit the -V->  Does that put me at the lower altitude 3 miles sooner than the previous TOD (basically using my default descent profile) or does it still keep the same crossing restriction as the existing TOD (cross 1 mile before at altitude x) and just plan a slower descent? 

Jared

AviSteve wrote: jwellman wrote: ...Is this constructed using your preferred descent profile or does it do something else?  Let's say I'm 3 miles out from the existing TOD point and I hit the -V->  Does that put me at the lower altitude 3 miles sooner than the previous TOD (basically using my default descent profile) or does it still keep the same crossing restriction as the existing TOD (cross 1 mile before at altitude x) and just plan a slower descent? You get a slower descent.