Garmin G3x Touch Checklist / EFIS Files

[Max Clark]

Hi all,

I'm working through building checklists for my G3x. Hoping someone has been through this and can give me some insights:

- How did you break up your Checklist groups?

- Challenge/response & Challenge items make sense. Curious how you might have used text, title, warning, caution, and note.

- Any general tips/tricks that you can share that will make these easier to use in the plane?

Thanks!

[bigmo]

I’d be glad to help out, but it only takes me an hour if you have everything organized in a Word doc and I’d be glad to build you one.

[Rick Junkin]

@Max ClarkI have a complete G3X checklist built for my Bravo. I'll try to upload it to the file area of the site. Happy to email it to you. It could simplify your organizing task.

I specifically tailored and condensed my checklists for each phase of flight to fit on one page on the G3X, which limits you to something like 11 lines per page. The emergency procedures I input as written, to include notes, cautions and warnings.

EDIT: I was able to upload it. Here's the direct link 

 

[Max Clark]

24 minutes ago, Rick Junkin said:

@Max ClarkI have a complete G3X checklist built for my Bravo. I'll try to upload it to the file area of the site. Happy to email it to you. It could simplify your organizing task.

I specifically tailored and condensed my checklists for each phase of flight to fit on one page on the G3X, which limits you to something like 11 lines per page. The emergency procedures I input as written, to include notes, cautions and warnings.

EDIT: I was able to upload it. Here's the direct link 

 

Thanks Rick!

[Max Clark]

Two online resources I've found for creating checklists:

1. https://github.com/rdamazio/efis-editor web based editor for EFIS files, syncs to Google Drive
2. https://www.flightchecklists.com/ web based editor for paper printouts (nice layouts)

I'm building redundancy from Foreflight. I'm making a laminated paper grab card with emergency procedures (easy to find, grab, and read) and planning on putting the rest into the G3x for reference.

[toto]

I entered all of my checklists on fly.garmin.com. The interface isn’t bad, but I don’t remember whether they can be exported. I just typed my factory checklists word for word, skipping the bits that are no longer relevant. 

[emes]

I'm also an efis-editor fan which is way better than Garmin's 15-year old editor. This is helpful if you would also like to import your checklists into ForeFlight or go between formats like Skyview, GRT, etc.  There is also a nice app ACE Editor which works on iPad and newer Macs.  Also note the flygarmin interface doesn't currently support the format used for G3X or GTN.

@Rick Junkin love your Post-annual airborne checks

 

 

 

[Pinecone]

I have Goose Copilot (formerly MiraCheck) for my iPad.  It can talk and listed to your responses.

But I find I tend to use flow and the checklist to confirm, so a paper checklist is faster.

[midlifeflyer]

49 minutes ago, Pinecone said:

But I find I tend to use flow and the checklist to confirm, so a paper checklist is faster.

I found the same thing. Paper is far more efficient for me. 

But I have seen pilots whose transition training included the use on the on-board checklists and it is very smooth and natural. That seems particularly true of Cirrus training. They mostly still use a flow and check, but the onboard checklist seems to avoid the common failure to to actually pause and read each item. Just not worth the effort for me. 

I have Goose too. Pretty much reserve it for when I'm teaching in airplanes I don't have my own paper checklist for.

[Fly Boomer]

59 minutes ago, Pinecone said:

I have Goose Copilot (formerly MiraCheck) for my iPad.  It can talk and listed to your responses.

But I find I tend to use flow and the checklist to confirm, so a paper checklist is faster.

I have MiraCheck, but I find the UI for building checklists to be incomprehensible.  I wanted something with voice controls that wouldn’t proceed to the next item until I said “check” or “skip”.  The idea was to be able to communicate with the software with just ear buds and no contact with the iPad.

[emes]

3 hours ago, Fly Boomer said:

I have MiraCheck, but I find the UI for building checklists to be incomprehensible.  I wanted something with voice controls that wouldn’t proceed to the next item until I said “check” or “skip”.  The idea was to be able to communicate with the software with just ear buds and no contact with the iPad.

I also had big hopes but have really never figured out how to use this effectively.