With an EHSI, like in the Cirrus PFD, you have “track up” anway displayed in the HSI. On the MFD and the Nacoms I always fly N up.
If you have anti-collision (TAS) you probably would prefer track up.
Track Up is certainly better for situational awareness. If you fly North Up then you have one extra mental step to perform.
North Up is “less unsuitable” when VFR, because one is not generally doing the “10 degrees left” etc stuff which is commonplace in IFR. When I fly pure VFR in the UK, I refer to a North Up moving map display (Oziexplorer) because I am a tight bastard and won’t spend money on the tablet-based VFR products
I do have TAS. But i have no problems with left and right :-) It’s just a matter of getting used to it …
I actually have better situational awareness N up, because i did it for so long.
I never understood why anyone wanted track up. Heading up, maybe, but track up? That’s totally arbitrary.
Last time I flew with track up, I confused myself by automatically doing the north→heading conversion
Normally what you get is
Track Up may be a config option on some systems (not mine AFAIK) but obviously won’t work unless you are moving and the GPS is calculating a track.
I never understood why anyone wanted track up.
Good point.
This brings me to wonder about what options the G1000 actually provides. Need to check
Well, if i wouldn’t use N up then I’d definitely use Track up and not heading. That’s what i want to know – where I’m going !
But maybe that’s just me :-)
I using heading up, but track up wouldn’t be that much of a difference
Flyer59, getting closer!
Heading up is not a good idea as it looks odd with a strong crosswind.
Like I said, the only correct way is track up!