31 Indicating & Recording

Question 1

What does the central warning system consist of?

Answer 1

two warning lights & two master caution lights, warning annunciator panel (all 3 in center glareshield) CAS annunciator panel. (Center lower pedestal)

Question 2

What does the red warning annunciators indicate?

Answer 2

immediate crew alerting and corrective action.

Question 3

What do the amber caution annunciators indicate?

Answer 3

immediate attention but not immediate corrective action.

Question 4

What do the white status annunciators indicate?

Answer 4

normal or abnormal but does not require crew alerting or action

Question 5

How are the master/caution lights reset?

Answer 5

By pressing the push switch which then a signal is applied to the annunciator control pcb., the annunciator will stay illuminated until the fault signal is removed.

Question 6

How is the master/caution warning system tested?

Answer 6

Via a push to test switch located on the copilots side of the switches.

Question 7

How is the dimming managed of the annunciator panels?

Answer 7

automatically via the ambient light sensor circuit.

Question 8

What circuits do the ANN POWER and ANN IND provide power for?

Answer 8

ANN POWER - master warning/caution switches, annunciator control PCB, press to test.
ANN IND - annunciators on the CAS system and the glareshield annunciators.

Question 9

What is not dimmer in the dim mode?

Answer 9

Master warning and caution lights.

Question 10

What electronic flight display system EFIS is installed on this aircraft?

Answer 10

AFD-3010

Question 11

What does the EFIS display?

Answer 11

air data, attitude, heading, EFIS malfunction, navigation sensor information.

Question 12

When functioning as a PFD what information is provided?

Answer 12

airspeed, altitude, attitude, hsi, vertical speed.

Question 13

All pfd’s provide what data?

Answer 13

speed, altitude, attitude, bearing, course, decision height, flight director commands, flight control system annunciations, minimum decent height, preselect altitude, radio altitude, tcas.

Question 14

When functioning as an MFD what is displayed?

Answer 14

EGPWS, HSI, Weather radar information, TCAS, maintenance pages, checklists.

Question 15

Are AFD’s interchangable?

Answer 15

Yes, the AFD will read the configuration to show the desired display format.

Question 16

What provide you with user interface of the AFD’s and what formats do they control?

Answer 16

DCP-3000 - bearing, navigation sources, range selection, weather radar control.

Question 17

The IFIS-5000 an an optional add on for the EFIS pro line avionics. what additional information does this system provide?

Answer 17

e-charts, vhf weather or XM sat weather, cursor control panel.

Question 17

The IFIS-5000 an an optional add on for the EFIS pro line avionics. what additional information does this system provide?

Answer 17

e-charts, vhf weather or XM sat weather, cursor control panel.

Question 18

Both the PFD’s and MFD can provide pilot selectable formats which include?

Answer 18

radio tuning, synoptics, flight management, maps, charts, weather, nav data, maintenance and checklist information.

Question 19

How are your AFD’s identified?

Answer 19

No1 PFD, No2 MFD, No3 PFD

Question 20

What other means are there to control the touchscreen AFD’s (Fusion)

Answer 20

Cursor control panels (CCP), multi-function keypad panel (MKP), single knob panels (SKP)

Question 21

What is the purpose of the aircraft personality module?

Answer 21

Used to store aircraft specific data in a non volatile memory module mounted to the back of the instrument panel. Stays with the aircraft for the life of the plane.

Question 22

What is the purpose of the tilt single knob panel? (SKP)

Answer 22

Used by flight crew to manually change the tilt of the radar.

Question 23

What is the purpose of the Emulated control display unit.

Answer 23

Virtual function that controls the interface between each legacy line replaceable unit and each adaptive flight display

Question 24

Where is the digital flight data recorder located?

Answer 24

In the tail section, on the upper shelf - Zone 312 STA 419.00

Question 25

Describe the make up of the DFDR digital flight data recorder.

Answer 25

Internation orange case, operating off 28 Vdc. equiped with a ULB mounted on the front of the crash survivable memory unit.

Question 25

Describe the make up of the DFDR digital flight data recorder.

Answer 25

Internation orange case, operating off 28 Vdc. equiped with a ULB mounted on the front of the crash survivable memory unit.

Question 26

Where is the accelerometer located and what is its function?

Answer 26

Cabin below the floorboards ZONE 153, 3 axis accelerometer that measures vertical, longitudinal, lateral. 28 Vdc

Question 27

Where is the impact switch located and what is its operation?

Answer 27

Tail section, lower shelf. If there is an incident the impact switch will cut power to the DFDR to stop overwriting the recordings. The switch can be manually reset using the button on the unit.

Question 28

What does the brake hydraulic pressure transducer do?

Answer 28

Measures the hydraulic pressure applied to the brakes for the DFDR, located in the wings.

Question 29

What is the function of the integrated avionics processor system?

Answer 29

to interconnect and manage all the various avionic subsystems in the aircraft.

Question 30

What is the purpose of the data concentration system DCS? and the Remote data concentrator RDC?

Answer 30

DCS - Provides 2 independent data channels for each engine, RDC - collects and transmits the digital data.

Question 31

What systems does the data concentration system integrate with?

Answer 31

EFIS & IAPS

Question 32

What is the primary use of the remote data concentrator?

Answer 32

To provide additional system input to the CAS system.

Question 33

Each Data concentrator unit has a Cross talk Bus, what does this allow?

Answer 33

for each DCU to output either left or right engine data. faults can not flow between the 2 DCU’s