Attitude indicator

Question 1

The attitude indicator

Answer 1

• Provides the pilot with a picture of an artificial horizon.
• Shows the relationship between the wings, and aircraft nose in relation to the horizon.

Question 2

Attitude indicator parts

Answer 2

• Aircraft Symbol
• Horizon
• Pitch Scale
• Banking Scale
• Bank Angle Pointer
• Caging Knob

Question 3

How the AI works

Answer 3

• Gyro spins horizontally
• Movement of the gimbals is displayed as
  a movement of the horizon on the instrument face.

Question 4

Important notes on operation

Answer 4

• Attitude Indicator does NOT indicate direction of flight, simply, were your nose is pointed and how your wings are positioned.
• In extreme attitudes, the AI gyro may „tumble” out of axis and will take a certain amount of time to recover.
• Once level flight has been established, align the miniature airplane with the horizon bar.

Question 5

Attitude indicator pendoulous vanes

Answer 5

pendoulous vanes are small, mechanically linked vanes used to keep the gyroscope upright in vacuum-powered instruments. These vanes swing in response to gravity, and when the gyroscope is tilted, they swing to either cover or uncover air ports, creating a precession force that realigns the gyroscope to the vertical.