Auto-flight Systems

Question 1

How many MCDUs are located in the flight deck and do all of them achieve the same operation

Answer 1

3 located in flight deck - 2 on pilots console, 1 on ARO/MCO console.
the ARO/MCO console MCDU is limited in operation removing several Keys.

Question 2

What does the DIR key do

Answer 2

the DIR - enables flight crew to proceed directly from present position to any waypoint along F-PLN

Question 3

PROG Page

Answer 3

progress page - corresponding to the phase of active flight that is in progress
displays nav information and active data

Question 4

INIT Pages

Answer 4

flight plan initialisation
A - used to initialise flight plan
B - insert ZFW/CG/NZFW

Question 5

MILCOM page

Answer 5

recalls MILCOMM page for adjusting MILCOM on the jet

Question 6

DATA page

Answer 6

provides flight crew to various red pages, displays a/c position, status, runways, waypoints, navaids, routes, and data stored by flight crew

Question 7

RAD NAV page

Answer 7

calls up radio nav page - displays radio navaids that are tuned automatically or manually

Question 8

FUEL PREP page

Answer 8

fuel prediction for various phases of flight

Question 9

SEC F-PLN page

Answer 9

allows crew to access secondary flight plan