Auto Landing

Question 1

What components are required for an auto land?

Answer 1

ILS receivers - auto pilot - auto throttle - radio altimeter

Question 2

What is the main purpose of Dutch roll filter?

Answer 2

To distinguish the yaw of Dutch Roll from yaw in a turn.

Question 3

What is the main function of the control surface position sensors?

Answer 3

Comparing the directed inputs with the actual surface movement.

Question 4

In an autopilot system, the functions that control the path of the aircraft are the…

Answer 4

Guidance system

Question 5

When engaged, the autopilot manoeuvres the aeroplane in accordance within a set of control laws. The purpose of these control laws is to…

Answer 5

Prevent unacceptable loads

Question 6

In the event of a failure, a fail-operational flight control system will operate as a fail blank system.

Answer 6

Passive

Question 7

The purpose of an FCU/MCP is to…

Answer 7

Operate automation modes.

Question 8

What does it mean when an autopilot mode is captured?

Answer 8

The aircraft is heading for the relevant parameter.

Question 9

What is the purpose of the Flight Director (FD)?

Answer 9

Helps with attitude control.

Question 10

What does the Flight Director (FD) indicate when engaged?

1. Magnitude and direction of flight control input
2. Only direction of flight control input
3. Attitude of the aircraft

Answer 10

1

Question 11

In case of a Radio Altimeter (R/A) failure, is the ability to perform an automatic landing affected?

Yes, because the R/A is used during the blank.

Answer 11

Flare.

Question 12

What does fail passive mean?

Answer 12

Crew must take over.

Question 13

The components of an autopilot system are the:

1 – actuators
2 – autopilot mode control panel
3 – EFIS control panel
4 – mode annunciator panel (FMA)

The combination that regroups all of the correct statements is…

Answer 13

1,2,4

Question 14

In an autopilot system, the basic stabilisation modes are:

1 – Altitude hold
2 – Pitch angle hold
3 – Bank angle
4 – IAS hold

The combination that regroups all of the correct statements is…

Answer 14

2,3

Question 15

The purpose of the Flight Mode Annunciator (FMA) is to…

Answer 15

Check any autopilot selections.

Question 16

Translate : FMA of the PFDs.

Answer 16

Flight mode annunciator of the primary flight displays.

Question 17

What is the basic principle of a closed loop system?

Answer 17

Measure a controlled variable.

Question 18

During a final approach, the flight director system is engaged in the G/S mode (tracking of ILS Glide Slope). The position of the horizontal command bar indicates:

1 – the position of the aircraft relative to the ILS Glide Slope
2 – the correction to be applied to the pitch angle in order to capture and follow the ILS Glide Slope
3 – the pitch angle of the aircraft

The combination that regroups all of the correct statements is…

Answer 18

2

Question 19

When engaged in the FMS lateral navigation mode (NAV or LNAV) the autopilot uses the command provided by the…

Answer 19

FMS

Question 20

What will happen if the pilot uses manual trim while the autopilot is engaged?

Answer 20

Autopilot disconnects.

Question 21

Assuming the autopilot is in heading hold mode, what would happen to the autopilot if the flux valve started drifting in an aircraft equipped with a single flux valve?

Answer 21

Autopilot drift.

Question 22

An inner loop control (stabilisation) is…

Answer 22

control the movements of the aircraft around its center of gravity.

Question 23

When could a pilot use the auto trim on a non Fly-By-Wire aeroplane?

Answer 23

When auto pilot is engaged