Avionic/AE Flashcards
Advantages of Fiber Optics
Immunity to electrical noise, signal security, improved safety , reduced size and weight
Azimuth
Angular position or bearing in a horizontal plane measured clockwise from true north
Bearing
angular reference to a point or line
True heading
direction measured by true north
VHF/UHF
communications/anti jamming
TACAN
Tactical Air Navigation
INS
Inertial Navigation System - dead reckoning system (dectects aircraft motion - acceleration and attitude)
ARI
Attitude Reference Indicator -pitch and roll reference system
ILS
Instrument Landing System - assists in guidance for landing by decoding azimuth and elevation microwave signals.
Barometric altimeter
pitot static pressure to indicate altitude (above sea level)
Pitot Static System
Measures temperature
vertical Speed Indicator
climb or dive 0 - 6000
100 foot increments 0 - 1000
AOA
Angle of Attack -angle at which the aircraft meets a stream of air
RADAR
Radio Detection and Ranging
MC
Mission computers
HUD
Heads up display - provides pilot with information about altitude steering and navigation
MDG
Mulitpurpose display group
DDI
Digital display indicators - (RDDI/LDDI) Stores status radar weapon video, caution advisories
How many DDI’s
2
UFCD
Up front Control Display -entry and display of aircraft data, comms, radio navigation, and identification.
MPCD
Multipurpose color display display - used as multifunctional display
TAMMAC
Tactical aircraft moving map capability
DMC
Digital map Computer - using DMS
AMU
Advanced Memory Unit - 2 PCMI
DFIRS
Deployablbe flight incident recorder set - retrieves and stores in flight data in case of a crash,
Where is DFIRS Located and how Long does it last?
Door 300 and 72 hours
FIRAMS
Flight incident recorder and Monitoring system
NWWDDI
Nose wheel well digtal display indicator - receives and stores maint codes.
JHMCS
Joint helmet mounted Cueing System
What does JHMCS do?
works in conjunction with the AIM 9X missile
What color lights and where are they?
Left is Red
Right is Green
Tail lights are white
Where are the anti collision strobe lights located?
Outboard side of the vertical Stabs, DAY-ID strobe is located on the nose landing gear
Formation lights
10 Green LED lights. 2 on each wingtip, 2 on vertiucla stabs, 2 on fuselage forward (LEX) and 2 on aft fuselage (bottom of vert stabs)
Generators
2 generators, operate left and right, fail over capable.
Specs of Generators
115/200 vac, 400 Hz, three phases of electrical power
Data Link modes
Four Modes: Automatic carrier landing (ACL)
Vecotr (VEC)
Waypoint Mode
alignment mode (ALGN)
DFIRS guard Frequency
243 Hz
