Control Performance Flashcards
Control performance
Predictable values for airspeed, rate of turn, and rate of climb or descent will inevitably result from a given combination of control inputs.
Control tables
•Attitude Indicator
•Power Indicator
-Tachometer/Manifold
Performance tables
•Airspeed Indicator
•Altimeter
•Turn Coordinator
•Heading Indicator
•Vertical Speed Indicator
Configuration chart
•Must be completed for every aircraft to be flown
•A chart of attitude and power combinations
•There can be as many configurations as desired, usually to include: climb, cruise, cruise descent, approach, approach descent, and non-precision approach descent.
Control/performance advantages
•Easy to remember
•Used by the USAF and the Airlines
•Thought to be easier
•Teaches pilots to be more in tune with aircraft performance and aircraft capabilities
•Newer cockpits are designed with this method in mind (EFD)
Control/performance disadvantages
•“Numbers” must be relearned in each aircraft
•Teaches pilots to have an over-reliance or over-dependence on the Attitude Indicator
•Partial Panel = Real Emergency
Attitude+power=
Performance