Flight Director Operation

Question 1

The active flight director partition is located in which MFD(s)?

Answer 1

1 and 4

Question 2

Deselecting the VOR on the FD control layer changes the course deviation indicator from magenta to what color?

Answer 2

White

Question 3

Answer 3

1. Large thrust increase required
2. adjust pitch
3. Small thrust reduction required
4. Adjust pitch and roll

Question 4

On which CDU page is ILS Decision Height entered?

Answer 4

VOR/ILS CONTROL Page

Question 5

What altitude (BARO ALT or RAD ALT) is captured when the THOV mode is activated solely by pressing the MFD bezel key on the MFD Flight Director page? (Be specific)

Answer 5

Current Radar Altitude

Question 6

What are the Flight Director Vertical Modes?

Answer 6

Barometric Altitude Select (BARO ALT), 
GPS Altitude Hold (GPS ALT), 
Radar Altitude Select (RALT) and 
Vertical Speed Select (VSPD)
Baro and ralt

Question 7

What heading or track is captured when the pilot selects the HDG or TRK function key from the FD control layer on the MFD?

Answer 7

Current

Question 8

The RALT/BALT TRANS advisory has become active. What does this mean?

Answer 8

When baro altitude automatically transitioned from radar alt due to a problem with radar altitude hold

Question 9

What are the Flight Director Approach Modes?

Answer 9

(1) VOR
(2) ILS
(3) ILS Back Course (BC)
(4) TCN (TACAN)
(5) TACAN Point-to-Point (TCNP) navigation

Question 10

On the MFD Flight Director page the actual groundspeed displays with a white box around it and the reference groundspeed displays in which color?

Answer 10

Magenta

Question 11

Which MFD control layer must be selected to allow selection of Vertical Speed Hold?

Answer 11

FD

Question 12

he Go Around function provides guidance cues to achieve a ________ fpm climb, current heading, and ________ knots airspeed.

Answer 12

500 FPM

80 Knots

Question 13

Which advisory/annunciation displays if selection of a FD mode is attempted when required sensor data is not available?

Answer 13

Function Inop

Question 14

Which advisory/annunciation displays if a conflict exists between primary and alternate flight director sources?

Answer 14

Flight Director disagree

Question 15

Once the FPLN mode is captured, what change occurs to the FPLN bezel key label?

Answer 15

Surrounded by a green box

Question 16

Which fail flag appears when the ILS localizer course source is invalid?

Answer 16

ILS Course source indicator fail flag

red flag on

Question 17

Identify the difference between a FD arm annunciator and captured annunciator.

Answer 17

Arm annunciators are in white text on the left side of the VSD and captured are green

on the right side of the VSD

Question 18

The CH-47F Flight Director (FD) system provides the aircrew with guidance information for use in two operating modes. Name the two modes of operation for the Flight Director.

Answer 18

Command and coupled

Question 19

Will the GO AROUND Switch work with the DAFCS Selector Switch in the off position?

Answer 19

Yes

Question 20

What is the only FD selectable function that is not selected from the MFD Flight Director control layer?

Answer 20

Go Around