Flight Director Operation Flashcards
The active flight director partition is located in which MFD(s)?
1 and 4
Deselecting the VOR on the FD control layer changes the course deviation indicator from magenta to what color?
White
- Large thrust increase required
- adjust pitch
- Small thrust reduction required
- Adjust pitch and roll
On which CDU page is ILS Decision Height entered?
VOR/ILS CONTROL Page
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)
Current Radar Altitude
What are the Flight Director Vertical Modes?
Barometric Altitude Select (BARO ALT), GPS Altitude Hold (GPS ALT), Radar Altitude Select (RALT) and Vertical Speed Select (VSPD) Baro and ralt
What heading or track is captured when the pilot selects the HDG or TRK function key from the FD control layer on the MFD?
Current
The RALT/BALT TRANS advisory has become active. What does this mean?
When baro altitude automatically transitioned from radar alt due to a problem with radar altitude hold
What are the Flight Director Approach Modes?
(1) VOR
(2) ILS
(3) ILS Back Course (BC)
(4) TCN (TACAN)
(5) TACAN Point-to-Point (TCNP) navigation
On the MFD Flight Director page the actual groundspeed displays with a white box around it and the reference groundspeed displays in which color?
Magenta
Which MFD control layer must be selected to allow selection of Vertical Speed Hold?
FD
he Go Around function provides guidance cues to achieve a ________ fpm climb, current heading, and ________ knots airspeed.
500 FPM
80 Knots
Which advisory/annunciation displays if selection of a FD mode is attempted when required sensor data is not available?
Function Inop
Which advisory/annunciation displays if a conflict exists between primary and alternate flight director sources?
Flight Director disagree
Once the FPLN mode is captured, what change occurs to the FPLN bezel key label?
Surrounded by a green box
