Flight Instrument Systems Flashcards
1
Q
Timeline to check the altimeter:
A
24 calendar months
required for IFR
2
Q
Three gyroscopic instruments:
A
Attitude indicator, heading indicator, and turn coordinator.
3
Q
Rigidity in space:
A
Spinning Gyro remains stable, in its location.
4
Q
Precession:
A
outside force tries to tilt a spinning gyro
force had been applied at a point 90 degrees
5
Q
Attitude indicator errors
A
Are minor, resulting in less than 5° of bank error and less than 1 bar width of pitch error in a 180° turn
somatogravic illusion happens
6
Q
somatogravic illusion
A
falsely makes you feel that the aircraft is in a nose-high attitude.
7
Q
Instrument tumbling:
A
occurs beyond approximately 100° of bank or beyond 60° of pitch. With attitude indicator.
8
Q
Heading indicator:
A
primary source of heading information.
