Flight Instruments Flashcards
The ESID system is responsible for displaying what?
Engine and system information
The air data computers receive heading, pitch, and roll data from the ______.
AHRS (Attitude and Heading Reference System)
With the ADC SOURCE selector in the NORM position, the displays on the left side receive information from ______.
ADU 1 (Air Data Unit)
In common color philosophy for the 5 display units, abnormal situations and conditions requiring immediate crew notification are what color?
Yellow
Pushing the BARO SET knob will accomplish what?
Set 29.92 (standard)
T/F: Bearing pointers can only use VOR radios as a navigation source.
FALSE, AUX, VOR, ADF, & FMS are all bearing NAV sources
When does the NO DATA flag appear?
FMS is not available (and data is pushed)
T/F: Radar and EGWPS displays cannot be selected at the same time on the same display.
TRUE
The center FMA field on each PFD is used to display what AFCS information?
Failure Messages
The ISI is powered by which sources?
Left essential DC bus and a rechargeable back up battery (lasts 1 hr)
A ______ interconnects all of the displays.
feed back bus (allows feedback and comparison of critical flight parameters)
What does the AHRS system accomplish?
Supplies attitude and heading (pitch, roll, yaw) information to EIS, auto flight, stall protection and other systems
Pitot static data is provided to the aircraft via how many Air Data Units?
2 ADUs
T/F: The 5 display units’ brightness can only be controlled manually.
FALSE, can be controlled automatically with photo sensors
T/F: A detent in the full counter-clockwise position selects the associated display unit OFF.
TRUE
Which of the following is NOT a designation of the 5 display units?
(Answer which IS a designation)
PFD (Primary Flight Display)
MFD (Multi Function Display)
ED (Engine Display)
If ED fails, the system will automatically transfer engine data to the ______.
MFD 1
Regarding the display units, which color indicates status messages, advisories, lines, references, and armed autoflight modes?
White