Flight instruments Flashcards
Colors of airspeed selected
Magenta - FMS selected
Cyan - Manual - pilot selected speed
Speed trend vector indicates
White- shows speed in 10 sec
Green DOT on airspeed
and good for what?
Shows 1.3g above shaker (40 degree bank)
compensates for configuration and ICE
good for flap extension speed
min maneuvering speed
driftdown
What is the green airplane on the attitude indicator
FPA flight path angle shows actual flight path
accelerator pointer shows slowing by a < below airplane
speed error is like speed tape in green by FPA
White trend vector on altitude
future altitude in 6 seconds
Low speed awareness tape
Amber is caution range
Red is 3-7% above shaker activation
Pitch limit indicator colors
eye brows - pitch where shaker activates
changes color the closer you get to it
Green - normal
Amber - caution
Red - shaker activation
how many radar altimeters
2
one on CA and one on FO PFD
turns amber if one fails then PFD shows from the remaining and EICAS is displayed.
Reversionary panel MFD MODE
turn to select what is displayed on MFD
AUTO - in case of a PFD or EICAS screen failure - it will show automatically on MFD
other options manually selected - will not allow selection if it means at least one EICAS and PFD is not present
ADS
what are the defaults
pressing button does what on RP (reversionary panel)
how many ADS are there?
AIR DATA System Defaults ADS 1 captain ADS 2 FO ADS 3 dedicated backup There are 3
Button changes ADS source
IRS button on RP does what?
how many IRS are there?
there are 2
inertial reference system
CA is IRS 1
FO is IRS 2
automatically reverts if a fail occurs
if it doesn’t. press the button
Preview needles are automatically selected
150 miles from dest
how long does the IESS integrated electronic standby system take to initialize?
90 seconds- backup instruments
what is the IESS
integrated electronic standby system
