FMS Flashcards

1
Q

What is the purpose of an FMS

A

To centralise the control of all aspects of navigation and manual or automatic flight path management

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2
Q

What does a cross talk bus do?

A

The cross talk bus synchronizes data between systems. Typically between 2 or more FMS

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3
Q

What does the pilot need to do and know with regard of updating the AIRAC?

A

The pilot has to make the new AIRAC active which will delete all pilot entered things

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4
Q

What is kalman filtering?

A

It gives weight to several sources to determine the position at several moments

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5
Q

What is the difference between TAWS and (E)GPWS?

A

(E)GPWS is a component of TAWS

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