Instruments

Question 1

What is the 6 Pack?

Answer 1

Vertical Speed indicator, airspeed indicator, altimeter, Heading Indicator, Attitude Indicator, Turn Coordinator.

Question 2

Air Speed Indicator

Answer 2

Tells you your airspeed in knots. The WHite, bottom of white is the stall speed, top of white is the Flaps do not extend. Bottom portion of the green is stall speed in clean configuration. Top of green is VNO max normal structural cruise. Yellow is caution. Red is the NE or never exceed speed.
It is color coded on the airspeed indicator on the left.

Question 3

Attitude Indicator

Answer 3

Lets us now our pitch either up or down and relation to the horizon or bank angles. Blue is the sky. Brown is the ground. Degrees in bank are at the top in 10s of degrees.

Question 4

Altimeter

Answer 4

To know our altitude. Measure in MSL or Sea Level. Short hand is 10s of thousands, Thousands and hundreds. We need to set the baro setting based on pressure or density altitude.

Question 5

Heading Indicator (HSI)

Answer 5

Use it for our heading. It is essentially a compass. WE use magnetometers in the glass.

Question 6

Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)

Answer 6

Used to know our climb rate. Measured in feet per minute

Question 7

Turn and Slip Indicator

Answer 7

Used to find out bank and coordination. Shows our turn rate vector. Standard rate is 3 degree turn. Use right rudder into a right turn and visa Versa.

Question 8

Pitot Static System

Answer 8

Pitot Tube intakes the Ram air. It flows in the pitot tube.. Airspeed is the only one that uses the Pitot Static
Altimeter. Archer has a pitot Static Mast. The VSI and Altimeter need the static

Question 9

Air Pressure

Answer 9

decreases as altitude increases and moves high to low

Question 10

Aneroid Wafer/ Diaphram

Answer 10

Expand and Contract due to pressure changes.

Question 11

Casing

Answer 11

The area inside the instument not in the wafer

Question 12

Airspeed Indicator

Answer 12

only instrument that uses the Pitot Tube. Measures air ram, and static air to calculate speed. Faster moving air = lower pressure. Diaphram expands or contracts due to pressure changes. Its Static+Dynamic Air

Question 13

Altimeter

Answer 13

Static air in casing from static port. Aneroid Wafer set to 29.92
Climb air in casing lass dense, wafer expands, altitude increases
Kollsman window allows altimeter needles to be adjusted

Question 14

Vertical SPeed indicator

Answer 14

Similar to the altimeter but with a calibrated Leak
Static air leaks out as the airplane levels off
Climb- Pressure in diaphram decreases higher pressure in casing diaphram squeezed thus shows a climb

Question 15

Gyroscopic Instruments

Answer 15

Include Heading Indicator, Altitude indicator, Suction Gauge. Uses a Vacuum. We have steam gauges that measure this. Gyroscopes follow two principles. The two principles

Question 16

The Gyroscopes use Two Principles

Answer 16

Precession and Rigidity in space

Question 17

Precession

Answer 17

The reaction to this force acts at a 90 degree angle different from the motion

Question 18

Rigidity in Space

Answer 18

It stays in a fixed position in a plane.

Question 19

Heading Indicator works in rigidity in space or precession?

Answer 19

Rigidity in Space. Aircraft rotates around the Gyro

Question 20

Turn Coordinator operated on what principle?

Answer 20

Works on Precession.

Question 21

What are the two types of turn indicators?

Answer 21

Turn Indicator and Turn and Slip Indicator.

Question 22

Attitude indicator runs off of what?

Answer 22

Rigidity in space.

Question 23

Magnetic Compass flies off of what?

Answer 23

Magnetic deviations and Variations. Magnetic Variation is the difference between the true north and Magnetic North. Deviations happen from instruments being affected by. magnetic fields in the air craft.

Question 24

Magnetometer and Outside air Temp Probe

Answer 24

Provide data fir all sorts of

Question 25

What is the Air Data Computer (ADC)?

Answer 25

It can determine, altitude, airspeed, vertical speed Calibrated and true Airspeed. Replaces traditional pitot static System. Uses the OAT, Pitot Tube and Static Port for information

Question 26

What is AHRS?

Answer 26

Attitude, Heading, Reference System. If it fails you have red x’s all over the G1000. Uses GPS as well