Lesson 18: Electronic Displays Flashcards

1
Q

What are the display requirements?

A

Viewing Angle
Resolution
Variable brightness/contrast
Size

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2
Q

What is the viewing angle?

A

60 horziontal

35 vertical

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3
Q

What are the 2 display technologies?

A

CRT

AMLCD

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4
Q

What are the advantages of video displays?

A

Less maintenance
Less weight
Interchangeable displays
Less pilot workload

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5
Q

What are the function of the Electronic Instrument System?

A

EFIS

EICAS

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6
Q

PFD and MFD are part of what system?

A

EFIS

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7
Q

Which part of EFIS deals with weather. checklists, tube redundancy?

A

MFD

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8
Q

What does EFIS PFD deal with?

A

EADI

EHSI

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9
Q

This system displays engine instruments and warning messages for the crew?

A

EICAS

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10
Q

True or False,

Weather radar can be available on the EHSI

A

True

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11
Q

PFD includes what?

A
Attitude
Airspeed
Vertical Speed
Nav
TCAS resolution advisories
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12
Q

MFD includes what?

A

Nav maps
Weather radar
TCAS traffic
TCAS maintenace data

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13
Q

EICAS includes what?

A

Critical engine

System status data recording and display

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14
Q

What are synoptic pages?

A

Graphical depiction of aircraft systems

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15
Q

What are the system control panels?

A

Display Control
Source Selector
Display Reversion Switch
EICAS Control

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16
Q

What does the DISPLAY CONTROL panel do?

A

Controls the onside PFD/MFD

17
Q

If you want to select alternate sources of data fro critical systems, which panel do you go to?

A

SOURCE SELECTOR

18
Q

What does the DISPLAY REVERSION SWITCH panel do?

A

Disables MFD and selects PFD or EICAS

19
Q

This panel selects the synoptic pages

A

EICAS CONTROL PANEL

20
Q

If a DISPLAY FAILURE is detected, what happens?

A

System goes into REVERSIONARY mode, priority given to CONTROL function

21
Q

If EFIS completely fails, what are we left with?

A

Attitude indicator
Air Data

powered by battery bus

22
Q

If we MANUALLY select REV MODE, what happens?

A

Includes EICAS on both PFDs