M5.1 Flashcards
1
Q
What does EFIS stand for?
A
Electronic Flight Instrument System
2
Q
What does EIDS stand for
A
Electronic Instrument Display System
3
Q
What Instrument display systems do all aircraft use?
A
EIDS or EFIS
4
Q
What is a CPU
A
Central Processing Unit
5
Q
What are the advantages of using digital display systems to analogue instruments.
A
- colourful displays
- variable/variety
- unimportant data is suppressed, Important data is accentuated.
- fewer components needed.
- redundancy ( displays are interchangeable)
6
Q
How is required data transmitted on aircraft?
A
Digitally via the Arinc 429 bus
7
Q
What is a CRT
A
Cathode Ray Tube
8
Q
What is an LCD
A
Liquid Crystal Display
9
Q
How are pilots commands processed from the cockpit?
A
- Input controlled and transmitted via data busses to receiver systems
- Calculations made by CPUs
10
Q
What instruments are part of EFIS
A
- Navigation Display (ND)
- Primary Flight Display ( PFD)
11
Q
What instruments are a part of EIDS
A
- Engineer warnings
- System Pages
