Navigation Flashcards
FMS
Flight management system
EFDS
Electronic flight display system
PFD
Primary flight display
ESI
Electronic standby indication
CDU
Control display unit
What the FMS provides?
Flight planing
Navigation
What the CDUs provide?
Processing capability for hosting Flight management functions.
What power the Pilot & Copilot CDUs?
Pilot: UBB
Copilot: warning bus #1
EGI
Embedded GPS/INS
What type of EGI do we have?
Honeywell H-764
What EGI provides?
Triple navigation/position solution Attitude(pitch and roll) Heading Rate of turn Flight path vector Slip/skid info
How long the EGI will continue to operate, in the event of lost essential DC bus # 1.
30 minute
What type of battery contains in EGI?
Lithium (non recharge able)
ADI
Altitude directional indicator
VSI
Vertical Speed Inficator
CI
Course indicator
What is the size of the multifunction display (PFD)?
6” x 8”
TCAS
Traffic alert and collision Avoidance System
SCADC
Standard central air data computer
In the event of SCADC failure what can backup the system?
The ESI
Where is the ESI receive the air data informations from?
Pitot static system
Can the ESI be display in the PFD?
Yes
DCP
Display control panel
What IFF transponder provides?
Identification, altitude, and surveillance reporting in response to challenges from airborne, ground, surface.
What five major units of the AOA?
AOA transmitter AOA indicator Approach light Approach indexer Rudder pedal shaker
AOA indication are only accurate during ……….. Flight?
Balance
What the AOA system measures?
The angle between the longitudinal axis of the aircraft and the relative wind.
