REVIEW QUESTIONS – AUTOMATIC FLIGHT Flashcards
- What is the name of the display where the Flight Mode Annunciators (FMA) appear?
-A/P Status Display
- What does CMD (green), annunciated on the PFD, mean?
One or both Autopilots are engaged
- When does a rectangle around a Flight Mode Annunciator (FMA) appear?
-for 10 seconds after a change in the engagement mode
- How does an FMA display an Armed Mode?
-smaller white letters at the bottom of the flight mode
- What are the names (from left to right) of the Flight Mode Annunciators?
-Autothrottle, Roll, and Pitch
- Which FMA annunciation indicates that power has been removed from the autothrottle servos during takeoff?
-THR HLD
- Pushing an illuminated mode switch on the Mode Control Panel (MCP) does what to the mode?
-it deselects the mode
- What is displayed by turning a Flight Director (F/D) switch ON?
-command bars on the attitude indicator
- How is the master FCC determined?
-with neither A/P engaged, the first F/D switch turned ON or with one or both A/P engaged in CMD, the FCC for the first A/P in CMD
- What are the required conditions for A/P engagement?
-No force is being applied to the control wheel and the STAB TRIM AUTOPILOT cutout switch is normal
- What does STAB OUT OF TRIM(amber) light indicate?
-That the autopilot is not trimming the stabilizer properly
- When does the A/P Disengage Light Illuminate STEADY RED?
-Stabilizer out of trim below 800’ RA on dual channel approach, ALT ACQ mode inhibited during A/P go-around if stabilizer not trimmed for single A/P operation, disengage light TEST switch held in position 2, or automatic ground system test fail
- What does the A/T/ LIM indication (white) on the Upper Display Unit mean?
-the FMC is not providing the A/T system with N1 limit values
- When is the MCP IAS/MACH display blank?
-VNAV mode engaged, A/T engaged in FMC SPD mode, or during 2 engine AFDS go-around
While flying an RNP departure passing 10,000’, you have selected LVL CHG, with 250 in the IAS/MACH window on the MCP, what will be the PITCH Mode FMA annunciation?
MCP Speed