Revision Exam 1 Flashcards
What is section 5 in the flight manual?
Operating limits
What is section 2 in the flight manual?
Normal Procedures
What is section 1 in the flight manual?
Descriptions and operations
What is section 3 in the flight manual?
Emergency procedures
What’s the difference between a caution and a warning
Caution is damage to equipment and a warning is potential injury or loss of life
What does plus + mean as a symbol
Requires coordination with another GCS
What is appendix A, 1-1?
Performance Manual
We operate with two different frequencies what are they?
Ku Band & C Band
What is Ku band also called?
BLOS beyond line-of-site
How many C Band antennas do we have on the plane?
3 Antennas and 2 transmitters
What is referred to as the brains of the aircraft
RCM - redundant control module
How many batteries do we have in the aircraft and where are they located?
6 - Forward avionics bay
Where is SAR placed in the GCS?
MFW 1 for the test - 2 in real life
Where does your mic sit?
Rear left
When the yellow KVM light is illuminated, what does it mean?
Shows on the system or monitor you are interacting with
What is the red button on the back of the GCS and what does it not turn off
EPO, it doesn’t turn off the UPS in MFW 1 & 2, batteries for the GCS
LRE uses which frequency band?
C-Band
Located behind MFW 2, allows us to get link with aircraft, it also unzips and zips files going up to the aircraft
SLMA - Secure link management assembly
We operate in which band?
Ku Band
What are the 3 modes in rate select in the GCS?
External / internal / shared
What is the default bit rate selection on the GCS?
3.2mbps
Which VIT applies to Ku band SATCOM?
28
“KU return link lost” - “KU command link lost”, what checklist do we need to run?
KU return link/ command link non-encrypted check list
If you are unable to gain line with aircraft, what does the aircraft do?
Runs emergency link profile back to LRE
How many FCAs do we have?
3
How do FCAs communicate with each other?
CCDL - Cross Channel data link
FCAs send information to what, which then sends information onto UARB A/B?
Vote processors
Where does mid-level voting occur?
FCAs
Why are EGIs so important?
They provide positional data to Ku band
How many video cameras does the aircraft have?
3, EO, IR in the nose and the MTS
Your EO nose camera lens can crack when?
When lense heating is above 60%
What are the 3 cameras in the MTS?
IR, EO, & LLTV
How do we push video to partners on the ground?
C Band downlink
What is the difference between analogue and digital downlink?
Analogue has a faster refresh rate, lower quality; digital has a lower refresh rate and higher quality with the ability to overlay telemetry.
