Unit 3-4 & 3-5

Question 1

What does EFIS stand for?

Answer 1

Electronic Flight Instrument Systems

Question 2

What is the ADI?

Answer 2

Attitude-director indicator (ADI)
Electromechanical instrument
Flight director
Shows how to fix course
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“Steam gages”

Question 3

What is the HSI?

Answer 3

Horizontal-situation indicator
Electromechanical instrument

Question 4

What is the FDS/ADS?

Answer 4

Flight Director System or Air Data System
Receive data from navigational systems, attitude gyros, and pitot static sensors, etc.

Question 5

Describe 1st gen EFIS

Answer 5

Reduce pilot workload and instrument panel clutter
Only display information for flight instruments
“Glass Cockpit”
Individual screens/displays

Question 6

Describe 2nd gen EFIS

Answer 6

Integrated w/ other systems (No “F”)
Integrated display System (IDS)
Electronic Instrument Systems (EIS)
Less displays, but each display can show more items

Takes information from all over the aircraft, puts it through a symbol generator (SG) (Master computer) then projects it onto display systems when prompted

Question 7

Which system (EICAS or ECAM) does Boeing use?

Airbus?

Answer 7

Engine Indicating And Crew Alerting System (EICAS)
Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitoring (ECAM)