Up Front Control Panel (UFCP)

Question 1

What is at the heart of the mission system?

Answer 1

MC

Question 2

What does the UFCP control?

Answer 2

• MC

- HUD

Question 3

What are the three master modes that the UFCP is the means to command the MC?

Answer 3

• Navigation
• Air to air
• Air to ground

Question 4

Are the front and rear UFCPs linked?

Answer 4

Yes, they operate in tandem

Question 5

How does the rear UFCP differ from the front UFCP?

Answer 5

• Rear UFCP is different in shape and does not support HUD brightness control

Question 6

What does each UFCP comprise?

Answer 6

1) MMS keys
2) ODS windows and keys
3) Scratchpad
4) Keypad

Question 7

What rotary controls does the UFCP have?

Answer 7

• BRT - brightness
• IC - Intercom
• C1 - COMM 1
• C2 - COMM 2

Question 8

What is the additional front cockpit UFCP rotary control?

Answer 8

Controls the brightness of the HUD

Question 9

How does UFCP send data to the MC?

Answer 9

Continuously sends a character stream to the UFCP.

Question 10

How does the MC transmit data to various components?

Answer 10

• Via various direct connections to the HUD symbol generator, TACAN, NAV 1, NAV 2 and the ATC/ ADS-B transponder
• Through RIOC 3 for COMM 1 and trough RIOC 4 for COMM 2

Question 11

How are the front and rear UFCP powered?

Answer 11

From the Mission Bus which in turn is energized from the BATT BUS

Question 12

Is the rear UFCP powered if the instructor switch is set to SOLO?

Answer 12

No

Question 13

When does the UFCP display the initialize position page?

Answer 13

When the IRS does not have a valid present position, for example, when in a hangar.

Question 14

What is the COMM master mode used to control?

Answer 14

• C1 and C2 transfer scratchpad frequency in standby area to C1 or C2
• MON - selects the emergency function that is monitored by COMM 1 and COMM 2
• ASN/SQ - this ODS key assigns channel numbers to frequencies
• Guard - immediately tunes COMM 1 to an emergency frequency.

Question 15

What is the ILS master mode used to control?

Answer 15

The radio navigation system

Question 16

What does the TCN master mode do?

Answer 16

Control the TACAN equipment

Question 17

What does the TSPR master mode do?

Answer 17

Used to control the ATC transponder.

Question 18

What does the MODE master mode do?

Answer 18

Control nav displays including:

1) Stopwatch
2) HUD - controls info displayed on the HUD
3) INIT - controls the initial position that is sent to the Inertial Reference System
4) Heading/Track - used to control the display of heading or track information on the MFD, PFD, and HUD

Question 19

What is the FUEL master mode for?

Answer 19

Controls fuel system status including

1) BINGO
2) JOKER
3) DETOTE
4) RESET

Question 20

What does the MSN master mode do?

Answer 20

Controls the mission parameters

Question 21

What does the MRK master mode do?

Answer 21

Used to mark a position on the ground.

Question 22

What does the BACK key do?

Answer 22

• Returns the UFCP menu structure to the last selected menu level.
• If in scratchpad edit function, the BACK key cancels all edit actions if pressed.

Question 23

What MFDs are diskpkaued on the NAV mode?

Answer 23

• NAV page on left MFD

- SYS page on right MFD.

Question 24

Does the remaining UFCP function if one fails?

Answer 24

Yes

Question 25

Would mission be able to be continued if both UFCPs fail?

Answer 25

Yes as some MFDs will continue to display mission related data.

Question 26

Are TCN functions still available if both UFCP fail?

Answer 26

No

Question 27

What does a failure show up as in the UFCP?

Answer 27

1) COMM 1/2 or VOR/ILS failure is showed by replacing the active frequency with the legend FAILED