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ACFT - Flight Instruments Flashcards

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What are the 6 Traditional flight instruments on an A/C? (6)

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  1. Altimeter
  2. Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)
  3. Air Speed Indicator (ASI)
  4. Attitude Indicator/Artificial Horizon
  5. Heading indicator/Gyrosyn compass
  6. Turn Co-ordinator
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Which 3 instruments are from air pressure / altitude? (3)

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  1. Altimeter
  2. Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)
  3. Air Speed Indicator (ASI)
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Which 3 instruments are Gyroscopic? (3)

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  1. Heading indicator/Gyrosyn compass
  2. Attitude Indicator/Artificial Horizon
  3. Turn Co-ordinator

”HAT”

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How does a Pitot system work? (5)

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  1. Uses atmospheric pressure
  2. Senses Dynamic & Static air pressure
  3. Works out the variation with altitude
  • Dynamic air - When the A/C is moving forwards
  • Static air - is not in the direct flow of air over the aircraft in flight
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What is an Altimeter? (1)

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An instrument used to measure the altitude of an aircraft above a fixed level

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What can the implications be of an incorrect Altimeter subscale? (3)

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Mis-setting the subscale will cause the instrument to under or overread

Higher pressure on subscale - Altimeter to Overread
Lower pressure on subscale - Altimeter to Underread

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What is the VSI? (2)

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VSI - Vertical Speed Indicator

  1. Measured in 100 fpm intervals
  2. Always a slight lag in the instrument and between six and nine seconds of steady climb, descent or level flight must elapse before an accurate reading is displayed
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What is ASI?

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ASI - Air Speed Indicator

Measures the difference between STATIC pressure and the DYNAMIC pressure received from an aircraft’s pitot tube

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What are the V-Speeds for Airspeed Indicators? (4)

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What types of ASI errors are there? (4)

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  1. Compression errors
  2. Instrument error
  3. Position errors
  4. Density errors
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What types of Pitot system blockages are there? (2)

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  1. A Static blockage - Overread in Descent
  2. A Pitot blockage - Underread in Descent

“PUD - SOD”

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Why do Aircraft use Mach Number? (2)

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  • In order to overcome the problem of the
    difference between IAS and TAS at high altitudes
  • Expressed as fractions (or multiples) of the Local Speed of Sound
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What errors can Mach meters suffer from? (2)

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  1. Instrument error
  2. Pressure error
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What are the 2 important properties of a Gyroscope? (2)

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Inertia - The tendency of the gyro to keep a fixed position relative to space, often referred to as rigidity in space

Precession - When subjected to a force, the gyro acts as though the force has been applied at 90 degrees to the rotor, at a position 90 degrees forward in the direction of rotation of the rotor

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Positions of an A/C vs Attitude Indicator diagram

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What will a failure of a vacuum system cause? (1)

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The Attitude Indicator to fail

17
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Turn & Turn-and-Slip indicators diagram

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What is a Rate turn? (1)

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3° /sec
(360° in 2 mins)

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Turns using a Turn & Turn-and-Slip indicator diagram

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What is a Heading Indicator? (3)

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  • It is tied to the vertical/yaw axis to indicate the aircraft’s heading on a rotating compass card
  • Remains aligned with the Yaw axis
  • Earth’s rotation (approx. 15° per hour) will cause the reading to gradually drift
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Is a Magnetic Compass mandatory on an aircraft? (1)

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What types of Magnetic compass Errors are there? (3)

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  1. Deviation
  2. Dip
  3. Acceleration error
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What is deviation error? (1)

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The compass needle is affected when aircraft electrical equipment is operated and by the ferrous metallic components in the aircraft

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How are Deviation errors mitigated? (1)

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By calibrating the compass on a Compass Swing

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What is **Dip error**? (1)
The compass aligns itself with the earth's magnetic field
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What is **Acceleration error**? (2)
- This occurs during airspeed changes and is most apparent on headings of east and west - It is caused by a combination of inertia and magnetic dip
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