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Of the two 5 inch displays in the EFIS, which one is capable of showing the both displays information (composite)
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BOTH of them are capable of being in Composite mode
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The EFIS system consists of what components?
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Two 5 inch (I have a good reference of the combined length of these displays) displays and a Control panel
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Are the EFIS Systems in the front cockpit intergrated with the rear cockpit?
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Yes
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What is the information that the two primary displays of the EFIS system provide?
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Attitude and Heading
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What are the 4 EADI display modes?
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Enroute, Approach, Composite, and Unusual Attitude
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What are the three EHSI display modes?
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Enroute, Approach, and Composite
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The EHSI enroute and approach modes each offer _ different display formats?
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5
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How many separate display modes are available between the total EFIS system?
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15
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General Purpose of EFIS system (and or any cockpit display) (Generic answer)
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Optimize in-flight information.
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Displays must be managed correctly to optimize in flight information as well as too. . .
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minimize unecessary and distracting information
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EADI is primary inflight source providing infromation about ____ and ____
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Pitch and Roll
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In an EADI failure, what items will be taken off of the screen?
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Blue Sky, horizon line, sky pointer, and roll/pitch scale
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In an EADI failure, what items will show up on the screen?
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Red Box with Red Letters saying "ALTITUDE FAIL". Red elongated X at bottom.
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EHSI provides ______ information?
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Heading
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If heading becomes unavailable or unreliable what indication is seen by you the pilot?
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Red boxed HDG in the top right of center. (This happens on the "appropriate" EFIS display?)
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General Guidelines for EFIS (PROCEED TO NEXT SLIDE)
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Match the display with the current ______
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Task. Display enroute when you're enroute, approach when you're approaching.
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Display only what you _____ and can acurately _____.
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Need; interpret
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Avoid displaying any information that……
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you cannot easily discern or that distracts you from flying the aircraft
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What is the process to changing the EFIS displays?
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Aviate, Navigate, Communicate.
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Aviate (relate to changing EFIS)
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The display should readily support controlled flight
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Navigate (relate to changing EFIS)
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The display should provide discernable and usable navigation information
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Communicate (relate to changing EFIS)
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Don't sacrifice control to communicate with controllers
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What are the 4 Standby instruments below the EFIS, and the 1 on the top right of the glare shield?
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STBY: Airspeed Ind., Attitude Ind., Altimeter, Turn and Bank Ind., and the Magnetic Compass
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Standby instruments operate ____________ of the primary instruments?
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Independently
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If you're flying and you have a EFIS failure, Generator Failure, ADC Failure, or primary pitot/static failure, what do you cross check?
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Standby instruments
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Through which bus are the Standby's powered?
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Battery Bus (normally)
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If the battery bus fails, how are the standby's powered?
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Aux Bat
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The Aux Bat switch is located in which cockpit?
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Front
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Which dimmer switch controls lighting to the STBY instruments?
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Instrument dimmer switch
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What affect will the insturment dimmer switch have on the STBY's when they are operating on AUX BAT power and why?
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None. Their lighting is fixed off the Aux Bat
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STBY Airspeed gets it's information from what sources?
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Secondary Pitot and Static system
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The STBY Airspeed Ind. Is graduated from _ to __ knots (x__)
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6 to 35; 10 (60 to 350)
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From __ to ___ knots, airspeed is in __ knot increments and labled every __ knots up too ___
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60 to 250; 5; 20; 200
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From ___ to ___ knots, airspeed is in __ knot increments and labeled every __ knots?
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250 to 350; 10; 50
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What does the Mach limiting pointer look like?
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Barber Pole
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Using the Standby's has two challenges to a pilots routine. (tap to see what they are)
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They are smaller and with different markings so it may be harder to detect smalller changes, AND you're cross check will be different.
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Which STBY's require power? (other than for lighting)
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Attidude and the Needle in the turn and bank
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What is the criteria for a red flag to be visable on the left side of the stby attitude indicator?
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Caged and/or with power off. (So, if the batter bus fails, what do you expect to see?) A Red Flag
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After all electronic power is cut from the STBY attiude ind., how long will it operate and with what attitude deviation?
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plus or minus 6° for 9 minutes
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Prior to applying power to the attidue indicator, you need to have it in what position?
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Pulled and caged.
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When setting the STBY attitude indicator, you want to align what two parts or it?
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Little mini airplane onto the balls artificial horizon based on your sitting height parallax
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When do you want to cage the STBY Attitude indicator?
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Prior to adding or removing power
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What bank angle do you want to have when adjusting your STBY attitude indicator?
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0° Adjust in wings level flight
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What system attains static pressure to operate the STBY altimeter?
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Secondary Pitot and Static system
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The guage has a single point needle that reads what increments?
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20 foot increments
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What does it mean when you see a diagonal hatch pattern in the 10,000 foot counter on the STBY altimeter?
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You're below 10,000 feet.
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In the event of an electrical failure, what powers the STBY Altimeter?
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the Aux Battery
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What two STBY instruments are not functional when the secondary pitot and static system fails?
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STBY Altimeter and STBY Airspeed Indicator
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How does the needle on the STBY Turn and Bank Indicator give you turn rate information?
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By how much it's deflected
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How much needle deflection on the Turn and Bank Indicator is indicative of a standard rate turn?
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One needle width
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Which part of the stby turn and bank indicator will work in the event of power failure?
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the slip/skid information.
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What is the source of the Magnetic Compass's power?
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It doesn't use power
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What does a compass correction card show you?
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Deviation caused by avionics and radios operating. It's located on the right canopy rail
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What should your bank and airspeed be when taking readings from Mag Compass?
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Level and Unaccelerated
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Turning North
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Compass Lags 30°
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Turning South
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Compass Leads turn 30°
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When accelerating or descending on an East/West heading, the compass will turn towards the _____.
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North
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What will you do on an East or West heading to make the compass turn South?
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Climb or decelerate
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A.N.D.S
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Accelerate North, Decelerate South
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Which STBY instruments have partial or limited operation without electrical power?
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Standby Attitude: 9 minutes, 6° deviation. Turn and Bank Indicator: Slip information only
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Which STBY instruments function without power?
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Airspeed, Altimeter (although smooth indications are lost), Magnetic Compass
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Why are smooth indications lost to standby Altimeter?
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The stand by altimeter has a powered vibrator (sexy) to allow smooth indication. Without power, the vibrator doesn't work
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What is "Control Performance Concept" of attitude flying?
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An aircraft is controlled in flight by adjusting attitude and power to produce desired results
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What are the three categories of Instrument
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Control Instruments, Performance Instruments, and Navigation Instruments
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What are the control instruments?
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EADI and PEDD
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Why are the control instuments labeled is such?
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They display immediate attitude and power allowing pilot to be precise adjustments
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What are the main performance instruments?
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Altimeter, Airspeed, VSI
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What are the "other" performance instruments?
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EHSI, AOA Indicator, and Turn and Bank Indicator
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What are the procedures for "control and performance" concept of instrument flight?
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AETC! Establish attitude and power; Trim pressures, Cross Check performance instruments to asses results, Adjust power and/or attitude
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The relationship between attitude and power in instrument flight should result in. . . .
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the desired aircraft performance
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What will changing the pitch attitude without compensating with power do?
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Cause a change on your performance instruments(VSI, Altimeter, and Airspeed, AOA, EHSI, and Turn and Bank)
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What is the primary reference during a level turn?
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EADI
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Talk through what happens if you increase bank without increasing power?
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ASI Decrease, AOA Increase, VSI eventually shows descent, ALT will decrease, EHSI turn rate will increase, and Turn and Bank indications will increase
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What instrument is your primary power reference?
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PEDD
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How do you climb for airspeed?
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Full power, adjust attitude for airspeed
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In both climbs and descents, level turns require power increases (T/F)
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TRUE (maybe. . . Now I'm confused)
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When you adjust power, you need to cross check. . .?
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ASI, VSI, Altimeter, EADI and Turn and Bank
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Why do you not make adjustments based on performance instruments without referencing control instruments?
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Performance instruments lag behind control instruments.
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"Chasing" the performance indications is defined as. . .?
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focusing too much attention on a performance instrument (such as VSI) and trying to stabilize it without cross referencing control instruments
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Where does the cross check originate?
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EADI
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What is the cross check for a Turn
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Start at EADI to set bank, then EHSI to set leadpoint and rollout HDG, and scan you're other performance instruments with slightly less priority
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Descent Cross Check procedures are:
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EADI For pitch; PEDD for power; and cross check VSI and Altimeter.
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Power and Attitude are adjusted in a descent to control what?
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Descent Rate and airspeed
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Climb Cross Check procedures:
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PEDD to ADD power; EADI for pitch; EHSI, airspeed, vsi, and altimeter
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What do you reference if you have an electrical failure in flight?
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Standby instruments
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What are some things to consider when shifting your instrument flight cross check to STBY instruments only
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Remain on STBY's unless situation demands other wise, Small changes are harder to detect, Be Aware of Parallax, Increase your scan speed
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Define: Instrument Flight:
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flying the aircraft solely on aircraft instruments without external references due to any environmental condition that denies a discernable horizon.
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What is your primary reference for flying at night? Horizon or instruments?
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your flight instruments as horizon at night is unreliable
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During your attitude instrument checks, what are you checking for?
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Ensure attitude indicators are erect and angle of bank pointers are aligned vertically with zero bank index
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What is your altimeter tolerance that you are checking in preflight?
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The altimeter should be set to local barometric setting and be within 75 feet of field elevation
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What is the heading tolerance you check in preflight?
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EHSI and Mag compass should be within 5° of of known heading (like RWY heading when aligned).
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What are the navigation tolerances you check in preflight?
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after you tune and identify, ensure bearing pointers point to the station and check that the CDI error is not greater than plus or minus 4°. Distance should be within 1/2 mile or 3% of distance to facility. (1234: 1/2 mile, 3%, 4°)
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Spatial Disorientation is what?
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Example: You may believe that the clouds are level with horizon and attempt to "level the wings" based on your sight. Cross check would show bank.
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When can Spatial D occur?
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any flight condition but mostly when you're without a definable horizon
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How do you minimize effects of Spatial D?
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good instrument scan and trusting your instruments
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If you increase airspeed, what trim inputs do you put in for elevator and rudder?
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down elevator trim and left rudder trim
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so if you decrease airspeed, what are your trim inputs?
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Up elevator, right rudder trim
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If you maintain airpseed and increase power, what trim inputs do you need?
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right rudder, down elevator trim
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If you decrease power with constant airspeed, what are you trim inputs?
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left rudder, up elevator trim
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What is the primary purpose of the EADI?
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act as source for primary attitude information
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Why is it important to manage the EFIS display?
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to optimize flight information
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the standby airspeed indicator is operated by the?
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Secondary Pitot and Static system
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T/F: Once all electrical power to standby attitude indicator is lost, it will continue to operate indefinitely?
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FALSE: (9minutes, 6° deviation)
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T/F: If the standby turn and bank indicator loses electrical power, the turn needle will contine to operate.
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FALSE: Just the skid/slip indicator
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How long does standby attitude indicator provide reliable information after loss of power?
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9 minutes
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The standby instruments operate independently of the primary flight instruments (T/F)
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TRUE
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The relationship between attitude and pwer in instrument flying should result in _______.
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Desired aircraft performance
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Which performance instruments lag?
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VSI and Altimeter
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Which instrument is the origin of the cross check?
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EADI
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The hub and spoke method is the only cross-check method used and is not modified for any maneuever (T/F)
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FALSE
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The recommended way to achieve smooth and precise aircraft control in flight is to trim in this order ___, ____, ____.
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Rudder, Elevator, Aileron
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What is the approximate pwer setting in level flight at 150 KIAS at 15,000 feet with a clean configuration?
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35%
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To maintain level flight on final approach at 110 knots with gear down and flaps set at TO, what is the approximate power required?
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35%
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What is the EFIS system composed of?
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Two displays (EADI, EHSI) AND the control panel
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Without power, the standby attitude indicator will provide up to 9 minutes of attitue information and may have as much as ____° error
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6°
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The standby altimeter operates off the ____.
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Secondary Pitot and Static system
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Primary and Standby instruments operate off of ________ pitot/static systems
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Different
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The concept of flying an aircraft in instrument conditions centers on controlling ________.
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Attitude and Power
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The two control instruments are?
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EADI and PEDD
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What are the performance instruments?
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Altimeter, Airspeed, VSI, AOA, and Turn and Bank Indicator
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What cross-check method is the base for all cross checks?
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Hub and Spoke
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When setting the local altimeter, it should be within how many feet of airfield elevation?
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75 feet
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The approximate power setting at 110KIAS for a non-precision final approach with gear and flaps set to TO and 1000fpm descent is ____% torque?
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16%
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