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14 Cards in this Set
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What are the two systems a glass cockpit is made up of? |
CDS ACS |
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What is the CDS made up of? |
5 MFDs and 1 VDU |
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What is the ACS made up of? |
2 CMC 2 DKU 2 RFI |
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What do the MFDs do? |
display info in different formats and the entering of commands using specific keys |
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What does the VDU do? |
Distribute Digital Map Generator channels one and two among the five MFDs |
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What do the DKUs do? |
display system data and process crew commands |
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What does the CMC do? |
manages the core bus and aux bus manages core system data exchanges between MFDs, DKUs and CMCs |
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What does the RFI do? |
Displays active communication and radio statuses can quickly set radios to emergency frequencies |
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What is special about MFD 1 and 2? |
They are the master MFDs which means only they transmit data to the computers. All info from MFDs 3, 4 and 5 are routed through 1 and 2 |
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Can you use both DKUs on both CMCs? |
Yes. Because they are connected |
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What do the colour codes mean on the MFDs? |
Blue- units white- switched off status, pilot info, values and scales Grey- analgue display, parameter chart bar, fuel tank quantity, connection and system positioning Green- functioning system and flight controls Red- warnings and limitations Amber- cautions and limitations Yellow- symbolic helicopter Magenta- ILS info Brown- ground info Cyan- armed flight control system modes |
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What do the colour codes mean on the DKUs? |
Steady green- active not selected Green inverse video- active and selected steady white- default units. cant be selected. scratchpad characters Steady cyan- inactive or standby Cyan inverse video- inactive or standby and selected steady magenta- unavailable or invalid status Yellow- non default units and symbols |
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what does the reconfig panel do? |
Changes the sources displayed on the MFDs. In case of failure, MFDs cannot automatically reconfigure the displays. so the reconfig panel allows you to do it manually |
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What is the Reconfig panel connected to? |
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