Avionic/AE

Question 1

Advantages of Fiber Optics

Answer 1

Immunity to electrical noise, signal security, improved safety , reduced size and weight

Question 2

Azimuth

Answer 2

Angular position or bearing in a horizontal plane measured clockwise from true north

Question 3

Bearing

Answer 3

angular reference to a point or line

Question 4

True heading

Answer 4

direction measured by true north

Question 5

VHF/UHF

Answer 5

communications/anti jamming

Question 6

TACAN

Answer 6

Tactical Air Navigation

Question 7

INS

Answer 7

Inertial Navigation System - dead reckoning system (dectects aircraft motion - acceleration and attitude)

Question 8

ARI

Answer 8

Attitude Reference Indicator -pitch and roll reference system

Question 9

ILS

Answer 9

Instrument Landing System - assists in guidance for landing by decoding azimuth and elevation microwave signals.

Question 10

Barometric altimeter

Answer 10

pitot static pressure to indicate altitude (above sea level)

Question 11

Pitot Static System

Answer 11

Measures temperature

Question 12

vertical Speed Indicator

Answer 12

climb or dive 0 - 6000

100 foot increments 0 - 1000

Question 13

AOA

Answer 13

Angle of Attack -angle at which the aircraft meets a stream of air

Question 14

RADAR

Answer 14

Radio Detection and Ranging

Question 15

MC

Answer 15

Mission computers

Question 16

HUD

Answer 16

Heads up display - provides pilot with information about altitude steering and navigation

Question 17

MDG

Answer 17

Mulitpurpose display group

Question 18

DDI

Answer 18

Digital display indicators - (RDDI/LDDI) Stores status radar weapon video, caution advisories

Question 19

How many DDI’s

Answer 19

2

Question 20

UFCD

Answer 20

Up front Control Display -entry and display of aircraft data, comms, radio navigation, and identification.

Question 21

MPCD

Answer 21

Multipurpose color display display - used as multifunctional display

Question 22

TAMMAC

Answer 22

Tactical aircraft moving map capability

Question 23

DMC

Answer 23

Digital map Computer - using DMS

Question 24

AMU

Answer 24

Advanced Memory Unit - 2 PCMI

Question 25

DFIRS

Answer 25

Deployablbe flight incident recorder set - retrieves and stores in flight data in case of a crash,

Question 26

Where is DFIRS Located and how Long does it last?

Answer 26

Door 300 and 72 hours

Question 27

FIRAMS

Answer 27

Flight incident recorder and Monitoring system

Question 28

NWWDDI

Answer 28

Nose wheel well digtal display indicator - receives and stores maint codes.

Question 29

JHMCS

Answer 29

Joint helmet mounted Cueing System

Question 30

What does JHMCS do?

Answer 30

works in conjunction with the AIM 9X missile

Question 31

What color lights and where are they?

Answer 31

Left is Red Right is Green Tail lights are white

Question 32

Where are the anti collision strobe lights located?

Answer 32

Outboard side of the vertical Stabs, DAY-ID strobe is located on the nose landing gear

Question 33

Formation lights

Answer 33

10 Green LED lights. 2 on each wingtip, 2 on vertiucla stabs, 2 on fuselage forward (LEX) and 2 on aft fuselage (bottom of vert stabs)

Question 34

Generators

Answer 34

2 generators, operate left and right, fail over capable.

Question 35

Specs of Generators

Answer 35

115/200 vac, 400 Hz, three phases of electrical power

Question 36

Data Link modes

Answer 36

Four Modes: Automatic carrier landing (ACL) Vecotr (VEC) Waypoint Mode alignment mode (ALGN)

Question 37

DFIRS guard Frequency

Answer 37

243 Hz