Week 3: Flight Director System

Question 1

What does the flight director do?

Answer 1

Presents steering commands on the flight display in the form of command bars and cross hairs

Question 2

What does the FMS do and what does it contain?

Answer 2

Controls the aircraft during the whole flight, part of the AF system and contains logic, control laws and flight plan

Question 3

What does the FCS contain?

Answer 3

the FGS

Question 4

What is mode logic and control laws and are they specific to each aircraft?

Answer 4

Software that controls the flight control system and is specific to each aircraft

Question 5

What the 2 elements that the FGS has?

Answer 5

Continuous and discrete

Question 6

Flight control laws are what type of element?

Answer 6

Continuous element

Question 7

What does the FGS do?

Answer 7

compares the measured state to desired state and generates a command to lessen the error between them

Question 8

What converts the FGS values into visual cues shown to the flight crew?

Answer 8

FD

Question 9

Is it the software or hardwares responsibility for activating/deactivating the FD?

Answer 9

The software

Question 10

What are the 2 categories of FGS modes?

Answer 10

Lateral and Vertical

Question 11

Lateral modes control what?

Answer 11

Horizontal motion by rolling

Question 12

Vertical modes control what?

Answer 12

Vertical motion by pitching

Question 13

This mode is the default mode where the aircraft will hold a fixed roll angle and is always active

Answer 13

ROLL mode

Question 14

This mode is used for precision approaches when the aircraft is attempting to capture or has captured the specified nav source and is selected manually by pressing on the FCP

Answer 14

APPR mode

Question 15

This mode will force the aircraft to hold a pre-set heading and is selected on the yoke

Answer 15

Go Around mode

Question 16

This mode will track a heading displayed on the PFD

Answer 16

HDG mode

Question 17

This mode is used for en route non-precision approaches and will track and acquire the nav source displayed on the PFD.

Answer 17

NAV mode

Question 18

What are the 5 Lateral modes?

Answer 18

ROLL, APPR, GA, HDG, NAV

Question 19

What are the 7 Vertical modes?

Answer 19

PTCH, ALT HOLD, ALT SELECT, APPR, FLC, GA, VS

Question 20

This vertical mode is the default operation where the airc. will maintain a fixed pitch angle

Answer 20

PTCH mode

Question 21

This vertical mode will maintain the pressure altitude

Answer 21

ALT HOLD mode

Question 22

This vertical mode will capture a preselect altitude

Answer 22

ALTS mode

Question 23

This vertical mode is used for precision approach that will capture the glideslope

Answer 23

APPR mode

Question 24

This mode will acquire and track and IAS or MRS by adjusting pitch and will ascen/descend

Answer 24

FLC mode

Question 25

This mode will hold a pre-set reference pitch angle

Answer 25

GA mode

Question 26

This mode will contain a specified vertical speed

Answer 26

VS mode

Question 27

Which modes are independent modes?

Answer 27

APPR and GA

Question 28

What is the most important device for relaying information to the flight crew?

Answer 28

PFD

Question 29

Know what the FCP buttons mean

Answer 29

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