Airframe · Lesson 20 of 40
Aircraft Instrument Systems
How aircraft instruments sense pressure, temperature, position, direction, attitude and fuel quantity; pitot-static, vacuum and compass maintenance; warning and electronic display systems; and the rules for range markings, static system tests, handling, installation and bonding.
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- Explain how pressure, temperature, position and fuel quantity instruments sense and display information
- Describe pitot-static, vacuum and gyroscopic systems, their errors and how they are maintained and tested
- Inspect and swing a magnetic compass and describe remote and slaved direction indicators
- Describe annunciators, aural and stall warnings, EFIS, ECAM, EICAS, BITE and head-up displays
- Apply the rules for static system tests, range markings, instrument handling, installation and bonding