A Guide to Aircraft Instrumentation

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The Tutor Cockpit

• A Guide to Aircraft Instrumentation

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How to use this program

• Use the mouse to navigate by clicking on the
  active buttons on the task bar at the bottom of
  the page.
• Move through the program to the active cockpit
  where you will be able to click on the aircraft
  instruments to find out more about them.
• When you are confident that you can answer
  questions on any of the instruments you can go to
  the quiz page and test your knowledge.
• When you have finished with the program you can
  click Exit at any time to end the program.

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What is a cockpit?

• The cockpit of an aircraft is where the pilot
  fly's the aircraft from.
• The pilot must have all the information he/she
  needs to fly the aircraft displayed to them in a
  way that is easily understood, and they must be
  able to control the aircraft in the simplest way
  possible.

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Air Speed Indicator
Show the speed of the Aircraft in Knots.
AIRSPEED
One Knot is equal to 1.15 miles per hour
KNOTS
Green band is the safe zone
Redline is dangerous over speed.
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Attitude Indicator
Indicates to the pilot the position of the
Horizon relative to the aircraft.
Also called the Artificial Horizon
Contains a gyroscope which rotates at high speed
giving a constant level reference point.
Locked for protection when completing aerobatics
with knob.
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RPM Gage

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Manifold pressure gage

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Turn Coordinator
The turn coordinator is an aircraft instrument
which displays to a pilot information about the
rate of turn, rate of roll, and the 'quality' or
'coordination' of the turn.
Only when the correct amount of rudder is applied
during a turn will the aircraft increase or
decrees altitude.
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Altimeter
Shows the aircrafts height in Feet
Large pointer 100s of feet
Medium pointer 1000s of feet
Small pointer 10,000s of feet
The air pressure of the day is dialled in to with
this nut.
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Altimeter
Flexible capsule
Static tube
Pointer
Pitot tube
Dial
Direction of Flight
Sealed compartment
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Altimeter
When aircraft fly higher
The Pressure difference across the pitot tubes
increases
Direction of Flight
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Altimeter
When aircraft fly higher
The Pressure difference across the pitot tubes
increases
Direction of Flight
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Vertical Speed Indicator
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Vertical Speed Indicator
This instrument shows whether the aircraft Is
climbing
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Vertical Speed Indicator
This instrument shows whether the aircraft Is
climbing.or descending
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Vertical Speed Indicator
This instrument shows whether the aircraft Is
climbing.or descending
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Horizontal Situation Indicator
As you can see the HSi is a compass
But it also show displays the direction to
Navigation beacons (VHF omnidirectional radio
range beacons)
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Navigation beacons
There are a number of different types of
navigation beacon.
Aerodrome location beacons
..and waypoint beacons
Aerodrome location beacons Are used to find
landing sites and way point beacons are like
landmarks you navigate from one point to the next.
By measuring the time it taken to receive the
signal from the beacon the his can tell you how
far away you are from it and what direction it is
from you.
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Help Page

• How do I ?
• Get Back to the Cockpit Page?
• Click the Left mouse button over the Cockpit
  button on the active banner at the bottom of the
  page.
• Enter the end of lesson Quiz?
• Click the left mouse button over the Quiz button
  on the active banner at the bottom of the page.
• Open the instrumentation Links?
• Click the left mouse button over the instrument
  you wish to learn about on the active cockpit
  page.

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Quiz
Attitude Indicator
VSI
HSI
Turn and slip
Altimeter
ASI
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Air Speed IndicatorWhat unit is displayed by the
ASI?
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• Miles per hour
• Metres per second
• Knots

B
C
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Air Speed IndicatorWhat unit is displayed by the
ASI?

• Well done !
• Aircraft speed is measured in Knots

Next question
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Air Speed IndicatorWhat unit is displayed by the
ASI?

• Thats not quite right
• Try again.

Try again
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Air Speed IndicatorOne Knot is equal to how many
miles per hour?

• 1.13
• 1.15
• 1.16

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B
C
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Air Speed Indicator One Knot is equal to how
many miles per hour?

• Well done !
• 1 Knot 1.15 miles per hour

Next question
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Air Speed Indicator One Knot is equal to how
many miles per hour?

• Thats not quite right
• Try again.

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Air Speed IndicatorWhat does the green band
represent ?

• Correct temperature
• All clear for take-off
• Safe operation zone

Next question
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Air Speed Indicator What does the green band
represent ?

• Well done !
• The green band represents the
• Safe operation zone

Next question
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Air Speed Indicator What does the green band
represent ?

• Thats not quite right
• Try again.

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Air Speed IndicatorWhat does the red line
represent?

• Dangerous over speed
• Max landing speed
• The ASI is faulty

A
B
C
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Air Speed Indicator What does the red line
represent?

• Well done !
• The red line represents
• A dangerous over speed

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Air Speed Indicator What does the red line
represent?

• Thats not quite right
• Try again.

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Attitude indicatorWhat does the Attitude
indicator show?

• How the pilot is feeling
• The position of the horizon relative to the
  aircraft
• The position of the pilot

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B
C
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Attitude indicatorWhat does the Attitude
indicator show?

• Well done !
• The AI shows
• The position of the horizon relative to the
  aircraft

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Attitude indicatorWhat does the Attitude
indicator show?

• Thats not quite right
• Try again.

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Attitude indicatorWhat is the other name given
to the AI?

• Vertical Horizon
• Proper Horizon
• Artificial Horizon

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B
C
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Attitude indicatorWhat is the other name given
to the AI?

• Well done !
• The other name for the AI is
• The artificial Horizon

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Attitude indicatorWhat is the other name given
to the AI?

• Thats not quite right
• Try again.

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Attitude indicatorWhat enables the AI to
function?

• Gimble gauge
• Gyroscope
• Autogyro

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B
C
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Attitude indicatorWhat enables the AI to
function?

• Well done !
• The
• Gyroscope
• enables the AI to function

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Attitude indicatorWhat enables the AI to
function?

• Thats not quite right
• Try again.

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Attitude indicatorHow can we protect the AI from
damage during aerobatics?

• Pack it with chewing gum
• Switch it off
• Lock the gyro

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B
C
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Attitude indicatorHow can we protect the AI from
damage during aerobatics?

• Well done !
• The pilot will
• Lock the gyro
• Prior to performing aerobatics

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Attitude indicatorHow can we protect the AI from
damage during aerobatics?

• Thats not quite right
• Try again.

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Turn CoordinatorWhat does the T/C show?

• Quality and rate of turn/roll
• How well the pilot is flying
• How stable the aircraft is

A
B
C
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Turn CoordinatorWhat does the T/C show?

• Well done !
• The Turn Coordinator shows the
• Quality and rate of turn/roll

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Turn CoordinatorWhat does the T/C show?

• Thats not quite right
• Try again.

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AltimeterWhat does the Altimeter show?

• The altitude of the aircraft
• The latitude of the aircraft
• The platitude of the aircraft

A
B
C
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AltimeterWhat does the Altimeter show?

• Well done !
• The Altimeter shows
• The altitude of the aircraft

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AltimeterWhat does the Altimeter show?

• Thats not quite right
• Try again.

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AltimeterWhat unit does the Altimeter use?

• Centimetres
• Feet
• metres

A
B
C
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AltimeterWhat unit does the Altimeter use?

• Well done !
• The standard unit used in Altimeters is
• FEET

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AltimeterWhat unit does the Altimeter use?

• Thats not quite right
• Try again.

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AltimeterWhat do the pointers represent?

• 10s /1000s /10,000s
• mms /cms /meter's
• 100s /10,000s /100,000s

A
B
C
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AltimeterWhat do the pointers represent?

• Well done !
• The pointers show the units as
• 10s /1000s /10,000s

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AltimeterWhat do the pointers represent?

• Thats not quite right
• Try again.

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AltimeterWhat unit does the Altimeter use for
pressure?

• Pascal
• Lb/Inch2
• Millibars

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B
C
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AltimeterWhat unit does the Altimeter use for
pressure?

• Well done !
• The unit for pressure is
• Millibars

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AltimeterWhat unit does the Altimeter use for
pressure?

• Thats not quite right
• Try again.

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AltimeterWhat principal dose the altimeter use
to function?

• Expanding gas
• Temperature differential
• Pitot static's

A
B
C
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AltimeterWhat principal dose the altimeter use
to function?

• Well done !
• The altimeter uses the
• Pitot static
• principal
• (the comparison of static pressure and Dynamic
  pressure)

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AltimeterWhat unit does the Altimeter use for
pressure?

• Thats not quite right
• Try again.

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Vertical speed indicatorWhat does the VSI
display?

• The aircrafts forward speed
• The aircrafts true speed
• The rate of climb or decent of the aircraft

A
B
C
Next question
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Vertical speed indicatorWhat does the VSI
display?

• Well done !
• The Vertical speed indicator displays
• The rate of climb or decent of the aircraft

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Vertical speed indicatorWhat does the VSI
display?

• Thats not quite right
• Try again.

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Vertical speed indicatorWhat unit does the VSI
use?

• Miles per hour
• Meters per second squared
• Feet per minute

A
B
C
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Vertical speed indicatorWhat unit does the VSI
use?

• Well done !
• The VSI uses
• Feet per minute

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Vertical speed indicatorWhat unit does the VSI
use?

• Thats not quite right
• Try again.

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Horizontal Situation Indicator

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Air Speed Indicator

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