Advanced Avionics Handbook (FAA-H-8083-6).pdf

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Taken from Introduction: This handbook is designed as a technical reference for pilots who operate aircraft with advanced avionics systems.

Whether flying a conventional aircraft that features a global positioning system (GPS) navigation receiver or a new aircraft with the latest integrated “glass cockpit” advanced avionics system, you should find this handbook helpful in getting started. The arrival of new technology to general aviation aircraft has generated noticeable changes in three areas: information, automation, and options.

Pilots now have an unprecedented amount of information available at their fingertips. Electronic flight instruments use innovative techniques to determine aircraft attitude, speed, and altitude, presenting a wealth of information in one or more integrated presentations. A suite of cockpit information systems provides pilots with data about aircraft position, planned route, engine health and performance, as well as surrounding weather, traffic, and terrain.

Contents:

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1
    • Introduction to Advanced Avionics
    • Introduction
    • How To Operate Advanced Avionics Systems
    • Which Advanced Avionics Systems To Use and When
    • How Advanced Avionics Systems Affect the Pilot
    • Chapter Summary
  • Chapter 2
    • Electronic Flight Instruments
    • Introduction
    • Primary Flight Display (PFD) [ Primary Flight Instruments ~ Cross-Checking the Primary Flight Instruments ~ Common Errors: Altitude Excursions and Fixation ~ Enhancements to the Primary Flight Instruments ~ Primary Flight Instrument Systems ~ Navigation Instruments ~ Other Flight Status Information ~ Making Entries on the PFD ~ Failures and the Primary Flight Display ~ Instrument System Failure ~ PFD Failure ~ Awareness: Using Standby Instruments ~ Essential Skills ]
    • Chapter Summary
  • Chapter 3
    • Navigation [ Area Navigation (RNAV) Basics ~ RNAV Concept ~ FMS/RNAV Computer ]
    • FMS/RNAV/Autopilot Interface: Display and Controls [ Accessing Information in the FMS ~ Making Entries in the FMS ~ Integrated Avionics Systems ~ Learning: Simulators for Learning and Practice ]
    • Flight Planning [ Preflight Preparation ~ FMS/RNAV Approval For IFR Operations ]
    • Navigation Database Currency [ Alternative Means of Navigation ~ NOTAMs Relevant To GPS ~ GPS Signal Availability ~ Alternate Airports ~ Aircraft Equipment Suffixes ~ Suitability of an RNAV Unit for VFR Flight ~ Programming the Flight Route ~ The Flight Planning Page ~ En Route Waypoints and Procedural Waypoints ~ Entering En Route Waypoints ~ Entering Airways ~ Entering Procedures ~ Risk: Taking Off Without Entering a Flight Plan ~ Reviewing the Flight Route ~ Catching Errors: Using the FMs Flight Planning Function To Cross-Check Calculations ~ Check the Waypoints ~ Check the Distances ~ Check the Desired Tracks ~ Check for Route Discontinuities ~ Maintaining Proficiency: Aeronautical Knowledge ~ Coupling the FMs to the Navigation Indicator(s) ~ Common Error: Displaying the Wrong Navigation Source ~ Awareness: Mode Awareness ~ Essential Skills ]
    • En Route Navigation [ The Active Waypoint ~ Desired Track ~ Track ~ Groundspeed and ETA ~ Fuel Used and Time Remaining ~ Arriving at the Active Waypoint ~ Waypoint Alerting ~ Turn Anticipation ~ Waypoint Sequencing ~ Awareness: Making Waypoint Callouts ~ Setting the Course to New Active Waypoint ~ En Route Sensitivity ~ GPS Signal Status ~ Accessing Navigational Information En Route ~ Essential Skills ]
    • En Route Modifications [ Adding and Deleting Waypoints From the Programmed Route ~ Direct To ~ Risk: What Lies Ahead on a Direct-To Route? ~ Cancel Direct To ~ Selecting a Different Instrument Procedure or Transition ~ Proceeding Directly to the Nearest Airport ~ Essential Skills ]
    • Descent [ Elements of Descent Planning Calculations ~ Manual Descent Calculations ~ Coordinating Calculations with Aeronautical Charts ~ Alternate Navigation Planning ~ Calculating Descents with the FMS ~ Managing Speed ~ Descent Flying Concepts ~ Flying the Descent ~ Determining Arrival at the Top-of-Descent Point ~ Early Descents ~ Late Descents ~ Common Error: Not Considering Winds During Descent Planning ~ Essential Skills ]
    • Intercept And Track Course [ Intercepting and Tracking a Different Course to the Active Waypoint ~ The Nonsequencing Mode ~ Common Error: Forgetting To Re-Engage Sequencing Mode After Course Intercept ~ Awareness: Remembering To Make Needed Mode Changes ~ Intercepting and Tracking a Course to a Different Waypoint ~ Common Error: Setting the Wrong Inbound Course During a Course Intercept ~ Common Error: Setting the Wrong Active Waypoint During a Course Intercept ~ Catching Errors: A Helpful Callout Procedure for Course Intercepts ~ Essential Skills ]
    • Holding [ Preprogrammed Holding Patterns ~ Common Error: Mismanaging the Sequencing/Nonsequencing Modes During a Hold ~ Essential Skills ]
    • ARCS [ Essential Skills ]
    • GPS And RNAV (GPS) Approaches
    • LNAV
    • LNAV/VNAV
    • LPV [ GPS or RNAV (GPS) Approach Waypoints ~ Flying a GPS or RNAV (GPS) Approach ~ Terminal Mode ~ Approach Mode ~ Approach Not Active ~ Vectored Approaches ~ Awareness: Briefing the Approach ~ Common Error: Forgetting To Verify the Approach Mode ~ Common Error: Using the Wrong Approach Minimums ~ Common Error: Forgetting To Reengage Sequencing Mode Prior to Final Approach ~ Waypoint ~ Essential Skills ]
    • Course Reversals [ Preprogrammed Course Reversals ~ Common Error: Mismanaging the Sequencing/Nonsequencing Modes During a Course ~ Reversal ~ Essential Skills ]
    • Missed Approaches [ Recognizing the Missed Approach Point ~ Complying With ATC-Issued Missed Approach Instructions ~ Setting Up Next Procedure in Hold ~ Common Error: Noncompliance With Initial Missed Approach Instructions ~ Essential Skills ]
    • Ground-based Radio Navigation [ Configuring FMs To Receive Ground-Based ~ Radio Navigation Signals ~ Tuning and Identifying Radio Navigation Facilities ~ Displaying Radio Navigation Signals on the Navigation Indicator ~ Awareness: Using All Available Navigation Resources ~ Flying a Precision Approach Using Ground-based Navigation Facilities ~ Flying a Nonprecision Approach Using Ground-Based Navigation Facilities ~ Maintaining Proficiency: Practicing All Navigation Skills ~ Essential Skills ]
    • Chapter Summary
  • Chapter 4
    • Automated Flight Control
    • Introduction
    • Autopilot Concepts [ How To Use an Autopilot Function ~ Specification of Track and Altitude ~ Engagement of Autopilot Function ~ Verification of Autopilot Function Engagement ~ How Autopilot Functions Work ~ Determination of Control Movements Required To Achieve Goals ~ Carrying Out Control Movements ]
    • Flight Director [ Flight Director Functions ~ Using the Flight Director (FD) ~ Flight Director Without Autopilot ~ Flight Director With Autopilot ~ Common Error: Blindly Following Flight Director Cues ~ Common Error: Confusion About Autopilot Engagement ]
    • Follow Route [ Following a Route Programmed in the FMS ~ GPS Steering (GPSS) Function ~ Following a VOR Radial ]
    • Fly Heading
    • Maintain Altitude
    • Climbs And Descents [ Vertical Speed ~ Vertical Speed with Altitude Capture ~ Catching Errors: Armed Modes Help Prevent Forgotten Mode Changes ~ Common Error: Failure To Arm the Altitude Mode ~ Awareness: Altitude Alerting Systems ~ Awareness: Automatic Mode Changes ~ Learning: The Importance of Understanding ~ Power Management ~ Essential Skills ]
    • Course Intercepts [ Flying an Assigned Heading To Intercept a Course or VOR Radial ~ Essential Skills ]
    • Coupled Approaches [ ILS Approaches ~ RNAV Approaches With Vertical Guidance ~ Power Management ~ Essential Skills ]
    • Deciding When To Use The FD/Autopilot
    • Miscellaneous Autopilot Topics [ Autopilot Mode Awareness ~ Positive Exchange of Controls ~ Preflighting the Autopilot ~ Autopilot and Electric Trim System Failures ~ Essential Skills ]
    • Chapter Summary
  • Chapter 5
    • Information Systems
    • Introduction
    • Multi-Function Display [ Essential Skills ]
    • Moving Maps [ Using the Moving Map ~ Maintaining the “Big Picture” ~ Maintaining Awareness of Potential Landing Sites ~ Maintaining Awareness on the Airport Surface ~ Identifying Controlled Airspace ~ Identifying the Missed Approach Point ~ Catching Errors: Using the Moving Map to Detect Route Programming Errors ~ Catching Errors: Using The Moving Map To Detect Configuration Errors ~ Maintaining Proficiency: Spatial Reasoning Skills ~ Failure Indications ~ Common Error: Using the Moving Map as a Primary Navigation Instrument ~ Awareness: Overreliance On The Moving Map ]
    • Terrain Systems [ Early Systems ~ Terrain Display ~ Monitoring Surrounding Terrain During Departure and Arrival ~ Evaluating a Direct-To Routing ~ Terrain Awareness and Warning Systems ~ TAWS A and TAWS B ~ TAWS Alerts ~ Risk: Silencing TAWS Alerts ~ Risk: Flying in Close Proximity to Terrain ]
    • Cockpit Weather Systems [ Thunderstorms and Precipitation ~ Onboard Weather Radar Systems ~ Ground Weather Surveillance Radar ~ Limitations of Both Types of Weather Radar Systems ~ Lightning ~ Clouds ~ Other Weather Products ~ Using Advanced Weather Data Systems ~ Preflight Overview ~ Track Progress of Significant Weather En Route ~ Investigate Weather Phenomena Reported by Radio ~ Broadcast Weather Products Versus Onboard Weather Sensors ~ Common Error: Skipping the Preflight Weather Briefing ]
    • Traffic Data Systems [ Traffic Data Systems Using Onboard Sensing Equipment ~ Traffic Data Systems Receiving Information From Ground-based Facilities ~ Advanced Traffic Data Systems Based On ADS-Using A Traffic Data System ~ Setting Sensitivity on a Traffic Data System ~ Responding to Traffic Alerts ~ Error: Overreliance on Traffic Data System/Failure To Scan ~ Using a Traffic Data System on the Ground ]
    • Fuel Management Systems [ Initial Fuel Estimate ~ Estimating Amount Of Fuel on Board ~ Predicting Fuel at a Later Point in the Flight ~ Determining Endurance ~ Risk: Stretching Fuel Reserves ]
    • Other Cockpit Information System Features [ Electronic Checklists ~ Electronic Charts ~ FMS/RNAV Pages on the MFD ]
    • Chapter Summary
  • Essential Skills Checklist
  • Glossary

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