Control/Performance Method
Primary/Supporting Method
Fundamental Skills
Scanning Techniques
Common Errors
100
Aircraft perfomance is achieved by controlling the aircraft ________ and _______.
What is Attitude and Power
100
Controlling the rotation of the aircraft about the lateral axis by movement of the elevators
What is Pitch Control
100
The continuous and logical observatin of instruments for attitude and performance information
What is Cross-Checking or Scanning
100
A pilot spends 80 to 90 percent of the flight time looking at the attitude indicator, taking only quick glances at the other flight instruments
What is the Selected Radial Cross-Check
100
Staring at one instrument
What is Fixation
200
These instruments display immediate attitude and power indications and are calibrated to permit those respective adjustments in precise increments
What are the Control Instruments
200
Flight instruments that provide pitch control information
What is the attidude indicator, altimeter, VSI, and airspeed indicator
200
Understanding each instrument's construction and operating principles, then applying this knowledge to the performance of the aircraft, the maneuvers being executed, the cross-check, the control techniques, and the flight conditions
What is Instrument Interpretation
200
The pilot scans from the attitude indicator down to the turn coordinator, up to the attitude indicator, down to the VSI, and back up to the attitude indicator
What is the Inverted-V Cross Check
200
When the importance of a single instrument is elevated above another.
What is Emphasis
300
These instruments indicate the aircraft's actual performance
What are the Performance Instruments
300
Controlling the angle made by the wing and the horizon
What is Bank Control
300
Integration of the two fundamental flight skills in attitude instrument flying leads to the third skill required to maintain any prescribed flight path
What is Positive Aircraft Control
300
The pilot scans across the top three instruments (airspeed indicator, attitude indicator, and altimeter) and then drops down to scan the bottom three instruments (VSI, heading indicator, and turn coordinator). Clockwise or Counterclockwise is a personal choice.
What is the Rectangular Cross-Check.
300
Leaving the Slip/Skid indicator out of the scan
What is Omission
400
In addition to the airspeed indicator, performance is determined by reference these other performance instruments
What is the altimeter, VSI, heading indicator, and turn-and-slip indicator
400
Flight instruments that provide bank control information
What is the attitude indicator, heading indicator, magnetic compass, and turn coordinator
400
Increased tension on the controls, interrupted cross-check, and abrupt or erratic controls can all be easily eliminated by accomplishing this.
What is Properly Trimming the airplane
400
The scan Cross Check pattern that works well for scanning the PFD of an Electronic Flight Display.
What is the Selected Radial Cross Check. The close proximity of the instrument tape displays necessitates very little eye movement in order to focus in on the desired instrument.
400
Noticing that he is 200 feet below the desired altitude, the pilot attempts to regain lost altitude at a rate of 500 fpm. The VSI reading indicates more than 700 fpm.
What is Overcontrolling
500
This is essential for smooth, precise aircraft control. It allows a pilot to attend to other flight deck duties with minimum deviation from the desired attitude
What is Trimming for hands-off flight
500
The primary Pitch, Bank, and Power instruments used to maintain straight and level flight at a constant airspeed
What is: Altimeter - primary for pitch Heading Indicator - primary for bank Airspeed Indicator - primary for power
500
How to identify an Instrument Failure
What is Analyze the instrument indications from different instruments and systems and accept the indications of instruments that agree with each other
500
One improvement the glass panel display brought to the general aviation industry, that indicates what the associated airspeed, altitude or heading will be in approx. 6 seconds
What is Trend Vector
500
The solution for Failure to keep the heading indicator properly set
What is Periodically include the Magnetic Compass in your scan
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