2. What are flight instruments? Why do we need them? Instrument
Layout The instruments, one-by-one. Conclusion 3. Instruments in
the aircraft Gives information about the airplanes flightsituation
Altimeter Attitude Indicator Turn Coordinator Heading Indicator
Vertical Speed Indicator Used in particularly poor visibility i.e.
clouds, or no outside visual reference points. 4. Called the six
pack 5. Provide the source of ambient air pressure Operates;
Airspeed Indicator, VSI and Altimeter Takes impact air pressure
from movingforward. Pressure is changed and thus the instruments
areaffected. 6. Measures the height of the aircraft Above a given
pressure level Adjustable for local barometric readings Must be set
correctly during pre-flight As the static-pressure drops, due to
anincrease in altitutde, capsules inside expandshowing a high
altiude reading. Non Standard pressure and temps affect it. 7. To
set: Turn knob on bottom left To read: Big hand reads 100s of feet,
whilelittle hand reads 1000s, the really thin one is10s of
thousands 8. Vertical Speed Indicator Indicates whether or not the
aircraft is in level flightor not Shows two things Whether or not
if youre in a climb If so, the rate of said climb or descent. How
to read: Up=climb Down=descent Read in 100s of feet/min 9. Measures
aircraft speed (in knots) relative tosurrounding air. To read:
White arc-flap operatingRange Green Arc- Normaloperation Yellow
Arc- Caution 10. Instruments that utilize the properties
ofgyroscopes turn coordinator heading indicator attitude indicator
11. Gives information on the rate and direction ofthe turn youre
in. Also shows if turn is coordinated Pilot will use more or less
rudder to correct How to read: The plane moves left for left And
vice versa The ball shows if the plane is ina slip or not 2 minutes
to make a 360 turn. 12. Artificial Horizon Relationship of mini
airplane to horizon, the realrelationship of airplane to horizon.
Shows how level wings are, and if theres aclimb or not. Throughout
flight, ball will move and showpitch attitude and degrees of bank.
How to read: Blue is sky, brown is ground. Numbers are degrees of
attitude Top hashes are degrees of bank. 13. Heading Gryo Principle
direction instrument used in flight Not affected by banks, speed
changes etc NOT MAGNETIC How to read: Just like a compass. Front of
aircraft is the direction 14. Theres two types of instruments Gyro
and Pitot-Static Instruments help in VFR conditions Known as the 6
pack Know these like back of hand One step closer to getting in
that plane andflying it. 15.
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