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Instruments Points

Pitot and Static systems


•  Static pressure error varies with greatly with mach number

 Air Speed Indicator


•  Calibrated for ISA
•  IAS -> CAS (corrected for position error and instrucment error) -> EAS(Coorected for
compressibility) -> TAS ( corrected for dencity )
•  White arc :Vs0(stalling speed with flap and gear extended) – Vfe(flap extended)
•  Green arc : Vs1(stall with flap and grear retracted)-Vno (normal operating)
•  Yellow arc: Vno(normal operating) – Vne ( never exeed)
•  Blue line (optimum climb speed with one engine inoperative)
•  St-venant’s formula used to calibrate anemomoeters

 Altimeter
•  Tolarence of servo
servo altimeter at sea level ±60ft
•
  Colder – over read, Warmer – underread
•  Capsule (vaccume or very low pressure) , casing (static pressure)
•  CTM below tropopause, CMT in inversion

Mach Meter
•   = 38.94 
   
•  K® = C® + 273
•  Principle (Pt-Ps) to Ps
•  2 diaphrams

Vertical Speed Indicator


•

  ROD for 3 degree slope = TAS *10/2


 ADC
 
•    
  = . × × 
  , all temperatures ab
absolute
solute

GyroScopic Instrumetns
•  Properties inertia and gyroscopic precision
•  Rotation speed 9000 – 12000 rpm
•  Gyro drift : wandering in horizontal plain
•  Gyro topple : wandering in vertical plane
•  Real wander : when the sin axis moves from a fixed point in space
•
  Apparent drift : due to rotation of earth = 15sin(latitude)
•  Apparent topple : due to rotation of earth = 15cos(latitude)
15cos( latitude)
 

Directional Gyro
•  2 degrees of freedom horizontal spin axis
•  Spin axis tied to the yawing plain of the aircraft with the help of air jets
•  Transport wander due to change in position on the earth
•  Drift due to rotation of earth : 15 sin (latitude) degrees/hour In northern hemisphere –ve
southern hemisphere +ve ie northern hemispthere gyro N moves
m oves right
•  Drift due to latitude nut : 15 sin latitude degrees/hour in northern hemisphere +ve southern
hemisphere –ve acting agains drift due to rotation of earth
 
       ×  
•  Transport wander=  , eastwards –ve in

northern hemisphere westewards +ve in northern hemisphere

Slaved DG
•  Gets directional signals from the flux valve and sends to error detector
•  Error detector generates singlas amplified for correcting
•  Signals turn the torquw motor to precess the gyro
• 
Sensor part of flux valves contain 3 pickup coils
 Artificial Horizon
•  Uses earth gyro
•  Spin axis maintained earth vertical
•  Roll 360 degree and pitch ±75 or 80 degrees freedom
•  Erection in air operated with the help of vanes and in electrical merury level switches
•  Angle for rate 1 turn = tas/10 +7

Turning error
•  Very complex
•  90 degrees pitch up and bank less
•  180 degrees pitch up and bank more
•  270 degrees pitchup and bank more
•  360 degrees correct attitude
•  On rolling out after a steep turn nose up opp bank shown momentarily

 Acceleration
•  Acceleration in constant heading will show pitchup with right bank

Turn and bank indicator

Rate gyro
•  One gymbal 2 axis of movenet
•  Freedom of movement about longitudinal
•  No movement in yaw.
•  Kept horizontal with springs
 

•  While yawing the force is precessed 90 degrees to make the gyro topple

•  Radius of turn =    

Magnetic Compass

Terrestrial Magnetism
•
  Blue pole north, Red Pole south
Magnetic Compass
•  Quadrangle deviation caused by induced magnetisation of soft iron corrected using soft iron
•  Compass swinging to find magnetic deviation
•  Magnetic variation ( difference between TN and MN) got from isogonals on chart

Properties
•  Horizontality : ability to align north
•  Sensitivity : point accurately to the north
•  Aperiodicity : come back to north after being disturbed

 Acceleration errors
•
  Acceleration errors show apparent turn to the closer pole
•  Error minimum in the north south direction
•  Maximum in east west direction

Turning Errors
•  Turning through the nearer pole compass sluggish
•  Turning through the further pole compass lively
•  Clockwise turn under read
•  Anti clockwise over read

Radio Altimeter
•

  Gives height of aircraft from ground directly below


Principle
•  Fm wave beamed below at 20 – 40 degress width
•  Reflected wave pickedup by second antenna
•  Difference btw when signal is sent and signal is received gives height
•  Frequency used 4200mhz and 4400 mhz
•  Frequency sweep 500 times a second
•  Maximum height 2500ft
• 

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