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INSTRUMENTS
INSTRUCTOR: TSEGAY TEKLU B.tech EE,specialized in f.control and opt.
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Course Outline
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Instrument Display, Panels and Layouts A. Instrument classification as to their application and operating principle. B. Displays C. Instrument Panels and Layouts D. Instrument Mountings E. Illumination of Instruments and Instrument Panels
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Course Outline
III. Instrument Elements and Mechanisms
A. B. C. D.
Instrument Elements Instrument Mechanisms Temperature Compensation of Instrument Mechanisms. Magnetic indicators of flow lines.
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IV. Synchros and Servomechanisms
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Pressure Measuring Instruments Temperature Measuring Instruments Gyros Attitude Indication System
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VI. Navigation Instruments
A. B. C. D. E.
Review of Magnetic Properties Magnetic Compass Construction Magnetic compass errors Compass swinging procedure
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Course Objective
Describe the historical development of aircraft instruments. Identify the first instruments used on aircrafts and their purpose. Identify why standards and requirements are needed for aircraft instruments Describe what an airworthiness requirement is and who sets it.
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Text Book
Aircraft Instruments, 2nd Edition
By EHJ Pallett
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Historical Background Chapter 1: Requirements and Standards Chapter 2: Instrument elements and mechanisms Chapter 3: Instrument displays, panels and layouts Chapter 5: Primary Flight Instruments Chapter 6: Heading Indicating Instruments Chapter 9: Synchronous Systems Chapter 11: Measurement of Temperature Chapter 12: Measurement of Pressure
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References
Aircraft Instruments and Avionics
By Max F. Henderson
Avionics Fundamentals
By Jeppesen, Sanderson Training Products
Course Duration
Theory 40 hours, and Practical 40 hours. Total course duration 80 hours. The course period is from September 01,2008 to September 05,2008.
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I.
INTRODUCTION TO
AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS
A. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
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A. Historical Background
The first successful airplanes flown by the pioneers were stick and string, with temperamental engines. The airplane was maneuvered by the pilot (without cockpit)
lying, sitting or crouching in the open
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It is a little difficult to specify in what sequence instruments were introduced into airplanes.
Magnetic compass to fly from point A to B. Fuel gauge a glass sight gauge to monitor amount of petrol in the tank Clock to calculate speed from a time/distance method, as an aid to navigation.
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History cont
To improve the blind flight,
a need to replace the natural horizon reference and integrate the information from the cross-level and the fore-aft level instruments. Stable indication of heading which is not affected by acceleration and turning maneuvers of the airplane.
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INTRODUCTION TO
AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS
B. REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS
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These standards and requirements are called airworthiness requirements. The countries are responsible for the formulation and control of airworthiness requirements
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the recommended standards to which raw materials, instruments and other devices should be designed and manufactured in their regions.
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Standards / Specifications
The purpose of specifications or standards is: to ensure conformity with the required production processes. to set standard for quality of the product. to ensure reliability when performing the intended function.
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With regard to aircraft instruments, the standards provide: definitions, constructional requirements, Dimensions, calibration data, accuracy required under varying environmental conditions, and methods of testing e.t.c.
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FAR 23
Certain instrument requirements are part of these Airworthiness Standards.
FAR 23 1381
INSTRUMENT LIGHTS
FAR 23 1541
MARKINGS AND PLACARDS
FAR 23 1543
INSTRUMENT MARKINGS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENT
FAR 23 1549
POWER PLANT INSTRUMENTS
FAR 23 1553
FUEL QUANTITY INDICATOR
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FAR 43 and 91
FAR 43 Appendix A
Appliance major repairs
FAR 43 Appendix D
Scope and detail of items to inspect for 100 hour and annual inspections
FAR 91.9
Powered civil aircraft with standard category U.S. Airworthiness Certificates; instrument and equipment requirement.
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Introduction
Flying under IFR is inconceivable unless the aircraft is equipped with instruments indicating its flight attitude and heading . HOW is Flying safety obtained?
with accurate indications and reliable operation of the aircraft instruments ,and their correct reading by the pilot personnel .
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All power plant instruments shall be grouped together to be readily seen by the crew members and in a manner to minimize confusion. Instrument panel vibration must not impair seriously,
the accuracy of the instruments or damage them.
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Instrument classifications
Functionally, aircraft instruments may be divided in to three classifications: 1. Flight and navigation instruments
Enable the pilot to fly an aircraft and solve navigation problems. As a rule are arranged in the center of the instrument panel. are air speed indicator, altimeter ,rate of climb indicator, turn indicator, gyro- horizone,compass,accelerometers, clock,machmetere,e.t.c.
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3.Instruments checking the action of the aircraft individual systems : High altitude and oxygen equipments(airflow,altitude and differential pressure indicators, cabin pressure warning units, oxygen sets e.t.c) Instruments of pneumatic and hydraulic systems pressure gages of the landing gear, flaps, and brake control systems e.t.c.). Instruments indicating the position of the aircrafts structure components ( trailing edge flap position indicator, tail plane and intake spike position indicators e.t.c) Test instrumentation and signaling equipments(VH recorder VHG recorder automatic angle of attack indicating system e.t.c)
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Boeing 767
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Boeing 777-200
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Flight instruments
Main types :
Pitot-static instrument. Gyroscopic instruments. Magnetic instruments.
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Pitot/Static Systems
Pitot pressure, or impact air pressure, is sensed through an open-end tube pointed directly into the relative wind flowing around the aircraft. The pitot tube connects to pressure operated flight instruments such as ASI. Three basic pressure-operated instruments found in most aircraft instrument panels are:
the sensitive altimeter, ASI, and vertical speed indicator (VSI).
All three receive pressures sensed by the aircraft pitot-static system. The static ports supply pressure to the ASI, altimeter, and VSI. The pitot port supplies pressure only to the ASI.
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Static Pressure
The instruments depend
upon accurate sampling of the ambient still air atmospheric pressure to determine the height and speed of movement of the aircraft through the air, both horizontally and vertically.
This pressure, called static pressure, is sampled at one or more locations outside the aircraft. The pressure of the static air is also sensed at a flush port where the air is not disturbed. On some aircraft, air is sampled by static ports on the side of the electrically heated pitot-static head, Other aircrafts pick up the static pressure through flush ports on the side of the fuselage or the vertical fin.
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Requirement Contd
These ports are in locations proven by flight tests to be in undisturbed air, and they are normally paired, one on either side of the aircraft. This dual location prevents lateral movement of the aircraft from giving erroneous static pressure indications. The areas around the static ports may be heated with electric heater elements to prevent ice forming over the port and blocking the entry of the static air.
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Pitot/Static Instrumentscontd
Sensitive Altimeter A sensitive altimeter is an aneroid barometer that measures the pressure of the ambient air and displays it in terms of feet or meters above a selected pressure level.
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Principle of Operation
A sensitive altimeter is one with an adjustable barometric scale allowing the pilot , to set the reference pressure from which the altitude is measured. The sensitive element in a sensitive altimeter is a stack of Evacuated, and corrugated capsules. The air pressure acting on these aneroids tries to compress them against their natural springiness, which tries to expand them. Results in thickness changes as the air pressure changes. Stacking several aneroid increases the dimension change as the pressure varies over the usable range of the instrument.
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Altimeter Errors
A sensitive altimeter is designed to indicate standard changes from standard conditions, but most flying involves errors caused by nonstandard conditions and Thus the pilot must be able to modify the indications to correct the errors. There are two types of errors: mechanical and inherent.
Mechanical errors
A preflight check to determine the condition of an altimeter consists of setting the barometric scale to the local altimeter setting. The altimeter should indicate the surveyed elevation of the airport. If the indication is off by more than 75 feet from the surveyed elevation, the instrument should be referred to a certificated instrument repair station for recalibration. Differences between ambient temperature and/or pressure causes an erroneous indication on the altimeter.
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ROLL MOTION
YAW MOTION
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Gyroscopic Systems
GYROSCOPE :is a device which consists of weighted wheel or rotor
which spins at high speed and is held in an arrangement of hinged mounting rings called gimbals. Has three degrees of rotational freedoms.
1. 2. 3. Spinning freedom about an axis perpendicular through its center (axis of spin X1X). Tilting freedom about a horizontal axis at right angle to the spin axis (axis of tilt Y1Y). Veering freedom about a vertical axis perpendicular to both the spin and tilt axes (axis of veer Z1Z).
The degrees of freedom are obtained by mounting the rotor in two concentrically pivoted rings, called inner and outer gimbals rings. The whole assembly is called gimbals system of free or space gyroscope
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Elements of gyroscope
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Gyroscopic Systemscontd
Rigidity is the property that resists any force tending to change the plane of rotation of its rotor. This property depends on three factors
1. Mass of the rotor 2. The speed of rotation 3. The distance at which the mass acts from the center i.e the radius of gyration. Precession is the angular change in direction of the plane of rotation under the influence of an applied force. The change in direction takes place not always inline with the applied force but always 90 degree in the direction of rotation.
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Gyro systemcontd
Precession depends on three factors. 1. The strength and direction of the applied force. 2. The moment of inertia of the rotor. 3. The angular velocity of the rotor. N:B
The greater the force the greater is the precession The greater the moment of inertia and angular velocity, the smaller is the rate of precession.
Precession continues
until the plane of rotation is inline with the plane the applied force and, until the direction of rotation and applied force coincide.
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Gyroscopic instrcontd
Attitude and heading instruments operate on the principle of rigidity. For these instruments, the gyro remains rigid in its case and the aircraft rotates about it. Rate indicators, such as turn indicators and turn
coordinators, operate on the principle of precession. In this case, the gyro processes (or rolls over) proportionate to the rate the aircraft rotates about one or more of its axes.
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Gyro horizon
A symbol indicating the wings of the plane is mounted inside the instrument case to show the relationship between the airplane and the horizon.
The brown color represented the horizon, but now it is a disc with a line representing the horizon and both pitch marks and bank-angle lines. The top half of the instrument dial and horizon disc is blue, representing the sky; and the bottom half is brown, representing the ground. A bank index at the top of the instrument shows the angle of bank marked on the banking scale with lines that represent 10, 20, 30, 45, and 60.
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Gyro horizon
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ILS + GYRO HORIZON = FLIGHT DIRECTOR INDICATOR (FDI)
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The symbolic aircraft doesnt move ,but since the command bar and the horizon card connected to the gimbals behind the aircraft move ,it appears to the pilot that the symbolic aircraft has moved to answer the command).
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Rate gyroscope
Used to detect rate of turn of the aircraft. The gyroscope defers from these employed in directional gyros and gyro horizons in two respects: It has one gimbal ring and, it has spring connected b/n the gimbal ring and casing to restrain movement about the longitudinal axis Y1Y.
The rate-of-turn is actuated by the gimbal ring and a magnifying system the design of which varies b/n manufacturers.
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Bank indication
This instrument is used indicate weather the aircraft is correctly banked for the particular turn. For its correct operation ,it depends on the gravitational and centrifugal forces. Two principal mechanical methods may be employed 1. One utilizing a gravity weight and pointer . 2. A ball in a curved liquid-filled glass tube.
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Turn coordinator
The gyroscope in this instrument is springrestrained and ,
Is mounted so that the axis is at about 30-degree with respect to the aircrafts to the longitudinal axis, thusmaking the gyroscope sensitive to banking of the aircraft and turning.
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ILS + GYRO HORIZON = FLIGHT DIRECTOR INDICATOR (FDI)
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Power Sources
Aircraft and instrument manufacturers have designed redundancy in the flight instruments,
so that any single failure will not deprive the pilot of the ability to safely conclude the flight.
Gyroscopic instruments are crucial for instrument flight; therefore, they are powered by separate electrical or pneumatic sources.
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Pneumatic Systems
Pneumatic gyros are driven by a jet of air impinging on buckets cut into the periphery of the wheel. On many aircrafts this stream of air is obtained ,
by evacuating the instrument case with a vacuum source and, allowing filtered air to flow into the case through a nozzle to spin the wheel.
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Venture
tube system
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Filtered air enters the instrument cases from a central air Filter , As long as aircraft fly at relatively low altitudes, enough air is drawn into the instrument cases to spin the gyros at a sufficiently high speed, why enough air?
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Powerplant instruments
Shall be mounted in such a manner that they may be read appropriately by both of the crew members.
Tachometer: to measure the rotational speed of crankshaft or compressor. Cylinder head temperature indicator to indicate the temperature of the hottest cylinder. Carburetor intake air temp indicator. Oil temp indicator to show the oil inlet and/outlet temp.
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EGT indicator to show whether the turbine or exhaust gas temp is maintained within its limits. Fuel pressure indicator- to show fuel supply pressure and as means of low pressure warning. Oil pressure indicator- to indicate a lubricating system pressure and as a warning of low oil pressure. Fuel quantity indicator to indicate in gallons or equivalent units the quantity of usable fuel.
Indicators shall be calibrated to read zero when unusable fuel is remaining.
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Auxiliary instruments
They are: Clock( electrically powered with their lead ahead of the master switch and have always power regardless of position of the master switch)
Outside air temperature indicator (bimetallic type and electrically operated and reads changes in resistance of coil of nickel wire due to change in temperature). Pressure indicators (oil, fuel, hydraulic pressure e.t.c, Three methods to measure these pressures, pressure capsules (diaphragms), high pressure with Burdon tube mechanism) . fuel quantity indicators (magnetic coupling system, variable resistor types fuel quantity indicator, capacitance type fuel quantity indicator). aircraft instrumnets 92 6/7/2013
Hydraulic pressure gauge. Oxygen pressure gauge Water quantity gauge Voltmeter Ammeter
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Feedback
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Cont
Instruments play a vital role as they are the means of communicating data between systems and the controller/pilot. As a result the content and form of the data displayed is very important.
The most common forms of data display applied to aircraft instruments are:
1. Quantitative In which the variable quantity being measured is presented in terms of a numerical value and by the relative position of a pointer or index . 2. Qualitative In which the information is presented in symbolic or pictorial form.
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1. Quantitative Displays
There are three principal methods:
i. The circular scale or clock type. ii. Straight scale iii. Digital, or counter
I. Circular Scale
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May be considered as the classical method of displaying information in quantitative form . It has clock type presentation or display.
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Circular scale
The main components in a circular scale quantitative display are:
Scale base Scale marks Scale spacing Scale length Pointer or index
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Scale Base
Also known as Graduation circle. It refers to the line which may be actual or implied ,running from end to end of scale and from which the scale marks and line of travel of the pointer are defined.
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Scale marks
Also called graduation marks. Are the marks which constitute the scale of the instrument. The number of marks should be chosen carefully: Too few marks dividing the scale, vital information may be lost and reading errors may occur. Too many marks, time will be wasted since speed of reading decreases as the number of markings increases.
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Scale spacing
This is governed by physical laws related to the quantity to be measured. Hence, there cannot be complete uniformity between all quantitative displays. In general, have two groups: Linear scales with evenly spaced marks, or Non - linear non-evenly spaced marks Square law type (airspeed), or Logarithmic type (rate of altitude changes)
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ALTITUDE METERE
linear
Square law
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Numbering
The sequence of numbering always increases in a clockwise direction,
except for instruments having a centre zero.
As in the case of marks, numbering is always in steps of 1, 2 or 5 or decimal multiples thereof. The numbers may be marked on the dial either inside or outside the scale base.
Scale length
The distance between the centers of the marks indicating the minimum and the maximum values of the chosen range of the measurement and measured along the scale base .
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Numbering Contd
Governing factors in the choice of scale length for a particular range are:
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Concentric scales
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Concentric scales
To accommodate a lengthy scale, we split it into two concentric scales the inner is made a continuation of the outer. The presentation is using two interconnected pointers of different sizes to avoid misreading Found in turbine engine rev/min indicators.
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Split pointer
Uses an inner and outer scale and two different sized pointers appearing as one. The two pointers rotate together and after completing a revolution, the tip of the longer pointer will be covered and only the shorter pointer continues its movement to register against the inner scale.
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Angle of observation
The angle at which an instrument is to be observed affects the choice of the correct scale length, and case size A standard is laid down that no part of an instrument should be obscured by the instrument case when observed at angles up to 300 from the normal. A method adopted is the fitting of instrument mechanisms inside square cases.
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Parallax error
Observing an instrument at an angle results in errors due to parallax. The magnitude of error due to parallax is dependant on: The angle at which the data is observed. The clearance distance between the pointer and the dial plate. It could be solved by using platform scale where the scale marks are set out on a circular platform which is secured to the main dial plate so that it is raised to the same level as the tip of the pointer.
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Platform scale
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Reading accuracy
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Straight Scales
In addition to the circular scale presentation, a quantitative display may also be of the straight scale (vertical or horizontal) type. In the field of aircraft instruments,
there are very few applications of the straight scale and pointer display, B/C they are not suitable for monitoring of the majority of quantities to be measured, but the moving tape or thermometer type is utilized.
Advantages: To economize the panel space Improved observational accuracy. Can be installed horizontally or vertically. Sequence of numbering is from bottom to top or left to right.
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Comparison of scales
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Digital Display
It is also called veeder counter. Data are presented in the form of letters and numbers, known as alpha-numeric display. It is most common to use counter in combination with the circular type of display. It is used in the application to the altimeters and, there are two types of counters, static counter baro setting dynamic counter altitude
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Digital Displays
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Colored Display
Provides a means of indicating specific operational ranges of the systems with which they are associated, so as to make more rapid assessment of conditions prevailing with the scanning of instruments. Color may be applied to scales;
in the form of sectors and arcs which embrace the number of scale marks appropriate to the required part of the range, and in the form radial lines coinciding with appropriate individual scale marks.
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Range markings
Arcs and radial lines are usually called range markings. Definitions of range markings are
RED radial line maximum and minimum limits YELLOW arc take off and precautionary ranges GREEN arc normal operating range RED arc range in which operation is prohibited. WHITE arc (airspeed only) indicates the airspeed range over which the aircraft landing flaps may be extended in the take-off, approach and landing configurations of the aircraft.
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Range markings
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2. Qualitative Displays.
These are of special type in which the information is presented in ,
a symbolic or pictorial form, to show the condition of a system whether the value of an output is increasing or decreasing, by the movement of a component and so on.
Example applications, Engine synchronizing displays To show the movement of flight controls
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Qualitative displays
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Director Displays
Are those which are associated principally with flight attitudes
and, navigational data and presenting it in a manner which indicates the movements of Gyro Horizon ILS Indicator , Are integrated instrument systems of present day aircrafts. There are three elements making up the integrated display A pointer registering a bank angle against a bank-angle scale; An element symbolizing the aircraft An element symbolizing the natural horizon. Both the bank pointer and horizon symbol are stabilized by gyroscope.
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Director displays
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ILS + RMI = HORIZONTAL SITUATION INDICATOR (HSI)
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Head-up Displays:
To present vital flight data at the same level as the pilots line-of-sight when viewing external references, i.e., when he/she maintains a head up position. The principle of the method is to display data on the face of a special Cathode Ray Tube and, to project them optically as a composite symbolic image on to a transparent reflector plate, or directly on the windscreen.
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The display provides the following cues, based on selection on a control module:
The vertical approach angle horizontal attitude speed errors
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LCD construction
Consists of two glass plates, coated on their inner surface with a thin transparent conductor such as indium oxide. The conductor on the front plate is etched into a standard display format of seven bars or segments, each segment forming an electrode. Each bar is electrically separate and is selected by a logic/driver circuit which causes the bars to illuminate in patterns forming the digit to be displayed.
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A mirror image of the digits with its associated electrical contacts is also etched into the oxide layer of the back glass plate, but this is not segmented since it constitutes a common return for all segments. The space between the plates is filled with a liquid crystal material, referred to as a nematic (Greek nemator means thread) material.
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LCD
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L.C.D.
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LCD operation
If a voltage is applied to the liquid crystal, the molecules align and the light passes straight through the material. LCDs use this phenomenon to align light waves with polarized filters. The polarized filters block, or pass the light to form specific patterns for the display.
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LCD
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Cont.
The magnitude of the optical changes, contrast, is basically a measure of the light reflected from or transmitted through the segment area to the light reflected from the background area typical ratio 15: 1
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The current applied to the segment is of alternating type ,to avoid undesirable electrolytic effects Energizing of the segments is accomplished by simultaneous application of a symmetrical out of phase signal to the front and back electrodes of a segment ,and thereby producing a net voltage difference.
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When two in phase signals are applied the display segments spontaneously relax to the de-energized state.
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Types of LCD
There are two types:
Dynamic-scattering type Field-effect type
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Dynamic Scattering
Operates on the principle of forward light scattering, which is caused by turbulence of the ions of the liquid crystal material when current is applied to the segment electrodes.
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For Transmissive read out a back light source is provided ,the light being directed down by a light control film similar in its action - a Venetian Blind. In the area defined by the energized segment ,the light is then scattered up towards the observer to produce a light digit or character on a dark background.
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Field-effect Type
Incorporates additional plates called polarizers on the front and back plates of the assembly.
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L.C.D
This molecular configuration causes the plane of polarization to be reflected 900 as it passes through the LCD.
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LED
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LED cont
The light of an LED comes from the energy given off when the diode is forward-biased. At this time free electrons travel from a high to a low energy level and produce light and heat. Those diodes which do not emit light will expend all their extra energy in heat. LEDs expend most of their extra energy in light. The various colors available from LEDs are determined by their active elements, such as
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LED Operation
When current flows through the chip it produces light which is directly transmitted in proportion to the current flow. In the normal 7 segment display format, it is usual to employ LED per segment. But the number depends on the overall size of the digits required for the display and its appearance.
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LED Construction
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LED s can be adopted for the circular or vertical scale display The light intensity of LED column is graded, the highest intensity being provided at the leading edge of the column To vary the color of the light
By varying the proportion of GaAs &Gap, or By doping with other elements like oxygen and nitrogen.
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Instrument Panels
All instruments essential to the operation of an aircraft are accommodated on special panels. Panels
Main instrument panel positioned in front of pilots.
Common to all types of aircraft Known as P1 and P3 panels Center instrument panel P2
Flight engineers panel (P4) Overhead - known as P5 On the glare shield P7 On a control pedestal located centrally between the pilots (P8 & P9) back of the pilots seats. aircraft instrumnets 6/7/2013 At the side as well as the
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Panels material
Alloy of sufficient strength and rigidity to accommodate the required number of instruments; Attachment Requirement a panel or an individual instrument should be easily installed and removed; Instrument panels may be of
the single unit type or made up of two or three sub-panels assemblies, and are supported on shockproof mountings since they accommodate the flight instruments and their sensitive mechanisms.
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Panel mountings
All panels are mounted in the vertical; In some aircraft types the practice of sloping main instrument panels forward at about 150 from the vertical is adopted to minimize parallax errors.
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Color of panels
Instrument and control panels were painted black. Then changed into matt grey finish, which apart from its softer effects, provides a better contrasting background for instrument dials. Currently an additional panel color is the use of light brownish color.
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A380 Cockpit
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Groupings of instruments
There are two ways of categorizing aircraft instruments:
Categories according to Application. Categories according to means of Operation.
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Flight Instruments
Provide information related with altitude, speed, etc.
Navigation Instruments
Provide information required for navigating the aircraft in space and while landing and ascending.
Systems Instruments
These concern aircraft systems such as electrical, hydraulic, pressurization, bleed air systems, etc.
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Gyro Instruments
Use principles of gyroscope and are primarily used for IFR flight.
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Flight Instruments
There are six flight instruments:
Airspeed indicator, Altimeter, Gyro horizon, Direction indicator, Vertical speed indicator, and Turn and bank indicator
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Types of grouping
Basic six layout
Gyro horizon at top centre position, and considered as the master instrument. The airspeed indicator, altimeter and vertical speed indicators flank the gyro horizon The direction indicator is position directly below the gyro horizon. The turn and bank indicator then will be mounted near to the direction indicator as a means for secondary reference instrument for heading changes.
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Basic T
There are four key instruments:
Airspeed, gyro horizon and altimeter form the horizontal bar, and The direction indicator form the vertical bar. At the side of the direction indicator less specifically essential flight instruments may be mounted.
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Grouping
For single engine aircraft, facing the pilot is a good enough arrangement. For twin engine aircrafts, the instruments are grouped at the centre instrument panel, between the two groups of flight instruments. The position of power plant instruments are arranged so that those relating to each power plant correspond to the power plant positions as seen in plan view.
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On large multi-engine aircrafts, a flight engineers station is provided and all the power plant instruments are grouped at the control panels at this station. Those instruments measuring parameters required to be used by a pilot during takeoff, cruising and landing are duplicated on the main centre instrument panel,
RPM, Turbine temperature, etc.
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Types
There are two common types used for panel mounting of instruments:
Flanged case method, and Clamp method
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Flange mounting
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Clamp mounting
The cases of some instruments are flangeless permitting them to be mounted from the front of the instruments panels. Special clamps are provided at cutout locations to secure each instrument, circular or square. Clamping of the instruments is effected by rotating adjusting screws which draw the clamp bands tightly around the case.
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Clamp mounting
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Lighting
Adequate illumination of instruments and the panels to which they are fitted is important during night flight or under adverse conditions of visibility. The color chosen for lighting was red, and currently has been replaced with white lighting. There are three types of lighting methods:
Pillar lighting Bridge lighting Wedge type lighting
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Pillar lighting
Provides lighting for individual instruments and controls on the various cockpit panels. Consists of miniature center contact filament lamp inside a housing which is a push fit into the body of the assembly. Light is distributed through a red filter and an aperture in the lamp housing. The shape of the aperture distributes the sector of light which extends downwards over an arc of approximately 900 to a depth slightly less than 2 in aircraft instrumnets 6/7/2013 from the mounting point.
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Cont.
Light is introduced into Wedge A from two 6V lamps set into the wedge by its polished surfaces , The angle at which the light rays strike the wedge surface governs the amount of light reflected the lower angle the more light reflected.
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Cont.
The double wedge mechanically changes the angle at which the light rays strike out one of the reflecting surfaces of each wedge, thus distributing the light evenly across the dial and also limiting the amount of light given off by the instrument.
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Light escaping into Wedge B is confronted with constantly decreasing angles and this has the effect of trapping the light within the wedge and directing it to its wide end. Absorption of light reflected into the wide end of wedge B is ensured by painting its outer part BLACK.
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INSTRUMENT ELEMENTS
AND MECHANISMS
A. INSTRUMENT ELEMENTS
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Instrument Elements
From the operating point of view, an instrument is made up of the following four main elements.
1. Detecting element detects changes in value of the physical quantity or condition presented to it; 2. Measuring elements measures the value of the physical quantity or condition in terms of small translational or angular displacement; 3. Coupling elements by which displacements are magnified and transmitted; and 4. Indicating element exhibits the value of the measured quantity transmitted by the coupling element, by the relative positions of a pointer, or index, and scale.
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Elements of an instrument
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INSTRUMENT ELEMENTS
AND MECHANISMS
B. INSTRUMENT MECHANISMS
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Mechanisms
Refers to all four elements as a composite unit and contained within the case of an instrument. However, because of the operating principles and the construction, the above definition of the term mechanism applies to only very few instruments.
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Coupling Elements
There are classes of mechanisms that are based on the principles of: Levers, and Rods Gears In aircraft instrument applications, such lever and rod mechanisms are confined principally to Direct reading pressure gauges, and Pitot static flight instruments. In the majority of applications to aircraft, a separation of some of the elements is necessary so that three or maybe only two, elements form the mechanism within the instrument case.
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Cont
The lever type mechanism uses two terms that are related to the movement and calibration of the indicating element:
Lever length:- the distance between the point of operation of measuring element and pivoting point of the lever. Lever angle:- is the angle between the lever and the link connecting it to the measuring element.
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Lever length
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Lever angle
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Rod Mechanisms
Unlike pure lever mechanisms, rod mechanisms dispense with pin or screw-jointed linkages for the interconnection of component parts, and rely on rods in contact with, and sliding relative to, each other for the generation of the input/output relationship. Contact between the rods under all operating conditions is maintained by the use of a hairspring which tensions the whole mechanism.
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Cont
Rod mechanisms are widely applied in flight instruments. They are classified into three classes, named after the trigonometrical relationships governing their operation:
The sine mechanism, The tangent mechanism, and The double-tangent mechanism.
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A. Sine Mechanism
h2- h1= r( sin2- sin1) It is employed in certain types of ASI, as the first stage of the coupling element.
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THE GEARS
PURPOSE: Are used for the conversion of straight line or arc like motion into full rotary motion. Are used for increasing and decreasing motion. TYPES OF AIRCRAFT GEARS 1 Sector Gears needs only few degrees to rotate the pinion through a complete revolution.. 2 Pinion Gears Provide the coupling of the sector gear with other mechanisms.
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Backlash
It is the loss of motion in the gear connection, because a gear can turn a small amount before it will drive the one in mesh with it. It is commonly referred to as the play, as it is the dimensioning of the gear teeth which causes play between gear meshes to avoid jamming of gears. This undesirable effect of backlash can be controlled by two methods:
Using coiled hairsprings the spring due to tensioning always has a tendency to unwind so that the inherent play between gear teeth is taken up and they are maintained in contact, or Using anti backlash gear - Two gears mounted freely face to face on a common hub and interconnected with each other.
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Hairspring
Hairsprings are precision-made devices which serves as,
Anti-backlash device, Controlling devices against which deflecting forces are balanced to establish required calibration laws, and For the restoration of coupling and indicating elements to their original positions as and when deflecting forces are removed.
It is the flat coil type of wire with the inner end attached to the collet on the pointer shaft or gear shaft, and the other end of the spring is anchored to the frame.
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Coiled hairspring
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Zero adjustment
A fork is an integral part of the pole and engages with the pin eccentrically. When a zero adjusting screw externally is rotated, it deflects the plate thus rotating the spring, shaft and pointer to a new position without altering the torque loading of the spring. Hairsprings are made from:
Phosphor bronze, and Beryllium-copper
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INSTRUMENT ELEMENTS
AND MECHANISMS
C. TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION OF INSTRUMENT MECHANISMS
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Temperature compensation
It becomes necessary to neutralize this change in temperature, through a method known as temperature compensation. The methods adopted for temperature compensation are varied depending on the type of instrument to which they are applied: i. A bi-metal strip method ii. Thermo-resistance method, and iii. Thermo-magnetic shunt method
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It is the oldest method of compensation. It is applied to instruments such as, air speed indicators, altimeters, VSI & EGT.
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CONSTRUCTION
It is made of two strips of metals:
INVAR (It is an alloy of metal containing 36% nickel. (It has negligible coefficient of expansion). BRASS OR STEEL: It has high linear coefficient of expansion
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OPERATION
When the strip is subjected to an increase or a decrease in temperature the brass will expand or contract. The principal effect of temperature changes on pitot static instruments is the expansion and contraction of the capsule, thus tending to make over read or under read. Therefore, to compensate for temperature variations, as the ranging bar is in contact with the sector gear arm the increase in temperature indicating element has the tendency to over read
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Cont
The increase in temperature has a simultaneous effect on the ranging bar which being a bi- metal and, on account of the position of the INVAR portion it will sag or deflect in the direction indicated by the dotted arrow, thus counteracting the capsule expansion and keeping the indicating element at a constant reading.
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A thermistor , is composed of a mixture of metallic oxides and has very large temperature coefficients of resistance which is usually negative .
Thermo-resistance Method
temp
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Its resistance decreases with the increase in temperature.
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Depending on the size of the permanent magnet, the number of strips that may be fitted to effect the required compensation are determined.
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