Flight director command bars, Autopilot/flight director mode annunciation, Standard 429 autopilot/flight director mod – BendixKing SG 465 System EFS 50 User Manual

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EADI Displays

4.2.3

Issued 4/95

SW 06/07/08/11

FLIGHT DIRECTOR
COMMAND BARS

Flight director commands are

displayed as moving green or
magenta bars when the flight
director is engaged. Located in
the center of the EADI display
about the fixed aircraft symbol,
indicating roll and pitch required
to satisfy the computed flight
director commands. Deselecting
the flight director or an invalid
“FD” will cause the command
bars to be removed.

The flight director command
bards are pilot selectable
between single or dual cue via an
external switch.

The single cue command bars
will present a delta aircraft sym-
bol, while selection of the double
cue will provide a traditional bull’s
eye aircraft symbol. Command
bar color may also be configured
as either green or magenta.

Single Cue Command Bars

Dual Cue Command Bars

In the event of a flight director
failure, the command bars are
removed and a stationary RED
FD enclosed in a RED box is dis-
played just below the right 60
degree roll mark.

AUTOPILOT/FLIGHT
DIRECTOR MODE
ANNUNCIATION

STANDARD 429

AUTOPILOT/FLIGHT
DIRECTOR MODE
ANNUNCIATION

When interfaced with the

Bendix/King KFC 3100, the EFS
50 annunciates a combination of
autopilot and flight director
modes. Engaged modes are
annunciated in green along the
top of the display and armed
modes are annunciated in white
just below the engaged modes.
Only “GS”, “VNAV” and “ALT” will
be annunciated in white, in the
“Vertical Arm 2” field immediately
below the vertical engaged
mode. Only “GS” and “ALT” will
be annunciated in white in the
Vertical Arm 1 field immediately
below the Vertical Arm 2 field.

The engaged mode annuncia-
tions will flash for a minimum of 5
seconds when disengaged. The
color of a flashing mode annunci-
ation is green with software 06 or
0701 and yellow with software
0702 or 08.

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