BendixKing SG 465 System EFS 40/50 - Manual (Page 139)

EADI Displays
COMMAND BARS
Flight director commands are dis-
played 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. Switching
the flight director “OFF” or an
invalid “FD” will cause the com-
mand bars to be removed.
Options selectable at the time of
configuration allow the display of
e i t h e r :
o
Single cue command bars
o
Dual cue command bars
o
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
w
STANDARD 429
A U T O P I L O T / F L I G H T
DIRECTOR MODE
A N N U N C I A T I O N
o
When interfaced w ith an
appropriate 429 digital autopilot,
such as the Bendix/King KFC
500, KFC 400, KFC 325 or KFC
225, an optional configuration
item, selected at the time of
installation and certification,
allows the EFS 40/50 to annunci-
ate a combination of autopilot
and flight director modes.
Engaged modes are annunciated
in green along the top of the dis-
play and armed modes a re
annunciated in white just below
the engaged modes. Only “GS”,
“GP”, “VNAV” and “ALT” will be
annunciated in white, in the Verti-
cal Arm 2 field immediately below
the engaged modes. Only “GS”,
“GP”, and “ALT” will be displayed
in the Vertical Arm 1 field imme-
diately below the Vertical Arm 2
field. The engaged modes will
flash for a mimimum of 5 sec-
onds when disengaged and
beginning with software 0702,
the engaged mode annunciation
color will change to yellow while
f l a s h i n g .
The following tables and figure
describe the annunciations and
location in which they may be
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