GPS/FMGS/AP LINK
Hi everyone,
I think that this question is worth being in the TECH LOG forum because it was tough to get answers on the relation between the cockpit and the computers for Airbus:
1) The FMGS sends signals to the FD which then sends it to the A/P and then to the computers, right?
2) So do the computer calculate pitch and bank angle or is it the FD computer itself xalculating it?
3) So are the GPS antenna connected with FMGS so that it gives the right info to the FD? Are the GPS connected with other systems in the cockpit?
4) If we lose FMGS, do we lose A/P managed part?
5) Even if we have lost FMGS, A/P is still using GPS for our selective guidance part, right?
6) If we lose FMGS and GPS, INS/IRS, can the plane still automatically follow a CRS? A HDG?
Thanks