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IRRenewal 7th April 2005 20:47


The difference when the AP is engaged is that it now flies the plane and the FD just agrees
You're sure? I'd say the FD still tells what it thinks is required, and the AP follows the FD (hopefully).

In other words, the FD is the bit that works out what is required, the AP (or you) is the bit that executes.

Therefore, the FD is the bit that is engaged in LOC mode, and supplies the appropriate roll commands to intercept and then follow the localiser. Whether you do this yourself or let the AP do this for you is not relevant to the FD.

Gerard

Alex Whittingham 7th April 2005 21:03

I'd agree with Gerard.

Patty O'Doors 8th April 2005 08:18

Now look guys. The FD and AP are independent systems which take information from the relevant sources and then compute what needs to be done, if this is not the case then losing the FD will cause the AP to fail.

Now that's not sensible is it??

So neither follows the other but they should agree.

..and before anyone says, "There's only one AFDS computer" have you actually looked inside and seen that the FD and AP circuits are seperate and independently redundant.

escobar 10th April 2005 15:42

Does anybody know if any of the questions in ops or instruments were appealed?


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