Basic Instrument Flight

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Primary Flight Instruments

• Attitude

  • Attitude Indicator (AI)

• Performance

  • AirsSpeed Indicator (AS)

  • Altimeter (ALT)

  • Turn Coordinator (TC)

  • Heading Indicator (HI/DG)

  • Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)

• Instrument Mechanism

  • Vacuum System

    • Attitude Indicator

    • Heading Indicator

  • Pitot-Static

    • Air Speed Indicator (AS)

    • Altimeter

    • Vertical Speed Indicator

  • Eletric Gyrometer

    • Turn Coordinator

• Work Cycle

  • ALAP without Lookout, use AI

  • Change, Check, Hold, Adjust, Trim

  • Confirmation

    • VSI & AI confirm ALT

    • TC confirms AI

• Instrument Scan

  • Full Radial Scan

  • T-scan

  • Straight & Level AI-DI-AI-ALT

  • Climb AI-DI-AI-AS

  • Descend AI-DI-AI-VSI

  • Turn AI-ALT-AI-TC

• Turning

  • Maximum AoB 30 degrees

  • For Rate 1 turn, AoB = V / 10 + 7

• Unusual Attitude Recovery

  • Nose high

    • Apply power

    • Roll wings level

    • Push forward to level

    • simultaneously

  • Nose low

    • Power idle

    • Roll wings level

    • Pull back to level after power and roll correction