A/T – Autothrust / Autothrottle

AFCS – Automatic Flight Control System

CRT – Cathode Ray Tube
EFCS [M1 P15] – Electrical Flight Control System
FADEC [M1 P15] – Full Authority Digital Engine Control
FBW [M1 P15] – Fly by wire system
FMS – Flight Management System
FQIS - Fuel Quantity Indication System
ILS GS – Instrument Landing System Glide Slope
IMC – Instrument Meteorological Conditions
INS - Inertial Navigation Systems
NACA - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
SOP – Standard Operating Procedures
TCAS - Traffic Alert and collision avoidance system
VMC – Visual Meteorological Conditions

IMPORTANCE OF AVIONICS

• Greater situational awareness

• Smaller crew
• Enhanced safety
• Engine control
• Reliable automated systems
• Enhanced communication
• On-board position determination/collision avoidance
• On-board flight path management
• On-board health monitoring
• Enhanced controllability and maneuverability

THREE CHALLENGES OF AVIONICS

1. How to operate advanced avionics systems. Acquire the “how-to” knowledge

needed to operate advanced avionics systems.

“Paano gamitin ng tama?? Ano ang function ano ang purpose”

2. Which advanced avionics systems to use and when. Learning to manage the
many information now available.

“Alin ang gagamitin at the right time?”

3. How advanced avionics systems affect the pilot. The additional information can
affect the decision making of the pilot.

“Paano maapektuhan ng maraming information ang decision making ng pilot

 Areas of Avionics

• Communications
• Air Navigation
• Flight Control System ???
• Fuel Quantity Indication System (FQIS) ???
• Traffic Collision and Avoidance Systems ???

Safety Issues of Autopilot

• Affected pilots are reluctant to voluntarily reduce the extent of which they use
full automation capability to deal with any situation.

“Ayaw bawasan ang kanilang dependency sa automation sa kahit anong situation,

routine man o abnormal”

• If full automation is not available, or if no longer capable of delivering the a/c

control, tendency is to partially retain use of automation rather than wholly
manual a/c control.

“Given na sira ang automation, pinipilit ayusin ang automatic systems even if partial
control lang ang meron than using manual control muna habang hinahanap problem”

Three axis control of A/P

One axis – Controls ailerons AKA wing leveler systems

Twin axis – Controls ailerons & rudder
Three axis – Controls ailerons, elevators, and rudder