Instrumentation explains how the instruments in the cockpit sense, process and display information, and what their limits and failure modes are.
During deceleration following a landing in a westerly direction, a magnetic compass made for the southern hemisphere indicates:
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What ATPL Instrumentation covers
- Pitot-static system: altimeter, airspeed and vertical speed
- Gyroscopic instruments and magnetic compass
- Inertial reference and attitude systems
- Flight management and electronic flight instruments
- Automatic flight control
- Warning and recording systems
How to study Instrumentation
Link every instrument to the error it can show. Most exam questions ask what an instrument reads when a source is blocked or a limit is exceeded.
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