The horizontal situation indicator (commonly called the HSI) is an aircraft flight instrument normally mounted below the artificial horizon in place of...
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Flight instruments (section Airspeed indicator)
(including almost all jet aircraft), the heading indicator is replaced by a horizontal situation indicator (HSI) which provides the same heading information...
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multiple receiver types. Acronyms and abbreviations in avionics Horizontal situation indicator Index of aviation articles FAA (2016). "16. Navigation". Pilot's...
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gyroscopic precession effect instead of a basic gyroscopic effect Horizontal situation indicator Inertial navigation system, a far more complex system of gyroscopes...
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be integrated in the Navigation Display (ND) or Electronic Horizontal Situation Indicator (EHSI). In older glass cockpit aircraft and those with mechanical...
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The complex electromechanical attitude director indicator (ADI) and horizontal situation indicator (HSI) were the first candidates for replacement by...
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The attitude indicator (AI), formerly known as the gyro horizon or artificial horizon, is a flight instrument that informs the pilot of the aircraft orientation...
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the conventional aircraft configuration, separate vertical (fin) and horizontal (tailplane) stabilizers form an empennage positioned at the tail of the...
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tube (CRT) displays were to be used for the attitude indicator and horizontal situation indicator (HSI). However, the 2707 was cancelled in 1971 after...
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Interconnect, a Nvidia computer chip Horizontal shaft impactor, a type of rock crusher Horizontal situation indicator, an aircraft instrument Hurricane Severity...
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the Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) (or Primary flight display (PFD)/multi-function display (MFD)/ electronic horizontal situation indicator (EHSI))...
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Pitot–static system (section Airspeed indicator)
The variometer, also known as the vertical speed indicator (VSI) or the vertical velocity indicator (VVI), is the pitot–static instrument used to determine...
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The slip indicator is actually an inclinometer that at rest displays the angle of the aircraft's transverse axis with respect to horizontal, and in motion...
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Altimeter (redirect from Altimeter-setting indicator)
indicator Horizontal situation indicator INS ISIS Multi-function display Pitot–static system Radar altimeter TCAS Transponder Turn and slip indicator...
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Non-directional beacon (redirect from Relative bearing indicator)
bearing indicator (OBI) for VOR/ILS information, was one of the primary radio navigation instruments prior to the introduction of the horizontal situation indicator...
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indicator Horizontal situation indicator INS ISIS Multi-function display Pitot–static system Radar altimeter TCAS Transponder Turn and slip indicator...
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by the deflection of a moving coil indicator or needle on an instrument known as a horizontal situation indicator (HSI). Amplitude modulation International...
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(AFCS) for Concorde, as well as its artificial horizon and horizontal situation indicator (HSI), and automatic throttle system (ATS). It was merged with...
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Tailplane (redirect from Horizontal stabilizer)
A tailplane, also known as a horizontal stabilizer, is a small lifting surface located on the tail (empennage) behind the main lifting surfaces of a fixed-wing...
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course on a Radio Magnetic Indicator, or setting it on a course deviation indicator (CDI) or a horizontal situation indicator (HSI, a more sophisticated...
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Automatic direction finder (redirect from Radio-magnetic indicator)
radios (primarily VOR/ILS) in a similar way, to create the Horizontal Situation Indicator. The HSI, along with the VOR system, has largely replaced use...
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elevator is a moveable part of the horizontal stabilizer, hinged to the back of the fixed part of the horizontal tail. The elevators move up and down...
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mounted in a transparent baseplate containing a direction-of-travel (DOT) indicator for use in taking bearings directly from a map. Other features found on...
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Variometer (redirect from Vertical speed indicator)
of climb and descent indicator (RCDI), rate-of-climb indicator, vertical speed indicator (VSI), or vertical velocity indicator (VVI) – is one of the...
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arrow". Most aircraft feature an empennage incorporating vertical and horizontal stabilising surfaces which stabilise the flight dynamics of yaw and pitch...
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Corporation in 1912. The autopilot connected a gyroscopic heading indicator, and attitude indicator to hydraulically operated elevators and rudder. (Ailerons...
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information on the attitude direction indicator, displayed by the flight director bars, and the horizontal situation indicator could center and remain centered...
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needed] The generator and gearbox "shell" – with rotator shaft – on a horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT). A forward projection of a catamaran's bridgedeck...
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wing-shaped rotors sometimes called "rotary wings." A wing is a flat, horizontal surface, usually shaped in cross-section as an aerofoil. To fly, air must...
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there is a direct response of the elevators to the sidestick inputs. The horizontal stabilizer is set to 4° up but manual settings (e.g. for center of gravity)...
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