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Bookmark or Share- What is a "Flight Director"? - Aviation Stack ExchangeSimply: Flight Director is a system that computes desired pitch and roll from parameters like heading, altitude, vertical speed. Then an autopilot computes control surfaces deflection from given parameters: pitch and roll. So: Pilot sets altitude, heading for Flight Director. Flight director then computes pitch and roll for Autopilot (and human ...
- What is the difference between autopilot and fly-by-wire system?An autopilot can fly the aircraft based on pilot selected modes. The autopilot therefore reduces the pilot's workload by replacing manual inputs via the yoke or sidestick.
- Why does the pilot need to manually retard the thrust levers in an A320 ...The Airbus A320 FCOM (Autoflight - Flight Guidance - Flare Mode) says: At 30 ft RA, the AP/FD aligns the yaw axis with the runway centerline and the aircraft flares on the pitch axis. If the autothrust is active, thrust is automatically reduced to IDLE. So why do I need to retard the autothrust in manual landing?
- What is the relationship between "automatic flight control system AFCS ...The FMS is the whole system that includes everything from the knobs the pilots touch, the CDU's with keypads and screens, the black-box computers, everything.
- What is the difference between autopilot and autoflight?6. Autoflight is the general term describing all of the following: Flight Director: A guidance system for the pilot and autopilot with various modes. See What is a "Flight Director"? for details. Autopilot: A system controlling the flight control surfaces to follow the flight director. Autothrottle / Autothrust: A system setting engine thrust ...
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