Automatic Flight System

Also from: AFS

Consists of 4 main sections:

• information sources;
• input devices;
• computation & processing; and
• output devices.

Information sources

• Navigation information
• Performance information
• ADIRS [Air Data and Inertial Reference System] and GPS [Global Positioning System]
• Clock
• Radio navaids

Input devices

• FCU (short term interventions)
• 3× MCDU (long term interventions)

Computation & processing

• FMGS

Output devices

• FD [Flight Director] s and AP [Autopilot]
• A/THR [Autothrust]
• MCDU [Multipurpose Control and Display Unit] s and EFIS [Electronic Flight Instrument System]
• navaids for autotuning

Categories: Airbus A330 | Auto Flight

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