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APR pushbutton switch on the flight director mode
selector will cause the EADI to annunciate LOC and GS
in white and HDG in green. The aircraft will then be
flying the desired heading intercept and the system will
be armed for automatic localizer and glideslope beam
capture.
With the aircraft approaching the selected
course interception, the lateral beam sensor (LBS) is
monitoring localizer beam deviation, beam rate, and true
airspeed. At the computed time, the LBS will trip and
capture the localizer signal. The flight control computer
will drop the heading select mode and generate the
proper roll command to bank the aircraft toward the
localizer beam center. When the LBS trips, the EADI will
display LOC in green. LOC will be enclosed in a white
box for 5 seconds.
If both radio altitude and glideslope deviation are
valid, distance is calculated using radio altitude and
glideslope deviation data. If only radio altitude is valid,
distance is first estimated for capture. It is assumed that
an approach to the runway is being made without
glideslope, and distance is calculated based on radio
altitude only. If radio altitude information is not valid,
distance is estimated as a function of glideslope
deviation and true airspeed. If neither radio altitude nor
glideslope data is valid, distance is estimated as a
function of true airspeed and time.
The glideslope mode is cancelled by:
Depressing NAV or APR pushbutton switch-
indicator on the flight director mode selector.
Selecting a VOR frequency on the selected VHF
navigation receiver control panel.
Selecting go-around mode.
Selecting standby mode.
Selecting back course mode.
Coupling flight control computer to the cross-
side EFIS.
Selecting an alternate ATT, HDG, or NAV
source on the display controller.
When the aircraft satisfies the localizer track
conditions, the course error signal is removed from the
lateral steering command. This leaves radio deviation,
roll attitude, and lateral acceleration to track the localizer
signal, and to compensate for localizer beam standoff in
the presence of a crosswind. The system will
automatically compensate for a crosswind of up to 45
degrees course error.
(10)Back course mode. The back course
mode (BC) provides for automatic intercept, capture and
tracking of the back course localizer signal. When flying
a back course localizer approach, glideslope capture is
automatically inhibited. The back course mode is set up
and flown exactly like a front course localizer approach,
with the following differences:
Back course (BC) is selected on the flight
director mode selector.
With the aircraft outside the normal back course
localizer capture limits, the EADI will annunciate
BC in white and HDG in green.
At
back
course
capture,
the
EADI
will
annunciate BC in green (BC will be enclosed in
a white box for 5 seconds).
When the back course mode has been selected
on the flight director mode selector, logic in the flight
control computer was established to internally reverse
the polarity of the course error and localizer signals, and
provide expanded localizer display on the EADI. Also a
gain change takes place in the computer when BC has
been selected, since the aircraft is closer to the localizer
transmitter by the length of the runway plus 1000 feet.
At back course capture, the flight control computer will
generate a roll command to capture and track the back
course localizer signal.
The back course mode is cancelled by:
Depressing the BC pushbutton switch-indicator
on the flight director mode selector
Selecting a VOR frequency on the selected VHF
navigation receiver control panel
Selecting go-around mode
Selecting standby mode
Selecting heading mode
Coupling flight control computer to the cross-
side EFIS
Selecting an alternate ATT, HDG, or NAV
source on the display controller.
(11)ILS approach mode. The ILS approach
mode provides for automatic intercept, capture, and
tracking of the front course localizer and glideslope
signals. This allows flying a fully coupled ILS approach.
Set-up for the ILS approach mode is as follows:
1.
VHF
navigation
receiver
control
panel - Set desired localizer frequency.
2.
V/L
pushbutton
selector
switch
(display controller) - Depress to select LOC1 or LOC2.
3.
Course pointer (EHS I) - Set inbound
course on heading dial.
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