Gulfstream V Systems Review
LIGHTING
- When the master control knob is turned fully counter clockwise to off, lighting is configured for ______________ flying.
- Daylight
- Rotating the master control knob clockwise to the minimum brightness detent configures the affected cockpit lighting to ___________________ flying provided the associated control knobs are also in the minimum brightness detent.
- Night
- Full clockwise rotation of the master lighting knob to the oride detent illuminates the _________________ and _________________ floodlights.
- Cockpit overhead and console
- How can you tell if you have left the external battery switch on?
- The rotating beacon will be on
- How can you tell if the top fuselage beacon is operating?
- The Gulfstream G-V does not have one
- The landing lights will automatically turn off climbing through _________ feet and will turn back on descending through __________ feet (assuming the switches are on).
- 18,000, 18,000
- You are flying in a very high density traffic area and wish to increase your visibility to other aircraft. you have not yet lowered the gear. you turn the landing lights on and the taxi lights on. which of these will actually illuminate (<18,000) ?
- Just the landing lights. Taxi lights will not work until the gear is extended.
EMERGENCY POWER
- Pressing the "on" switch on the emergency power panel turns on which e-bats?
- Forward and aft
- When the arm switch on the emergency power panel is depressed to arm, when do the left and right e-batts activate?
- When ess DC power drops below 20VDC
PITOT / STATIC
- The pitot static system supplies data to:
- Standby airspeed /altitude indicator, MADC'S, and the CPAM
- The TAT probe provides ambient temperature data to the ___________.
- MADCs
- Where does the standby attitude indicator receive its pitch and roll inputs from?
- Its on 28VDC gyroscope
GROUND PROXIMITY WARNING SYSTEM
- The EGPWS database contains an airport database on all hard surface runways greater than _________ feet and having a published instrument procedure.
- 3500 Feet
- All EGPWS alerts will be inhibited through the use of the GPWS oride switch on the glareshield master warn panel, except__________ alerts.
- Windshear alerts
- What does turning off the terrain awareness display switch do?
- Basically turns off the enhanced part of the GPWS system. GPWS modes 1-6 and windshear mode 7 is still active
- When may you want to use the terrain awareness display switch?
- You are going to an airport where the longest runway is less than 3500' thus it is not in the database.
- Using qfe procedures, a terrain caution alert appears _______ seconds prior to terrain conflict.
- 60 seconds
- A terrain warning is issued ____________ seconds before terrain conflict.
- 30 seconds
- What is the difference between and amber "windshear" alert versus a red "windshear" alert?
- Amber is increasing performance windshear, red is decreasing performance windshear
- There are seven modes of warnings of the EGPWS system. Name some.
- excessive descent. excessive closure to terrain, alt loss after t/o, unsafe terrain clearance, excessive glideslope deviation, altitude callouts ( and bank angle)
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