Written for those pursuing a career in aircraft engineering or a related aerospace engineering discipline, Aircraft Flight Instruments and Guidance Systems covers the state-of-the-art avionic equipment, sensors, processors and displays for commercial air transport and general aviation aircraft. As part of a Routledge series of textbooks for aircraft-engineering students and those taking EASA Part-66 exams, it is suitable for both independent and tutor-assisted study and includes self-test questions, exercises and multiple-choice questions to enhance learning. The content of this book is mapped across from the flight instruments and automatic flight (ATA chapters 31, 22) content of EASA Part 66 modules 11, 12 and 13 (fixed/rotary-wing aerodynamics, and systems) and Edexcel BTEC nationals (avionic systems, aircraft instruments and indicating systems). David Wyatt CEng MRAeS has over 40 years’ experience in the aerospace industry and is currently Head of Airworthiness at Gama Engineering. His experience in the industry includes avionic development engineering, product support engineering and FE lecturing. David also has experieince in writing for BTEC National specifications and is the co-author of Aircraft Communications & Navigation Systems, Aircraft Electrical & Electronic Systems and Aircraft Digital Electronic and Computer Systems.

This text examines aircraft instruments and integrated systems and covers such areas as instrument displays, digital computers and data transfer, flight director systems, engine instruments and flight management systems

Aircraft Instrumentation and Systems has the adequate coverage to deal generally the topics for undergraduate course on Aircraft Instrumentation. It covers: An introduction to aircraft instruments and systems, Air data systems and air data computers, Navigation systems, Gyroscopic flight instruments, Engine instruments, Electronics flight instrument systems, Safety and warning systems. Every effort has been done to update the contents of the book to the present-day technology used in modern transport category aircraft manufactured by Boeing and Airbus industry. The text is profusely illustrated with block diagrams, schematic diagrams and a number of tables and glossary. Review questions have been included at the end of the each chapter for practice and self-study. The book is intended for teaching and study the topic for students of B.E., M.E. and students in Instrumentation Technology and Aircraft Engineering. It also introduces the subject to practising engineers and readers interested in aircraft instrumentation and to the flight crew

Knowledge of the "behind the instrument" is the key, since understanding a failure can not only contribute to the management of a potential emergency, but also provides tools for decision-making regarding the use or application of other systems, instruments, etc.Pilot training should be thought of as an interdisciplinary set of knowledge, with a practical application with a common goal: to carry out a flight safely and successfully. This new volume of the collection promotes the dissemination of complex technical topics with the same mode of didactic communication, through simple developments with application and practical examples in all cases.

Starting with an introduction to instruments, this book discusses pressure and force as related and used in certain instruments, electrical remote indicating instruments, thermometers, tachometers, fuel gages and flowmeters, compasses, gyroscopes, automatic pilots, navigation instruments, and it further contains a final chapter on testing and maintenance.