• Avionics Instruments

    Your Guide To Avionics Instruments

    Avionics instruments incorporate a wide range of equipment essential for the correct operation of aircraft. These include flight directors, gyroscopes, engine instruments and horizontal situation indicators among others. Regular maintenance for these instruments is crucial for the safe operation of any aircraft. Pitot-static system This system consists of a linkage between pitot and static tubes connected to three displays. Pilots can tell the speed of an aircraft from the airspeed indicator and the altitude from the altimeter. The third display is the Mach number indicator that also displays the speed of an aircraft in Mach numbers. All these indicators depend on the speed of air on the outside of the…