Modern technology has enabled some significant changes in the layout of flight instrumentation on most aircraft currently in service.  The biggest change has been the introduction of Electronic Instruments.  This instrumentation has meant that many complex Electro-mechanical instruments have now been replaced by TV type colour displays.  These systems also allow the exchange of images between display units in the case of display failures.

 

The main systems within which electronic instruments are used include:

 

1. Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS).

2. Engine Indicating & Crew Alerting System (EICAS).

3. Electronic Centralised Aircraft Monitoring (ECAM).  

 

Last modified: Saturday, 28 October 2017, 2:45 PM