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Objectives 4. Human Factors: Instrument Flying

This document provides an introduction to instrument flying. It discusses considerations for maintaining control through instruments alone including power, attitude and performance. It outlines key flight instruments and their functions. Human factors like sensory illusions and trusting instruments are addressed. An air exercise is proposed to demonstrate limitations of balance organs and maintaining straight and level flight solely by instruments. Airmanship techniques and aeroplane management are also summarized.

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Objectives 4. Human Factors: Instrument Flying

This document provides an introduction to instrument flying. It discusses considerations for maintaining control through instruments alone including power, attitude and performance. It outlines key flight instruments and their functions. Human factors like sensory illusions and trusting instruments are addressed. An air exercise is proposed to demonstrate limitations of balance organs and maintaining straight and level flight solely by instruments. Airmanship techniques and aeroplane management are also summarized.

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Introduction Instrument Flying

Objectives 4. Human Factors


To experience the sensory illusions that occur when deprived of visual references. Balance organs
To maintain straight and level flight by sole reference to the aeroplane’s instruments. • Sense angular acceleration and change of direction in 3 planes, and body tilt
• Can’t detect change when it’s very slow or constant

1. Considerations Muscular pressure sensors


• Affected by gravity
• Power + Attitude = Performance
• Know if standing or sitting with eyes closed
Control Instruments • Can’t distinguish between causes of increased G
• Attitude Indicator
Vision
• Tachometer
• Most powerful system
Performance Instruments • Usually resolves ambiguous information from other senses
• But in IF conditions visual references not available
• Airspeed Indicator ASI AI ALT RPM
Airspeed Pitch+Bank Altitude Engine revs • Leans
• Altimeter Pitch Airspeed Pitch Power+Pitch •
• Directional Indicator Trust the instruments
• Turn Coordinator Pitot static Vacuum Static Cable

• Balance Indicator
• Vertical Speed Indicator 5. Air Exercise
TC DI VSI • Demonstration of limitations of vestibular and muscular system
Rate of turn Heading RoC+RoD
Bank+Balance Bank Pitch
Selective Radial Scan
Electric Vacuum Static

Instrument Layout
• Basic T plus TC, VSI and RPM

Instrument Lag
• All instruments have lag (delay in indicating correct information)
• Only VSI lag is significant, must be checked against other information

Maintain straight and level


• Set attitude, check altitude, heading and airspeed being maintained
• Check in balance and VSI showing level

2. Airmanship 3. Aeroplane Management Attain straight and level from a climb or descent
• Instrument check while taxiing • Pitot static system operation • APT and PAT
• Can’t use peripheral vision • Set AI symbol before flight, don’t change
• Need to consciously counteract inertia Turns
• Change – check – hold – adjust – trim • All turns at Rate 1
• Lookout “clear left”….

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