Cessna 208B - Page 23

CESSNA
., MODEL 2088 (675 SHP)
SECTION
1
GENERAL
SYMBOLS, ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMINOLOGY
(Cont~nued)
Tare Tare is the weight of chocks, blocks, stands, etc. used
when weighing an airplane, and is included in the scale
readings. Tare is deducted from the scale reading to
obtain the actual (net) airplane weight.
Useful Load Useful Load is the difference between ramp weight and
the basic empty weight.
AUTOPILOTIFLIGHT DIRECTOR AND IFCS
TERMINOLOGY
WARNING
1 A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN AUTOPILOT, A FLIGHT
I DIRECTOR AND AN IFCS IS REQUIRED BEFORE
: I
OPERATING ANY OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE KFC-
150 OR -225 FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM. REFER TO
SECTION
9, SUPPLEMENTS FOR COMPLETE
OPERATING DETAILS.
Autopilot Autopilot is a system which automatically controls
attitude
andlor flight path of the airplane as directed by
the pilot through the system's computer.
Flight Flight Director is a system which provides visual
Director recommendations to the
~ilot to allow him to manually
control the airplane attitude
and/or flight path in response
to his desires as selected through tne system's computer.
I
Integrated IFCS applies to the union of autopilot and flight director
Flight
systems which allows the pilot to manage his flight by
Control
0bSe~ing computed visual recommendations while the
System
autopilot automatically follows these recommendations as
(IFCS)
selected by the pilot using the system's controls.
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