LOW AIRSPEED AWARENESS
A red thermometer type display located on the inside of the airspeed tape gives indication of low
airspeed. The red thermometer extends from the bottom of the airspeed tape up to 1.1V
S
(approximately stick shaker speed).
MACH NUMBER DISPLAY
A digital readout of indicated Mach number is displayed below the airspeed tape. The Mach number
will come up on the display when Mach exceeds 0.450, and is removed when it is falls below 0.400
Mach. Resolution of the Mach display is 0.001 Mach. The standby flight display has a Mach
indication which begins to read out when the Mach reaches a minimum of 0.35.
ALTITUDE INDICATION
The altitude display is located to the right of the attitude display on the primary flight display. The
altitude is indicated by means of a vertical tape display which has a “rolling digit” window in the
center of an altitude vertical tape. The resolution of the digits to 20 feet. The hundreds, thousands,
and ten thousands digits are larger digit numerals than the others. The vertical tape moves behind
the window and displays a tape 550 feet both above and below the present indicated altitude, with
the larger numbers at the top of the scale. The range of the altitude window is from -2,000 to 60,000
feet with tick marks located at 100 foot increments.
TYPICAL AIRSPEED DISPLAY
Figure 3-2
Cessna Citation XLS - Instrumentation & Avionics
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