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KFC
Bendix/King
System
Flight
Control
lowprice
Highperformance,
in oneeasv-to-read
ofbighsinglecueattitude
Tomeetthestandards
drsplay.
w}len
the
night
Drrcctoris
and
tl|,ln
enqine
srn(le
mrformance
of[,thecommand
barsarerelracled
Bend krngoffersthebircraJt.
outoiviewTheKI256ofiersa
affordableKFt 200automaticFlight
pmminently'placed
derisionheight
ControlSlslem.
(DH)annunciator
light[orus€with
FUIYTSOd.theKFC200is a com(pitchandrollwithalti- theaircralts radaraltimeter.
pletetwo-axis
TheKFC200alsoinclud€sthr
ludeholdI integraled
stslem.It ollers
KCS554SlavedCornpass
S'strm
all standardop€ralingmod$. aswell
vrith lemoteelectrlcS/ro.andKI525A
asmanyimporiantpilot-oriented
Horizontal
Sttuatton
Indicator
featuftsusuallytoundor y in larger,
IHSI).
Th€s€instrumentsreplacethestan'
morcexpenslve
unlts,
TheKFC200 lncorporates
aneasy- darddirectionalSnoandcourse
whichhelps de!'iation
indicator
tn thepanel,
scantnstrument
design,
combinin{slaved
headlng
andVOR/
reduceunnecessary
eyetravelby
presentaiions
LOCiGlid€-lop€
onpriln
focusing
lhepllotsartention
Components oneunit.
maryflightlnformatron.
Complete
lnlegration
o[ thenjght
includethe KI 256V-barFliAhtComDirector
andAutopllolslstemsallows
rnandIndicator.whichcombines
pitchandrollsteerlng
data thepilot to manuallylly thedisplayed
command
U
pitchandrollcommands,or to couple
ihesecommands
lntotheAutopilo[
andmonitorits p€rformance
on the
lndi.ator.
FlightCommand
Slstemoptionsarailableonsome
aircaaftincludea three-axisconfigu'
rationwith law damper,alongMth
andalerlln{.But
altitudrpres€lecl
bestof aL tie KFC200 is priied
thousandsof dollarslessthancomparable
flightconlrolsrslems.
Forpllotsnotdeslringa tullFlght
DirectorSystem.BendLVKinA
also
offersthei\'AP200Autoptlot.lhe
XAP200featuresall thebenefitsand
KFC200except
featuresottle
fljqht
DirectorTheKG25SAtLitude
Rel'erenceIndicatorreplaces
theKI 256
FlightCommand
Indicator.
Eleven
modes
ofoperation
TheKFC200features
I I op€rating
modes,
ollerin€thepilolautomaticallycomputedguidhnce
ln response
lo hlsselection
ofnight Dlrector/
Autopilotcommandmodes.Most
modesof operationareactivatedby
push'buttons{'itcheson themode
conlrollerCompletemodestatus
is displa]'edon the KA285Modr
Annunciatorpanel.
TheBasicAttitude Refer€nce
Modeis activatedwhentheaircrafts
engines
arerunnrngl'poweron').but
noothermodehasbeenselected.
The
llight Command
Indicator
andHSI
wlIIdrsplayexistinqattitude,
hrading
andNAVrntormatron.
but theCom-"
mandV-barwill remainr€tractedoul
of !'lewuntil a FlightDirector/Auto,
pilot modehasbeenselected.
TheFlightDir€ctorIFD)modeadds
"wmgs
thecommand
V.bar.direclinA
level."
Mth th€Drtchattitudeiommandremain g thesameasat the
timeof modeseia.iion.
TheAutopilot (AP)modeengages
s€rvosthat enablecontrolsurlacesro
rcspondto all selected
FlightDir€ctor
mcilecommands
in bothlltchand
mll axes.whrlemaintainingautc
maticpltchtrirn.Separa
teAutopilo
t
s€wosandcapstansmakelt easyto
removeandservicethecontrolsur,
faceser"'rosxrithoul
derigArnA
th€surla(t conlrolcaDles.
(Note:TheJollouingmod,es
maA
bee^gaged.
d.unngmar.uallighl
]ullthonIAtheFlightDircctorIFD)
selected
or uith Aubpilot(APl
engdged.
Whenin FD onl\, the
pltchand rcIIcomN 256prouides
mands,but conltoloJtheaitctalt
muslbe mointdLnedbAthe pilol.)
Aftersettinqthedesiredheading
on theHSI.se]ectingtheHeading(HDC)mode
allo$sthesl6temto
commandrequir€dbankinAto tum
to andmaintainthes€lected
headlng.
AJterusingtheHSItoseta course,
theNAVIVOfuRNAV/LOMN)
mode
maybeselected.
Theslstems allai{le NAVcourse'Capturefeature
givisthepilotcompleie
frcedom
to
s€lect
theproper
intercepl
and€in
response
io AiC vectors.
ThetrlAV
modewilltlen be"armed.'and
at the
capture
pointthesystem
will'couple"
andcormand thenecessan'bank
to captureandtracka selec[ed
VoR.
RNAV
or LORANcours€.
AfterusingtheHSIto setan
inboundfrontapproach
course,
mode
selerttheAppmach(APPR)
(lLS,VORor RNAV).
Thes)stems allangleApproachCoursrCapturetea.
turcallowsthepilottoselect
any
interceptanglein response
to ATC
v€ctors.TheApproachmodewill be
'arm€d,"and
at theappropriate
cap.
turepoinltheslstemwrll"couph_
andcortunandthenecessary
bank
andpitch to captureandtrackIrC
andglideslope
beamsforprecision
approach€s.
Fornon'precision
approaches,
thes]stem€xffutes
bankcommands
lo capture
and
trackvORandRNAV
cburses.
TheREVLoC (BC)modeis enabled
in Approachmode,andallowsthe
slstemto commandthebanknecessarvto captureandtracka reverse
Iocaluer
course.
lo(kinAoulAhde.
slopem theprocess.
Tht inbund
frcnt approachcourseis alwal6set
on theHSIto enableyouto make
coursecorrectionstoward,rather
thanawayfrom,thene€dle.
tush tle'Go Around'button
to
actiwtetheGoAFund {GA)mode.
andthes]stemwill commandwlnAs
levelandnoseup to missedapproaah
climbattitude.AutopilotMllbedtsconnected
withoA,but mayb€reengafed
to trackthr GoArcund.
Thi AltitudeHold(ALT)mode
providespitchcommands,which
mainlainengaged
altitude.
TheVerticalTrim modeprovides
thecapabllltv
toadiustorslewthe
AltituileHoldmodewithoutdisenandre-enqaginA
themode.
Aa,qin{
f AtifudeHoldlinol enpaqed,
the
VrrticalTrimwilladiustihepltch
attitudeup or dolln:
TheControlWheelSteeringICWS)
modeprrmlts
manuai0rqhtmaneuveringwithout
theneedlordisengagin{ andre.enAa,qln{
theauloDllot.
FlightDrrerld iom"mandbars
remainsFrchronizedto aircralt
attitudeforsmoothrcrnga{ement
ottheAutopllol
uponrcleasa
ot lhe
CWSbutton.
Performance
options
Supplementrnq
theKF.c200s
capabilities.
lheKEA346Servord
EncodingAltimeterand
theKAS297
A.ltitudepreselector
andAlerteroffer
accuratealtitudepreselfftand
alerting.
Duringclimbor desaent,enterthe
destredlaveloffaltitudewith themncentricknobslabeled"Set,"andarm
thes)stembypresslng
tle -Arm"
bullon.fu t})eaircraltapproaches
theprcsetaltitude.theautopilot
smoollv chances
theaimlanes Ditch
attltude:Then."when
thepftset;lt itudeis reached,
thes'stemgoes
rnto
altitudeholdmode.
Altitudealertin{
p€rFARgl.5lis provided
during
climbor descentto a presetaltilude.
andan auraltoneis sounded300feet
aboveor b€low,andupon
' reachinA
theselected
altllude.
TheKEA346alsoprovidesencoded
altitudeto ATCtransponders
for altl
tudercportrn{capabililV.
TSOd lo
50.000feel,tFeuhit disbhlsalti.
tudesto 50.000feetin loo:footlncrcmentson
acounlerdrum.
A polnter
ontie instrumentsface
mdrcates
the
pmisealtitudeonacontinuous,
circular I .ooGtootscale.Thealtimeter
stttingisdlsplayed
in bothml[ibars
andinchesoimercury.
ln theevent
o[apowerfallure.a strip€dwamlng
llagcovers
lhecounlerdrum.
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.Drnor6 sddrionalsTc forAll(ud€P6dRl and
Panel-mounted
displays
andcontrols
TheKA285lltegml ModeAnnunciatorcontinuouslyupdatesthe
pilotons]s(emoperaring
modes
and
sratus.shoMngoperaling
modes'armrd"
ThedlsDlav
Includes
ln(eera.l
oriorlo caDrure.
markerbeacon
iighls.rrlmfallunwaming-and
au(omaric'brighG
nesscontrol.
TheKI256FIiAhtConmandkldicalor.t}teFliAhrDirecror's
commandinstruIrienr.ls alsofte Dilor'sbaslcattit-ude,/horizon
rcference
indicator.
Thecommand
V-barisdesigned
roaulomatlcally
rerract
whennomodes
areselecled.
TheKI525AHorizontalSituationIndicatordisDla\,s
constantlv,
slaved
magne
tic
head
Ing
lniormar
lon.
The
uses
the'HeadAno
ii-lor
ingSelFct'knob
to positionre'Headlng
BuA-onfie HSLfius
"
referencinE
theaircralt heading
tobeflo$n.The'courseSelecr
lmobis usid lo choosea VORLOCfrNAVcourst.
Gljdeslope
devialion
is sho$rlonbothsidesof theinsrrumenr
face
whene!,era
validqlidrslopr
srgnaijsrecejved.
TheAlideslope
canbe
caplured
fromab-ove
or bilowiforqreatrrmnvenieicewhin beinq
veatored
forlo(alizer
interceprlon
6na righrILSapprmch.TO "
FROMindicator andNAVa;d Headlng;/am lngiugs aff aiso
disDlawdon theHSL
Thel(C 290ModeCont$ller Drovides
Dush-buttonselectionof all
modas.A VerticalTrim featureoffersmn'
FlightDirector/Autopilot
pilaha||iluderflm.buralsopermitsalliludeadiusrmenls
venlional
whilein dieAlrirude
Holdmode-wtrhbutdisrurbino
|he!'elecLed
Thecompact
FllghlDirec(or
modeordisengaging
tle Autopilor.
KC"290litseasilvin mostDan"els"arid
Dedestals.
TheKC2gLYamMode
rvitfrtheKC290Mode
ContmUeris instatteO
theoptional (rudder)axisis includedin
Controllerwhenever
fie s,slem.Theyawa{s iswired'aw
loauromalically
engage
when
lheAuropllotlsanqaqed.
The!"w dampermaybadl*rigagedwlth
eithertla KC291o'rft€ Autopllotdlsconnect.
TheKC291alsopermitsindep€ndent
operationof theYawDam'
perModewhentheAutopilotis not engaged.
TheKC295night Compute!,tle "brain'behindtheentireFlight
ControlS)Etem,providescomputedpitch androllcommandsto the
FlightCommandIndicator'sV-bar.Smallenoughto mountalmost
anir/hereon$eaircrafl.il fearures
solid-sulc-componenrs
onpluAin i ircuirboardsroenhance
reliability
andserviceabl-ti
ry.fte entlF
sJstemoperateson 14or 28voltsDC,eliminatingtheneedfor an
eiitemalailectrical
inverter.In addition.a solid'stitealtitudesensor
is includedin thecomputer,providinganaccurateandreliabl€
AltitudeHoldcaDabilitv.
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