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Highperformance,
Tomeetthestandards ofbigh- in oneeasv-to-readsinglecueattitude pitchandrollcommands,or to couple
mrformance srn(leand tl|,lnenqine drsplay.w}len thenight Drrcctoris ihesecommands lntotheAutopilo[
bircraJt.Bend krngoffersthe- of[,thecommand barsarerelracled andmonitorits p€rformance on the
affordableKFt 200automaticFlight outoiviewTheKI256ofiersa FlightCommand lndi.ator.
ControlSlslem. pmminently'placed derisionheight Slstemoptionsarailableonsome
FUIYTSOd.theKFC200is a com- (DH)annunciator light[orus€with aircaaftincludea three-axisconfigu'
pletetwo-axis (pitchandrollwithalti- theaircralts radaraltimeter. rationwith law damper,alongMth
ludeholdI integraled stslem.It ollers TheKFC200alsoinclud€sthr altitudrpres€leclandalerlln{.But
all standardop€ralingmod$. aswell KCS554SlavedCornpass S'strm bestof aL tie KFC200 is priied
asmanyimporiantpilot-oriented vrith lemoteelectrlcS/ro.andKI525A thousandsof dollarslessthancom-
featuftsusuallytoundor y in larger, Horizontal Sttuatton Indicator IHSI). parable flightconlrolsrslems.
morcexpenslve unlts, Th€s€instrumentsreplacethestan' Forpllotsnotdeslringa tullFlght
TheKFC200 lncorporates aneasy- darddirectionalSnoandcourse DirectorSystem.BendLVKinA also
scantnstrument design,whichhelps de!'iation indicatortn thepanel, offersthei\'AP200Autoptlot.lhe
reduceunnecessary eyetravelby combinin{slaved headlng andVOR/ XAP200featuresall thebenefitsand
focusing lhepllotsartention onpri- LOCiGlid€-lop€ presentaiions ln featuresottle KFC200except fljqht
maryflightlnformatron. Components oneunit. DirectorTheKG25SAtLitude Rel'er-
includethe KI 256V-barFliAhtCom- Complete lnlegration o[ thenjght enceIndicatorreplaces theKI 256
rnandIndicator.whichcombines Director andAutopllolslstemsallows FlightCommand Indicator.
pitchandrollsteerlng command data thepilot to manuallylly thedisplayed

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Eleven
modes
ofoperation
TheKFC200features I I op€rating
modes, ollerin€thepilolautomati-
callycomputedguidhnce 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
thecommand V.bar.direclinA "wmgs
level."Mth th€Drtchattitudeiom-
mandremain 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€sur-
la(t conlrolcaDles.
(Note:TheJollouingmod,es maA
bee^gaged. d.unngmar.uallighl
]ullthonIAtheFlightDircctorIFD)
selected or uith Aubpilot(APl
engdged. Whenin FD onl\, the
N 256prouides pltchand rcIIcom-
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 all-
ai{le NAVcourse'Capture- feature
givisthepilotcompleie frcedom to
s€lecttheproper intercepland€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,
selerttheAppmach(APPR) mode
(lLS,VORor RNAV). Thes)stems all-
angleApproachCoursrCapturetea.
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 commandthebankneces-
sarvto 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.AutopilotMllbedts-
connected withoA,but mayb€re-
engafed to trackthr GoArcund.
Thi AltitudeHold(ALT)mode
providespitchcommands,which
mainlainengaged altitude.
TheVerticalTrim modeprovides
thecapabllltv toadiustorslewthe
AltituileHoldmodewithoutdisen-
Aa,qin{andre-enqaginA themode.
f AtifudeHoldlinol enpaqed, the
VrrticalTrimwilladiustihepltch
attitudeup or dolln:
TheControlWheelSteeringICWS)
modeprrmlts manuai0rqhtmaneu-
veringwithout theneedlordisengag-
in{ andre.enAa,qln{ theauloDllot.
FlightDrrerld iom"mandbars
remainsFrchronizedto aircralt
attitudeforsmoothrcrnga{ement
ottheAutopllol uponrcleasa ot lhe
CWSbutton.

Performance
options
Supplementrnq theKF.c200s climbor descentto a presetaltilude.
capabilities.
lheKEA346Servord andan auraltoneis sounded300feet
EncodingAltimeterand theKAS297 aboveor b€low,andupon
A.ltitudepreselector ' reachinA
andAlerteroffer theselected altllude.
accuratealtitudepreselfftand TheKEA346alsoprovidesencoded
alerting. altitudeto ATCtransponders for altl
Duringclimbor desaent,enterthe tudercportrn{capabililV. TSOd lo
destredlaveloffaltitudewith themn- 50.000feel,tFeuhit disbhlsalti.
centricknobslabeled"Set,"andarm tudesto 50.000feetin loo:footlncrc-
thes)stembypresslng tle -Arm" mentson acounlerdrum. A polnter
bullon.fu t})eaircraltapproaches ontie instrumentsface mdrcates the
theprcsetaltitude.theautopilot pmisealtitudeonacontinuous, cir-
smoollv chances theaimlanes Ditch cular I .ooGtootscale.Thealtimeter
attltude:Then."when thepftset;lt i- stttingisdlsplayed in bothml[ibars
tudeis reached, thes'stemgoes rnto andinchesoimercury. ln theevent
altitudeholdmode. Altitudealertin{ o[apowerfallure.a strip€dwamlng
p€rFARgl.5lis provided during llagcovers lhecounlerdrum.
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Panel-mounted
displays
andcontrols
TheKA285lltegml ModeAnnunciatorcontinuouslyupdatesthe
pilotons]s(emoperaring sratus.shoMngoperaling
modes and
modes'armrd" oriorlo caDrure.ThedlsDlav
Includes
ln(eera.l
markerbeacon iighls.rrlmfallunwaming-andau(omaric'brighG
nesscontrol.

TheKI256FIiAhtConmandkldicalor.t}teFliAhrDirecror's com-
mandinstruIrienr.ls alsofte Dilor'sbaslcattit-ude,/horizon
rcference
indicator.
Thecommand V-barisdesigned roaulomatlcally rerract
whennomodes areselecled.

TheKI525AHorizontalSituationIndicatordisDla\,s constantlv,
slavedAno magne tic head Inglniormarlon.The uses
ii-lor the'Head-
ingSelFct'knob to positionre'Headlng BuA-onfie HSLfius
referencinEtheaircralt heading tobeflo$n.The'courseSelecr "
lmobis usid lo choosea VORLOCfrNAVcourst.
Gljdeslopedevialion is sho$rlonbothsidesof theinsrrumenr face
whene!,era validqlidrslopr srgnaijsrecejved.
TheAlideslope canbe
caplured fromab-ove or bilowiforqreatrrmnvenieicewhin beinq
veatoredforlo(alizer interceprlon6na 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
venlionalpilaha||iluderflm.buralsopermitsalliludeadiusrmenls
whilein dieAlrirudeHoldmode-wtrhbutdisrurbino |he!'elecLed
FllghlDirec(ormodeordisengaging tle Autopilor.Thecompact
KC"290litseasilvin mostDan"els"arid
Dedestals.

TheKC2gLYamMode ContmUeris instatteOrvitfrtheKC290Mode

Controllerwhenevertheoptional (rudder)axisis includedin
fie s,slem.Theyawa{s iswired'aw
loauromalically engagewhen
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 onpluA-
in i ircuirboardsroenhance reliability
andserviceabl-tiry.fte entlF
sJstemoperateson 14or 28voltsDC,eliminatingtheneedfor an
eiitemalailectrical
inverter.In addition.a solid'stitealtitudesensor
is includedin thecomputer,providinganaccurateandreliabl€
AltitudeHoldcaDabilitv.

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