Flight instruments

Attitude

The attitude widget, commonly known as Primary Flight Display (PFD) or ‘artificial horizon’, represents graphically the attitude of the aircraft (roll and pitch).

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Attitude

Right click on the widget to access its options (Duplicate, Edit and Remove).

  • Duplicate: Duplicates this widget.

  • Edit: This allows the user to access the Attitude configuration menu.

    This widget has two extra edit parameters compared to the ones described in the Widget common configuration.

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    Attitude configuration

    • Widget Options:

      • VRef: Users can choose from the real angular variables of the system to be displayed as the roll of the widget. By default, the variable Roll is displayed.

      • VRef: Users can choose from the real angular variables of the system to be displayed as the pitch of the widget. By default, the variable Pich is displayed.

  • Remove: Deletes this widget.



Heading

The heading widget, commonly known as compass, usually shows the platform’s yaw relative to the magnetic north.

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Heading

Right click on the widget to access its options:

  • Duplicate: Duplicates this widget.

  • Edit: This allows the user to access the Heading configuration menu.

    This widget has only one extra edit parameter compared to the ones described in Widget common configuration:

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    Heading configuration

    • Widget Options \(\rightarrow\) VRef: Users can choose between the real angular variables of the system to be displayed. By default, the variable Yaw is displayed.

  • Remove: Deletes this widget.