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).
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.
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.
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:
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.