Systems / Equipment

For system failures, see Emergencies.

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ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast):

• 5 of your most common ADS-B questions, answered.
• Primary and secondary radar + ADS-B. (vid)
• Quiz: ADS-B rules and regulations.
• The difference between ASOS and ADS-B weather.
• Understanding ADS-B traffic: when does it work?

Aircraft:

• Deice / Anti-ice:
• 5 types of deicing equipment, advantages / disadvantages.
• Can I use windshield washer fluid to defrost my plane? (Vid 2).
• TKS system test. (Vid 19).
• Flaps
• How do flaps work? (bm)
• How do flaps work? (FI)
• How the 4 types of aircraft flaps work.
• Heating / Preheating:
• Three ways to preheat your airplane this winter.
• Instruments - see Instruments below.
• Landing Gear:
• How trailing-link gear helps pilots make smoother landings.
• Magnetos:
• Questions from the Cockpit: Right vs. Left.
• Maintenance:
• 7 ways to reduce wear and tear on your aircraft.
• 9 tips from mechanics to keep your airplane in great shape.
• Preventive MX: here's what you can fix on your plane.
• Pitot Static - see Instruments below.
• Primer:
• Why should you lock a push-pull style primer? (Vid 148).
• Propeller:
• How a propeller generates thrust.
• Prop strike - what counts as one?
• Required equipment, IFR (Acronyms and Mnemonics).
• Required equipment, VFR (Acronyms and Mnemonics).
• Stall Strips -  how stall strips work.
• Suggested emergency equipment for aircraft (Emergencies).
• Tire pressure: Vid 70.
• Trim / Trim Tabs:
• How the 4 types of trim tabs work.
• Wings / Winglets:
• 9 terms every pilot should know about wings.
• How winglets work.
• Yaw dampers:
• Can you step on rudder pedals when yaw damper is engaged? (Vid 135).
• How do they work?

Automation / Autopilot:

• 7 perfect times to use an autopilot.
• 10 tips for flying with an autopilot in IMC.
• Common autopilot mistakes: mastering the G1000.
• What is your technology telling you? (Air Facts),
• When to Disengage (Air Facts),
• Video: Will automation replace pilots? Plane & Pilot.
• VNAV: how does VNAV work?

Avionics:

• ASPEN, EFD1000 MFD
• AVIDYNE IDF540
• Garmin:
• GNS 430.
• GPS Approach: Tips and Tactics (Pilot Workshops).
• Reintroduction to Garmin GNS 430/530, Part I and Part II.
• G1000
• Common autopilot mistakes: mastering the G1000.
• Frequencies - managing them on a G1000. (Vid 2 or Vid 86).
• Loading an RNAV approach in a Garmin G1000.
• GPS
• Guide to Better GPS Instruction. (Gary Reeves, NAFI Vid).

EFB (Electronic Flight Bag):

• 4 reasons to switch to an electronic flight bag (EFB).
• 8 reasons you should use the 'airport moving map' during your next taxi.
• Does an EFB count as an 'official' weather briefing? (Vid 19).
• ForeFlight:
• ForeFlight quizzes – excellent resource.
• ForeFlight Workshops - full series by Brian Schiff.
• Frequently Asked Questions.
• How to file an IFR flight plan in ForeFlight.
• iPad Proficiency Check. (Flying Mag).
• Knowledge Check/Quizzes:
• What do these aviation iPad acronyms mean? 12Qs.

GPS:

• 5 things you should know about WAAS.
• Quizzes:
• In order for your GPS to gather... 6Qs.
• What is WAAS? How does it improve GPS for IFR flying?
• See also Instruments or Avionics above.

Ice / Deice - see Aircraft above.

Instruments:

• Altimeter - how does it work?
• How is the altimeter setting calculated? (Vid 17).
• Attitude indicator - how it works?
• Knowledge Check/Quizzes:
• In a gyro-driven attitude... 6Qs.
• With a gyro-driven attitude... 6Qs.
• You're descending through FL180... 6Qs
• Pitot Static:
• Failures - how they affect your indicated airspeed and altitude.
• Ice-covered pitot tube results in low-altitude alert from ATC.
• Pitot-static instruments. (Vid).
• Pitot static system fully explained.
• Pitot tube blockage: What instruments does it affect? (Vid 187).
• What happens when your pitot tube ices over?
• See also Pitot Static in Emergencies.
• Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI).
• How it works. (Vid).
• See My Morsels.

Knowledge Check/Quizzes:

• The engine driven alternator fails in a single-alternator aircraft... 6Qs.
• You pitch up in an airplane... 5Qs.
• You’re in level cruise flight when you hit a bug... 6Qs
• You’re performing an engine run up…6Qs.
• Your friend asks you what 'angle of incidence' is... 5Qs

Oil:

• 5 things oil does inside your engine.

Oxygen:

• Quizzes:
• You're flying from Phoenix... 5Qs.
• Requirements for pilots. (Vid 2).

Pressurization:

• How airplane cabin pressurization works.

Radios:

• 9 things you didn't know about your airplane's VHF radio.
• Radio failure - in Emergencies.

Simulators:

• GNS 430.
• Runway Safety Pilot Simulator. (FAA
• VOR simulator.

Transponders:

• When should I use Ident? (Vid 20 or Vid 79).

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