Flight with Partial Panel

T-45C TS & ADV BIFP-09

Instrument Failures

Substituting the standby AI for the ADI display will require you to change your normal

scan pattern. Be careful not to fixate on the standby AI because of its unfamiliar

location and the resulting change in your scan pattern.

You may find it more difficult to exercise fine aircraft control because of the standby AI’s

smaller (2-inch) size. It will move a smaller distance for a given control input even

though the actual attitude indications are the same. Unlike the MFD display, the

standby AI provides only nose and wing attitude information.

COMMON ERROR: Be careful not to overcontrol the aircraft. The small size and

different location of the standby AI may cause you to rely more on the performance

instruments than you would under full panel conditions, so you may tend to “chase” your

remaining performance instruments.

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