Garmin Flight Deck 100 Marine Instruments User Manual


 
190-00728-04 Rev. A
Embraer Prodigy
®
Flight Deck 100 Pilot’s Guide
495
AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM
AFCS VOICE ALERTS
ThevoicealertslistedinTable7-7relatetotheAFCS;foracompletelistofvoicealerts,seeAppendixA.
Voice Alert Description
“Autopilot” Warning – Autopilot is disengaged
Single alert for manual AP disengagement
Continuous alert for automatic AP disengagement; cancelled with AP DISC Switch
“Flight Director” Single warning – Flight director has reverted to a default mode
“Trim, Trim, Trim” Continuous advisory (stops after 6 seconds) – MEPT Switch malfunction
“Thrust Thrust” CSC disengages abnormally
Table 7-7 AFCS Voice Alerts
OVERSPEED PROTECTION
WhilePitchHold,VerticalSpeed,FlightLevelChange,VerticalPathTracking,oranaltitudecapturemodeis
active, airspeed is monitored by the flight director and pitch commands are limited for overspeed protection.
Overspeedprotectionisprovidedinsituationswheretheightdirectorcannotacquireandmaintainthemode
referencefortheselectedverticalmodewithoutexceedingthecertiedmaximumautopilotairspeed.
Whenanautopilotoverspeedconditionoccurs,aashingyellow‘MAXSPD’annunciationappearsabovethe
AirspeedIndicatorandthevoicealert“HighSpeed”isgenerated.Enginepowershouldbereducedand/orthe
pitch reference adjusted to slow the aircraft. The annunciation disappears when the overspeed condition is
resolved.
Airspeed
Indicator
Figure 7-45 Overspeed Annunciation