What is the flight director?
It displays pitch and roll command bars. Fly the aircraft to centre them.
- It does not control the aircraft by itself
- Modes mirror those of the autopilot
- Errors appear as bar displacement
DGCA Technical General · 21 questions
Flight Director: DGCA Technical General Questions and Answers
21 practice questions on Flight Director with answers and explanations, plus the key concepts and formulas, from the TrueHeading question bank.
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Use this page to revise Flight Director for the DGCA Technical General paper. Below are the key ideas first, then 6 practice questions with answers and explanations, picked from the 21 questions in the TrueHeading bank for this topic.
In short: It displays pitch and roll command bars. Fly the aircraft to centre them.
Open the full set in the student zone to answer every question, track your accuracy and take timed mock tests.
Key concepts: Flight Director
2 ideas to know cold.
What does the flight director do?
Computes the pitch and roll attitude needed to achieve the selected mode and displays command bars.
- Can be used manually or coupled to the autopilot
- Fed by attitude, nav and ADC data
Practice questions: Flight Director
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Q1The flight director provides:
- radio tuning
- command bars on the attitude indicator showing the attitude required
- engine commands
- fuel data
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Answer: B. command bars on the attitude indicator showing the attitude required
The pilot follows the bars manually or monitors the autopilot.
Q2The pilot follows the flight director by:
- ignoring the bars
- using the radio
- placing the aircraft symbol on the command bars
- placing the bars on the horizon
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Answer: C. placing the aircraft symbol on the command bars
The needle/bars are centred.
Q3The flight director can be used:
- only below 1 000 ft
- only with the autopilot
- with or without the autopilot engaged
- only on the ground
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Answer: C. with or without the autopilot engaged
It is an independent guidance display.
Q4The V-bar (cross-pointer) flight director shows commands in:
- heading
- yaw and roll
- pitch and roll
- speed
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Answer: C. pitch and roll
The cross pointer shows the pitch and roll commands.
Q5When the flight director is flying a LOC/GS approach, the command bars move to centre the:
- DME
- localiser and glideslope deviations
- NDB needles
- VOR needles
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Answer: B. localiser and glideslope deviations
They compute the attitude to intercept and track.
Q6The flight director computer receives inputs from:
- attitude, heading, navigation receivers and ADC
- crew oxygen
- passenger count
- the cabin pressure
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Answer: A. attitude, heading, navigation receivers and ADC
It computes the required attitude.
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