Inertlal Reference System (IRS) Mode Selector

OFF

  • Alignment is lost
  • All electrical power is removed from the system after a 30 second shutdown cycle.

ALIGN

  • Rotating the selector from OFF to ALIGN initiates the alignment cycle
  • Rotating the selector from NAV to ALIGN automatically updates alignment and zeroes ground speed error.

NAV (detented position) 

  • System enters the NAV mode after completion of the alignment cycle and entry of present position
  • In NAV mode, all IRS information is available to airplane systems for normal operations.

ATT

  • Provides only attitude and heading information:
  • Attitude information is invalid (attitude flag in view) until ALIGN Light is extinguished
  • Heading information is invalid (heading flags in view) until the actual magnetic heading is manually entered and the

ALIGN Light is extinguished

  • Position and ground speed information is not available until the IRS is aligned on the ground
  • The selector must be cycled to OFF before reselecting ALIGN or NAV.

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