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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