Fcs-700, Autopilot Flight Director System Options

[stuarthwyman]

I would like to know the opinions of some pilots about this system:

"The FCS-700 is a fully digital, fail operational autopilot flight director system. The system, part of the Boeing 757 and 767 flight control system, performs tasks associated with control wheel steering, flight director commands, speed selection, altitude selection, heading selection, autopilot, autoland, and system fault isolation. Utilizing the new FCC-703, system upgrades are much easier and less expensive due to the incorporation of dataload capability via either front connector or rear connector. The FCC-703 replaces the FCC-702, Collins part number 622-8787-106, and FCC-701, Collins part number 622-4591-512.

The FCS-700 has been selected as the standard autopilot flight director system for the Boeing 767 and 757 aircraft.

The FCS-700 autopilot flight director system consists of the following equipment types. Alternate statuses of these equipments may be required in specific aircraft installations. Consult the equipment descriptions in this section and your local Collins representative.

http://www.rockwellcollins.com/ecat/at/FCS...smenu=105"

Thanks!

[stuarthwyman]

...and this:

The QRS11 is a MEMS technology, solid-state "gyro on a chip." This DC input/high-level DC output device is fully self contained, extremely small and lightweight. Since the inertial sensing element is comprised of just one micromachined piece of crystalline quartz (no moving parts), it has a virtually "unlimited" life. The Model QRS11 is a mature product in volume production. It is fully qualified for use on numerous advanced aircraft, missile, and space systems.

http://www.systron.com/pro_QRS11.asp

Edit:

In
all other cases, the QRS-11 Micromachined Angular Rate Sensors,
including the QRS11-00100-100/101 sensors, are subject to the
licensing
jurisdiction of the Department of State, Directorate of Defense
Trade
Controls.
When exported solely for integration into a foreign-made
CSIS, the
QRS11-00100-100/101 is subject to Regional Stability controls
under RS
Column 1 in Part 738 of the EAR, requiring a license for export
to all
destinations except Canada. A CSIS integrating the sensor or an
aircraft incorporating such a CSIS are subject to Anti-Terrorism
controls under AT Column 1.

http://chaos.fedworld.gov/bxa/whatsnew.cgi/angularrates.asc

This post has been edited by stuarthwyman: Jan 31 2008, 09:55 AM

[amazed!]

What's the question? It's a Collins autopilot.

[stuarthwyman]

I would like to know specially if this autopilot con be remotly controlled, like "home run"...

...are there, some normal functions known about remote control, in the fcs-700?

Is the transponder "cut" (...or bypassed) in the process of remote control?

[amazed!]

I'm no expert on the system, but remote controlled aircraft have been in the US Military inventory and capability for 50 years or more. I don't know, but I'm sure the Collins unit would be compatible with remote control technology.

As far as the aircraft that hit the towers go, it's very possible that whatever aircraft hit those towers were specially equipped to do just that. Whether they had that particular Collins autopilot, or not, is fairly well irrelevant. My bet is that they were dedicated drones, modified just for the mission.

[stuarthwyman]

...there's some relations!

"Personally, I'm still skeptical of my safety flying in areas where there might be UAVs flying around. Just the other day I was flying around and experienced an alternator failure. Since an alternator failure leads to an electical failure once the battery runs dry the transponder in the plane no longer works. The transponder sends out a signal so radar facilities and other radar equipped aircraft would not have been able to notice me."

http://www.livingroom.org.au/uavblog/archi...e_and_avoid.php