Elite iGATE G500 Series, Operator'S Handbook Manual

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IMMEDIATE FAILURE
To invoke an immediate failure, enter the SAME values (minutes) in
each window that correspond to the current Ref. (reference) Failure
Time displayed at the lower-left. If for example the Ref. Failure Time
displayed is 07 (7 minutes), enter 07 in BOTH “Between” windows
next to the desired ARMed failure. An easier way to invoke an im-
mediate failure is to leave both “Between” values at 00 and simply
RESET the Ref. Failure Time by pressing the RESET button next to
the Ref. Failure Time display window. Keep in mind though that all
failure time window intervals use the Ref. Failure Time and as such
will be affected.
SPECIFIC TIME FAILURE
To invoke a failure at a specific (future) time, enter the SAME values
(minutes) in BOTH “Between” windows. If we had been flying for
fifteen minutes and wanted the Pitot Tube to freeze over with an ac-
cumulation of ice three minutes from now, we would simply enter 18
and 18 respectively in the “Between” column. When the Ref. Failure
Time reached 18 minutes, the Pitot Tube would freeze over and we
would observe a subsequent erroneous indication on the Airspeed
Indicator (a good time to turn ON Pitot heat).
Note that if a System failure is invoked its associated ARM button
will change to FAIL when that particular System actually fails. Af-
fected items within the failed system will be flagged for easy identi-
fication. The ARM buttons of these items will NOT change to FAIL.
If for example we FAILed the Static System, the ARM button under
“Static” would change to FAIL at the time of the failure and the VSI
(Vertical Speed Indicator), ALT (Altimeter), and ASI (Airspeed In-
dicator) labels respectively would change to or change in color.