Embraer EMB145, Operation Manual

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FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
AIRPLANE
OPERATIONS
MANUAL
2-17-30
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01 REVISION 38
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4 - ELAPSED TIME AND CHRONOMETER INDICATOR
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Displays elapsed time (ET), which corresponds to the flight time
(from 0 to 99 hours and 59 minutes). Elapsed time reading
starts only when the airplane takes off and can only be reset to
zero when the airplane is on the ground.
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Displays chronometer minutes from 0 to 99. When CHR is used,
accumulated elapsed time is not affected.
5 - ELAPSED TIME BUTTON
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Successive pressings supply the following:
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On ground: Displays ET.
Resets ET to zero.
Displays chronometer minutes.
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In flight: Displays ET.
Displays chronometer minutes.
6 - MULTIPLE SELECTOR
SET - Allows time setting. When in the SET position,
successive pressings of the ET button causes the
selector to cycle between GMT minutes, GMT hours,
LOC minutes, LOC hours, days, months, and years
(with power up, the year is pre-selected to 90). Once the
function is selected (it flashes on and off), the CHR
button may be used to increment the selected digit at a
rate of one unit every half second (continuous pressing)
or manually, step by step.
GMT - Selects Greenwich Mean Time to be displayed on the
associated indicator.
LOC - Selects the local time to be displayed on the associated
indicator.
DATE - Selects the date to be displayed on the associated
indicator.
FLT NR - Selects the FLIGHT NUMBER to be displayed on the
associated indicator.
- To set the flight number, proceed as follows:
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With the selector in the FLT NR position, repeatedly
press the ET button to select the digit to be set in the
following order: thousands, hundreds, tenths, and units.
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Press the CHR button to increment the selected digit at
a rate of one unit per half second or manually, step by
step.