Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com MIL-STD-1808B SYSTEM SUB-SYSTEM TITLE DEFINITION 22 AUTO FLIGHT The subsystem components that furnish a means of automatically controlling the flight of the aircraft. Includes units and components that control direction, heading, attitude, altitude, and speed. 00 GENERAL 10 AUTOPILOT The portion of the system that uses radio/radar beam, directional and vertical references, air data (pitot static), and manually induced inputs to automatically control the flight path of the airplane through adjustment of yaw, pitch, roll, or wing lift characteristics and provides visual cues for flight path guidance.
Includes power source devices, interlocking devices and amplifying, computing, integrating, controlling, actuating, indicating, and warning devices such as computers, servos, control panels, indicators, warning lights, etc. 20 SPEED-ATTITUDE CORRECTION The portion of the system that automatically maintains safe flight conditions by correcting for effects of speed and out-of-trim conditions by automatic trim, mach trim or speed stability, and mach feel. Includes sensing, computing, actuating, indicating, internal monitoring, and warning devices such as computers, servos, actuators, warning lights, etc.
30 AUTO THROTTLE The portion of the system that automatically controls the position of the throttles to properly manage engine power during all phases of flight and attitude. This includes engaging, sensing, computing, amplifying, controlling, actuating, and warning devices such as amplifiers, computers, servos, limit switches, clutches, gearboxes, warning lights, etc. 24