FAQ: What Does Hsi Stand For Aviation?

What is the difference between HSI and CDI?

A standalone CDI (Course Deviation Indicator) is an instrument that shows your deviation from a VOR radial that is selected using the OBS (Omnibearing Selector) knob located on the instrument itself. An HSI (Horizontal Situation Indicator) is an entirely separate instrument that combines a CDI and a heading indicator.

How do you read HSI indicator?

In the HSI instrument, the TO/FROM indicator (yellow triangle) always points toward the VOR direction. The course radial indicator (black arrow) represents the radial direction from the VOR. The course deviation bar (red) is located exactly in function of the aircraft heading.

What information does the HSI provide?

The Horizontal Situation Indicator ( HSI ) is the panel mounted cockpit indicator that provides a comprehensive display including usually at least heading, course, and glide scope. The heading indicator of the HSI is a remote indicating compass that gets its information from a remote slaving transmitter.

What is a slaved HSI?

The ST-180 Horizontal Situation Indicator ( HSI ) system combines a magnetically slaved gyroscopic compass with a VOR/Localizer and glideslope display. The resulting instrument display provides the pilot with a pictorial of the aircraft position and heading relative to the selected VOR/GPS or Localizer course.

What makes an HSI easier?

By switching the HSI to GPS mode, the course needle and CDI indicate position relative to the GPS course. Any way you look at it, if you’re navigating by GPS, VOR, or making an ILS approach, an HSI makes the job easier, and that should mean a safer flight.

What is the difference between a standard VOR and HSI?

On a conventional VOR indicator, left–right and to–from must be interpreted in the context of the selected course. When an HSI is tuned to a VOR station, left and right always mean left and right and TO/FROM is indicated by a simple triangular arrowhead pointing to the VOR.

How do you fly with HSI?

With the HSI display, the pilot flies the aircraft towards the steering bar until the steering bar moves to the course selector. At that point you’re on the radial, so you turn the aircraft to the desired course. In a no-wind situation, this would be 330°.

What is the purpose of HSI?

HSI’s mission is to investigate, disrupt and dismantle terrorist, transnational and other criminal organizations that threaten or seek to exploit the customs and immigration laws of the United States.

What HSI means?

Homeland Security Investigations (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) HSI.

How does a VOR work?

A VOR ground station uses a phased antenna array to send a highly directional signal that rotates clockwise horizontally (as seen from above) 30 times a second. It also sends a 30 Hz reference signal on a subcarrier timed to be in phase with the directional antenna as the latter passes magnetic north.

How does a CDI work aviation?

A course deviation indicator ( CDI ) is an avionics instrument used in aircraft navigation to determine an aircraft’s lateral position in relation to a course to or from a radio navigation beacon. If the location of the aircraft is to the left of this course, the needle deflects to the right, and vice versa.

How do I read a CDI file?

In the CDI instrument, the radial indicator is a needle which is clearly visible on the top of the instrument.

1. If the location of the aircraft is to the left off course, the needle deflects to the right.
2. If the location of the aircraft is to the right off course, the needle deflects to the left.

What is Ehsi in aviation?

Electronic Horizontal Situation Indicators ( EHSI ) Its primary purpose is to display as much useful navigational information as possible. In conjunction with a flight management computer and a display controller, an EHSI can display information in PLAN, MAP, VOR, and ILS modes.