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=IFD : Integrated Flight Display=
=IFD : Integrated Flight Display=
The system assist a singel-pilot to manage a IFR operational flight. The design is clearly orientated to serve short ways to the needed information and handling the data as quick as possible. The goal is to relieve the pilot.
The system assist a single pilot to manage an IFR-operated flight. The design is clearly oriented to provide quick access to the requested information and to handle the data as quickly as possible. The goal is to relieve the pilot and reduce the pilot's workload.


==General==
==General==
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==Display==
==Display==
[[File:IFD Keys.png|400px|thumbnail|left|IFD Keys]]
[[File:IFD Keys.png|400px|thumbnail|left|IFD Keys]]
Each Display has 5 Page select Keys on the bottom. With these Keys the active Page can bee selected. On the active Page the current Key will navigate through the associated Tab's. On the Left and Right there are multi funktion Keys "Line Select Key"(LSK). Each Tab can serve a funktion on the LSK, if is active its indicated with a light on the Key(green at day, white at night). The display shows allthough a lable next to the LSK Key with the intended funktion Name. On the left and right bottom corners there are two bezel the intended funktion ist display in the corners left/right of the tab indication.
Each display has five page-select keys at the bottom. With these keys the active page can be selected. On the active page, the current key will navigate through the associated tabs. On the left- and right hand side, there are multi- function keys, so called "Line Select Key"(LSK). Each tab can serve a function on the LSK. If it is active it's indicated with a light on the key(green at day, white at night). The display shows also a label next to the LSK-key with the intended function name. On the left and right bottom corners, there are two bezels the intended function is displayed in the left/right corners of the tab indication.


* 1. Dimming knob for the display brightness {{key press|mouse left}}
* 1. Dimming knob for the display brightness {{key press|mouse left}}