flight computer
Aircraft navigation processor
A flight computer is an electronic system that processes navigation, guidance, and control data for aircraft or spacecraft.
In aviation, it calculates fuel consumption, wind correction, and optimal routes.
In spacecraft, flight computers manage everything from launch sequences to orbital maneuvers.
Before digital systems, pilots used mechanical flight computers—circular slide rules for calculating airspeed, fuel, and time-distance problems.
- avionicsAircraft electronic equipment
- autopilotAutomated vehicle guidance system
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- navigationDetermining position and course
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
airspeed · gyroscope · sensor · throttle · Boeing · Airbus · black box · instrument panel · heads up display · telemetry · air traffic control · guidance · attitude control · radar · GPS · pitch · yaw · roll
- rocketryrocket, rockets, rocket fuel, rocket engine, rocket engines
- flight automationautopilot
- military computersfire control, guidance system, ENIAC, Colossus, missile guidance
- spacecraft partsengine, thrusters, antenna array, thruster, fuel tank
- Flight Controlaltimeter, climb, descent, pitch control, throttle
- flight navigationheading, waypoint, course, bearing, GPS
flight computermanual control
Human-directed action
paper charts · dead reckoning · celestial navigation · magnetic compass · pilotage
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