Specifications

FASTER Engineering Model

Visualization layout was fixed and a poor screen resolution was used. During flight

operations this screen configuration showed its limitation because of the reduced

visibility due to the selected color palette. Characters were barely readable too and the

distance from the next waypoint shown between the ground speed indication and the

flight height was misleading.

So an updated version of the guidance tunnel was built, taking into account also

changes made to the Simulink model described in Section 6.5.6. Screen resolution has

been increased, obtaining more readable fonts; image contrast is better and

notwithstanding the brightness reduction, due the touch screen layer applied on the LCD

screen, the new colour palette makes the guidance tunnel more distinguishable.

Waypoint‟s distance has been deleted and the course indication (true heading) added.

Now the layout is more similar to those provided by a modern aircraft Primary Flight

Display showing attitude, speed, altitude and heading information. Altitude (ft) is on the

left side while speed (



, km/h) on the right. Other indications can be enabled before

takeoff; options available are vertical speed and roll angle.

Figure 81: Guidance tunnel updated version