CFI Instrument Practical Test Standards, FAA-S-8081-9B, June 2001

II. Technical Subject Areas

A. Aircraft Flight Instruments and Navigation Equipment

1. Flight instrument systems and their operating characteristics
   
   
   a. Pitot-static system
   b. Attitude indicator (attitude instrument, AI, artificial horizon, gyro horizon)
   c. Heading indicator/horizontal situation indicator/remote magnetic indicator
   d. Magnetic compass
   e. Turn-and-slip indicator/turn coordinator
   
   
   
2. Navigation equipment and their operating characteristics
   
   
   a. VHF omnirange (VOR)
   b. Distance measuring equipment (DME)
   c. Instrument landing system (ILS)
   d. Marker beacon receiver/indicators
   e. Automatic direction finder (ADF)
   f. Global positioning system (GPS)
   
   
   
3. Antiice/deicing and weather detection equipment and their operating characterisitics
   
   
   a. Airframe
   b. Propeller or rotor
   c. Air intake
   d. Fuel system
   e. Pitot-static system
   f. Radar/lightning detection system
   

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