LEARJET 75

MAINTENANCE MANUAL

AIR DATA SYSTEM - DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION

1. Description

A. The air data system supplies aircraft airspeed, air temperature, and altitude data for the primary flight-
displays, attitude and heading reference system, stall warning system, autopilot, transponders, spoile-
ron computer, cabin pressurization, digital electronic engine control (DEEC), landing gear warning
system, and flight management system. The air data system receives aircraft static and impact pres-
sure information from pitot-static pressure probes and raw air temperature from an outside tempera-
ture probe. With the raw data from the appropriate sensors, the air data computer (ADC) processes
data from the pitot/static system and total air temperature (TAT) probe.

B. The air data system consists of two ADCs, two pitot-static probes, one dual-element temperature
probe (TAT), and cockpit controls.
(1) The ADCs (A1 and A2) are behind display unit 1 (DU1) and display unit 2 (DU2).
(2) The pitot-static probes (MT7 and MT9) are attached on the left and right sides of the aircraft for-
ward of FS 162.
(3) The TAT probe (E6) is attached on the right side of the aircraft at FS 138.

C. The ADC gives pressure altitude, airspeed, vertical speed, and OAT information to the air data system.

D. The pitot-static probes are shaped to give aerodynamic error corrections throughout the flight enve-
lope and have heating elements to prevent moisture from freezing on and blocking the heads. The left
pitot pressure is connected to ADC 1 and the right pitot pressure is connected to ADC 2. The static
ports from both probes are cross-plumbed and supply both ADCs. Source data is interconnected
through the integrated avionics units.

E. The TAT probe gives outside air temperature to ADC 1 and ADC 2.

2. Operation

A. Power is supplied to each ADC through circuit breakers on the pilot and copilot circuit breaker panels.
The ADC 1 circuit breaker is powered by the left essential bus and the ADC 2 circuit breaker is pow-
ered by the right essential bus.

B. Controls
(1) Selection of the air data source is controlled via display softkeys on the DUs in reversionary and
normal mode.
(2) Barometric pressure correction can be enabled or reset to a reference value for each ADC with the
labeled push-button STD on the associated remote controller. When the barometric correction is
reset, the reference pressure is set to 29.92 inches of mercury (1013 hPa). When the barometric
correction is enabled, the given range is 22.0-32.0 inches of mercury (745-1083 hPa).
(3) Each ADC receives the selected barometric correction through a rotary knob labeled BARO on the
associated remote controller. If you turn this control clockwise, the barometric reference pressure
increases. If you turn this control counterclockwise, the barometric reference pressure decreases.
The barometric reference pressure is displayed on each DU.
(4) The barometric correction reference value on each DU can be displayed in either inches of mer-
cury or hPa via the DU PFD Settings softkey.
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C. Air data is displayed on the EFIS system as follows: vertical speed is shown on the vertical speed tape,
temperature is shown on the OAT, ISA, and SAT windows, airspeed and Mach number are shown on
the airspeed tape, altitude is shown on the altitude tape, barometric correction is shown on the BARO
Setting window, and airspeed is shown on the TAS window.

D. The ADC uses sensor static pressure, sensor total pressure, sensor temperature, aircraft discretes,
and barometric correction data to give information in ARINC 429 format through the integrated avion-
ics and engine and airframe unit interfaces as follows:
(1) Impact pressure (uncorrected)
(2) Corrected static pressure
(3) Computed airspeed (corrected and uncorrected)
(4) Altitude
(5) Mach
(6) Outside/static air temperature
(7) Total air temperature
(8) Density altitude
(9) True airspeed
(10) Total pressure
(11) Vertical speed

E. Aircraft Interfaces
(1) The ADCs give pneumatic connections for pitot and static pressure from the pitot-static probes.
(2) The ADCs get air temperature data from the air temperature probe, compensating for wiring resis-
tance, Mach recovery factor, and probe self-heating errors.
(3) The ADCs get static air pressure and pitot pressure from the pitot-static probes.
(4) Each ADC gives one RS-232 bus interface to the avionics test connectors for ground testing and
analysis. The test connectors are attached to the center pedestal.
(5) Each ADC accepts the following input discretes:
(a) Unit Identification - Specifies aircraft type and configuration during all modes of operation.
(b) TAT Probe Heat - Used to indicate to each ADC when TAT probe anti-icing heat is selected.

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P9 A1
PILOT CB PANEL ADC 1
24-60-01 34-17-01

ADC 1 28 VDC

A15
GROUND AHRS NO. 1
34-26-01

ARINC 429 OUTPUT ARINC 429 INPUT

A9
INT AVIONICS
UNIT NO. 1
31-41-01
SIGNAL GROUND SIGNAL GROUND
ARINC 429 INPUT ARINC 429 OUTPUT
RS-232 OUTPUT RS-232 INPUT
RS-232 INPUT RS-232 OUTPUT

A10
INT AVIONICS
UNIT NO. 2
31-41-01

ARINC 429 INPUT ARINC 429 OUTPUT M19

DU NO. 1
31-60-01
ARINC 429 INPUT
A19
SPOILERON
COMPUTER M20
27-60-02 DU NO. 2
31-60-01
ARINC 429 INPUT
ARINC 429 OUTPUT ARINC 429 INPUT

LH PITOT TUBE
34-11-02

IMPACT PRESSURE IMPACT PRESSURE

SENSOR
E6
TAT PROBE
34-17-02

TEMP PROBE TEMP PROBE

RH STATIC PORT
34-11-02
STATIC PRESSURE
STATIC PRESSURE
SENSOR

LH STATIC PORT
34-11-02

STATIC PRESSURE STATIC PRESSURE

SENSOR

M75-341700-001-01
Air Data System Block Diagram
Figure 1 (Sheet 1 of 2)

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P9 A2
COPILOT CB ADC 2
PANEL 34-17-01
24-60-01
ADC 2 28 VDC

A16
GROUND
AHRS NO. 2
34-26-01

ARINC 429 OUTPUT ARINC 429 INPUT

A9
INT AVIONICS
UNIT NO. 1
31-41-01
SIGNAL GROUND SIGNAL GROUND
ARINC 429 INPUT ARINC 429 OUTPUT
RS-232 OUTPUT RS-232 INPUT
RS-232 INPUT RS-232 OUTPUT

A10
INT AVIONICS
UNIT NO. 2
31-41-01

ARINC 429 INPUT ARINC 429 OUTPUT M21

DU NO. 3
31-60-01
ARINC 429 OUTPUT ARINC 429 INPUT
A19
SPOILERON
COMPUTER
27-60-02

ARINC 429 INPUT

RH PITOT TUBE
34-11-02
IMPACT PRESSURE
IMPACT PRESSURE
SENSOR
E6
TAT PROBE
34-17-02

TEMP PROBE TEMP PROBE

LH STATIC PORT
34-11-02
STATIC PRESSURE
STATIC PRESSURE
SENSOR

RH STATIC PORT
34-11-02
STATIC PRESSURE
STATIC PRESSURE
SENSOR

M75-341700-001-02
Air Data System Block Diagram
Figure 1 (Sheet 2 of 2)

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