Which instrument should get most of your attention when flying on instruments?

attitude indicator
Of all the flight instruments on the panel, the prize for greatest importance goes to the attitude indicator. The heading indicator comes in a close second.

What is the instrument in the cockpit that shows the flight level?

altimeter
The altimeter shows the aircraft’s altitude above sea-level by measuring the difference between the pressure in a stack of aneroid capsules inside the altimeter and the atmospheric pressure obtained through the static system.

What are the instruments in a cockpit called?

In a round dial cockpit, the six-pack of gauges — attitude, airspeed indicator, altimeter, turn coordinator, heading indicator and vertical speed indicator — are the core flight instruments. Navigation is managed via enroute charts.

What is the most important flight instrument?

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• Compass or Direction finder.
• Altimeter.
• Airspeed.
• Artificial Horizon.

Can you fly without an attitude indicator?

No. Just the removal maintenance needs to be signed off and the inop indicator shown removed per 91.213. As long as you verified it’s not needed for flight you should be ready to go.

What are the primary and supporting pitch instruments for maintaining straight and level flight?

The heading indicator and the altimeter are the primary instruments for bank and pitch. In other words, they are the most useful ones to look at to accomplish straight-and-level flight.

Does attitude indicator use precession?

An attitude indicator is an invaluable tool that is used to reference an aircraft’s pitch and bank against an artificial horizon. However, it is prone to error – the two most common of which are power failures and precession errors.