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Flight Controls

Ella Davies A320 TYPE PILOT English 122 cards

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  1. 1What computers are involved in the Flight control and how many of each are there?x2 ELACs
    X3 SECs
    X2 FACs
  2. 2What is the relationship between the P1 and P2 Rudder pedals?They are interconnected mechanically
  3. 3What Flight computers remain operational in the emergency electrical configuration?ELAC 1
    SEC 1
    FAC 1
  4. 4what becomes inop during batteries only configELAC 1, SEC 1 and FAC 1
  5. 5ELACElevator Aileron Computers
  6. 6What does the ELAC control?The Ailerons
    Primary - Elevators and THS
  7. 7What does THS stand forTrimmable Horiziontal Stabiliser
  8. 8Briefly describe what the ELAC doesSends spoiler and rudder movement
    Sends info to FACs and SECs
  9. 9What is the ECAM indication for a failed ELAC?Amber half box around the failed elac
    elac remains white?
  10. 10In normal conditions how many ELACs are functioning2
  11. 11what law is the aircraft in if both ELACs failAlternate law
  12. 12What system is INOP if ELACs 1 and 2 fail?The ailerons
  13. 13What usually drives the THSThe active mode ELAC drives one of 3 electric motors
  14. 14What happens to the flight controls controlled by the ELACs when one failsnothing the other auto takes over
  15. 15What happens to the flight controls when both of the ELACs fail?THS now actuated by motor no 2 or no 3
    SEC 1 or SEC 2 takes over elevator control
  16. 16What does ELAC 1 control?The ailerons
  17. 17What does ELAC 2 control?The ELEVATOR and THS
  18. 18Which HYD system feeds the RHS elevatorY + B
  19. 19Which HYD system feeds the LHS elevatorG + B
  20. 20what is the max elevator deflection up?30 NU
  21. 21what is the max elevator deflection DWN?17 ND
  22. 22How many modes are associated with the Elevator servoactuators? What are they?3
    ACTIVE
    DAMPING
    CENTERING
  23. 23describe the relationship between ACTIVE and DAMPING Mode?two servos feed each side
    one is in ACTIVE and the other is in DAMPING.
  24. 24What is happening in damping mode?The servo is just following surface movement of the active servoactuator
  25. 25If there are 2 electric fails on the SERVOs on the one side of elevator what happens?They revert to CENTERING MODE and align the elevator with the THS
  26. 26If there are 2 hydraulic fails on the SERVOs on the one side of elevator what happens?they both go into DAMPING mode
  27. 27what is the manual elevator control?There isn't any - only the THS for pitch control
  28. 28When do the ECAM indications turn amber in relation to the elevators?Both HYD systems cannot provide pressure
  29. 29What does amber XXX in regards to the Elevators indicate?Position of the elevators is unknown
  30. 30What drives the THSa servojack with x2 Hyd motors
  31. 31What hyd systems pressurise the THS?Yellow and Green
  32. 32When is manual trim required?In normal law
  33. 33What is the purpose of the THS?To provide backup Pitch control
  34. 34How are the x2 hyd motors attached to the screwjack powering the THS powered?by one of the 3 electric motors
    OR
    2 hyd motors driven by the mechanic trim wheel
  35. 35When is the pitch trim autoset to 05 seconds are after landing
  36. 36When does the pitch trim indications on the ECAM change?They go amber when there is a pitch jam
  37. 37what does the green band indicate on the THSTO range
  38. 38When do the ECAM numbers for the THS go amber?If low pressure in both G + Y hyd systems
  39. 39What happens if both G + Y hydraulic systems are lost in relation to the THSCannot be trimmed in Auto or Manual
  40. 40What is the manual THS deflection NU?13.5 NU
  41. 41What is the manual THS deflection ND?4 ND
  42. 42What does SEC stand for?Spoiler Elevator Computers
  43. 43How many SECs are there and how many are active at one time?3 SECS all active
  44. 44What does SEC 1 control?Sp 3 + 4
  45. 45what does SEC2 control?spoiler 5
  46. 46What does SEC 3 controlSpoiler 1 and 2
  47. 47What is the ECAM indication when a SEC failsamber half box around failed SEC
  48. 48What systems are lost if all SECs fail?Spd brakes + Spoilers inop
    No elev back up for pitch control
  49. 49What law do we enter if all 3 SECs failALT
  50. 50What does FAC stand for?Flight Aumentation Computers
  51. 51What are the FACs used forElectrical rudder control
  52. 52How many FACs are there and when are they active2 FACs
    x1 active x1 backup
  53. 53Where are the FACs displayed on the ECAMnot on the flight control page
  54. 54What are the FACs responsible forRudder Control
    Turn coordination
    yaw damping
    rudder limiting
    Rudder trim
  55. 55What systems are lostyaw damping
    rudder limiting
    rudder trim
    Both AP are lost
    ALTERNATE LAW
  56. 56what happens if you move the sidesticks in opposite waysthe inputs cancel each other out
  57. 57how do you engage the priority logicpress and hold a takeover button
  58. 58how long must the priority button be held to permanently gain priority40 seconds
  59. 59what do the green letters on the ECAM show?which servos are being powered by which hyd system
  60. 60what do the amber letters on the ECAM show?that the respective hydraulic system powering the hydro servo has a malfunction
  61. 61how many spoilers and ailerons are on each wingone aileron and 4 spoilers
  62. 62how are the ailerons controlledone servojack per spoiler
  63. 63what happens if there is a loss of electrical control to the spoilersauto to 0
  64. 64what happens if there is a loss of hydraulic control to the spoilersspoilers retain their position and might droop due to aerodynamic force
  65. 65what hydraulic systems power the aileronsgreen and blue hydraulic servos
  66. 66how many servos power an aileron at one timeone servo a time
    one active one damping mode
  67. 67when do both aileron servos go into damping modeboth ELACs fail
    B + G hyd systems fail
  68. 68how much do the ailerons droop by when the flaps are extended5 degrees
  69. 69which spoilers are used for redundancys2 - 5 spoilers
  70. 70what does the = sign on the aileron deflections F/CTL page indicate ?neutral aileron deflection
  71. 71what does the box below the = sign on the aileron deflections F/CTL page indicate ?neutral aileron position with flaps extended - droop effect
  72. 72what happens to the spoilers when there is a failure in flightthey match the positions to prevent asymmetry - in hyd failure they stay where they are
  73. 73what is the max aileron deflection?25 degrees
  74. 74what is the max spoiler deflection35 degrees
  75. 75how many servo actuators operate the rudder and what hyd systems are usedx3
    each one a different hyd system and they operate in parallel
  76. 76in normal modes which hyd system drives the movementgreen system
    yellow servo actuator is synchronised
  77. 77what happens if the green hydraulic system fails in regards to the rudderthe yellow servo actuator automatically takes over
  78. 78what happens to rudder control if dual FAC failuremanually coontrol the rudder - needs a minimum x1 hydraulic system
  79. 79when do the rudder indications on the ECAM go amberwhen all hydraulic systems are lost
  80. 80how many YD are there2
  81. 81How are the YD controlled (and electrical trim) and with which hyd systemsFAC1 - YD 1 - GREEN
    FAC 2 - YD 2 - YELLOW
  82. 82what happens if one of the hyd systems supplying the YD failsthe other can operate the entire system
  83. 83how do you reset the electric trim to 0by pressing the rudder trim pb
  84. 84when electrically trimming the rudder do the rudder pedals movethey move to artificially
  85. 85what happens if both FACs failauto and manual trim is lost
  86. 86what happens to the rudder electrical system when the speed increasesthe rudder travel is limited
  87. 87how is the rudder limiting function indicatedon the inner band of the rudder part of the FLT/CNT ECAM Page
  88. 88if both FACs fail what happens in relation to the ECAMambers xxx indicate there is no data on where the rudder is
  89. 89if both FACs fail what happens in relation to the rudder limitersthey freeze at the position they were at but come back to full authority when the slats go out
  90. 90describe the relationship between the Rudder pedals and Rudder deflectionrudder pedal max deflection is reached before max rudder deflection
  91. 91what spoilers are used in flight2 3 and 4
  92. 92what is the max deflection of spoilers 3 + 4 in manual40 degrees
  93. 93what is the max deflection of spoiler 2 in manual20 degress
  94. 94what is the max deflection of spoiler 2 with AP in12.5 degrees
  95. 95what is the max deflection of spoilers 3 +4 with AP in25 degrees
  96. 96what spoilers are used for ground spoilersall spoilers - 5 each wing
  97. 97in regards to the SB when do you get an amber memowhen the SB are out and power is above idle
  98. 98with the AP in by how much are the speedbrakes limitedto 1/2
  99. 99what flap configurations can the SB be used inSB - 1 -3
    Inhibtied at Full
  100. 100when do the SB auto retract (4)A prot active
    Above MCT - TOGA applied
    SEC 1 + 3 faulty
    A Floor Activated
  101. 101if manual SB on ground deploymentonly 1-4 deploy - not 5
  102. 102what happens to a deployed sb if the T/L are advanced just above Idleretracts the ground spoilers
  103. 103how many slats and flaps are on each wingX5 LE slats
    X2 TE flaps
  104. 104What controls the Slats and Flapsthe SFCC
  105. 105What does FSCC stand forFlaps slats control computer
  106. 106How many SFCC are there2
  107. 107Describe the operation of the SFCCeach SFCC has one Flap channel and one Slat channel. it sends data to the PCU which controls the hydraulic motors
  108. 108what does the APPU do in regard to flaps and slats?measures asymmetry
  109. 109what happens if one SFCC failsthe other can also run the off side flaps and slats but will do them all at half speed
  110. 110what happens to slats/flaps if y + b failslats or flaps will operate at half speed
  111. 111what happens to slats/flap is g failthey both operate at half speed
  112. 112What does WTP indicatewing tip brakes
  113. 113describe the operation of the WTBthey activate in the case of uncommanded movement of the surfaces, they cannot be released in flight and use b + g for slats and rh flaps and b + y for the left wing flaps
  114. 114what happens if one hyd system is inoperativethe corresponding surfaces operate at half speed
  115. 115when in config 1 + f what happens when the ac reaches ias 210ktsthe flaps auto retract
  116. 116when in config flaps 1 what happens at 100 ktsthe flaps auto deploy to 10 degrees
  117. 117what is alpha lock/ speed lockinhibits slat retraction if AoA is high - above 8.5 degrees or IAS is too low - below 148 kts
  118. 118what does config 1 meanSlats extended
  119. 119what does 1 + F meanslats and flaps
  120. 120what does f 1 meanflaps at 0 , slats deployed
  121. 121when will you get SB full extension when armed/not retractedboth main LG down
    +
    Both tl below idle/One below MCT and other in rev
  122. 122When will you get full SB reversion when not armed but retractedBoth Main LG on ground
    +
    Rev on 1 engine and other in MCT

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PILOT A320 TYPE Flashcards on Flight Controls, created by Ella Davies on 11/10/2023.
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