Spokey Posted December 8, 2020 Share Nice workplace! Are those control sticks linked?Yes, the side sticks are linked....helps with the problems of the controls re the Air France Airbus off South America. Long Wheel Base, kosmonooit, BigDL and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted December 9, 2020 Share Yes, the side sticks are linked....helps with the problems of the controls re the Air France Airbus off South America. Yes, that's what I was thinking about - an Airbus trait, although the A220 has them linked (Bombardier origins) Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Wheel Base Posted December 9, 2020 Share Pretty excited, my new office. Boss is keeping us on for his new aerie. Hitting the books now!F371D674-128E-41FA-925F-C71B4EC177DC.jpeg6298AE9D-D6F8-4731-87AA-F13472068ACE.jpeg4BD80782-C9EA-42CE-954A-1249FE9593E6.jpegLekker man. Interesting spot for the RAT. Have you ever used one in flight? I have done plenty testing of them in the hanger, bliksem they noisy. Wondering if they as noisy in the air?BTW, what aircraft is it? BigDL and Bonus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted December 9, 2020 Share Lekker man. Interesting spot for the RAT. Have you ever used one in flight? I have done plenty testing of them in the hanger, bliksem they noisy. Wondering if they as noisy in the air?BTW, what aircraft is it? Saw a documentary about them once. Produce a fair bit of power in the case of an emergency. Long Wheel Base and BigDL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Wheel Base Posted December 9, 2020 Share Saw a documentary about them once. Produce a fair bit of power in the case of an emergency.You should see the cage we put around it when testing. Serious hydraulic pressure and RPM going on there. SwissVan, Bonus and BigDL 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted December 9, 2020 Share You should see the cage we put around it when testing. Serious hydraulic pressure and RPM going on there.How do u spin them up in the hanger and to what kind of rpm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spokey Posted December 9, 2020 Share Lekker man. Interesting spot for the RAT. Have you ever used one in flight? I have done plenty testing of them in the hanger, bliksem they noisy. Wondering if they as noisy in the air?BTW, what aircraft is it?The new type is the Global 7500.Yes, I have done air tests of the RAT in both our old Global Express and our Challenger. It is very very noisy in flight. It is quite and involved check list to run through. It powers the AC Essential Bus which in turn powers the Essential TRU 1 thereby powering the Essential DC Bus. It also powers the Hydraulic System 3 B pump. So you lose much info on the cockpit display screens as you are reduced to essentials. Makes the air test a lot of work as the parameters must all be recorded too. Long Wheel Base and BigDL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spokey Posted December 9, 2020 Share Yes, that's what I was thinking about - an Airbus trait, although the A220 has them linked (Bombardier origins)Yes true that. As far as I remember from viewing the real demonstrator in Sardinia last year, the Capt side can directly over power the controls of the Co Pilot side but the Co Pilot needs to hit a switch on the right side stick in order to over power the left. Not that I have ever flown with anyone who I had to remove control from while they were pilot flying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warthog Posted December 9, 2020 Share Any way I can find out who owns a plane if I have the ZS number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted December 10, 2020 Share Pretty excited, my new office. Boss is keeping us on for his new aerie. Hitting the books now!F371D674-128E-41FA-925F-C71B4EC177DC.jpeg6298AE9D-D6F8-4731-87AA-F13472068ACE.jpeg4BD80782-C9EA-42CE-954A-1249FE9593E6.jpegCongratulations, hope you and the boss many years of travels. Spokey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted December 10, 2020 Share Any way I can find out who owns a plane if I have the ZS number?Have a look on the South African civil aviation authority web site under the information for the industry tab (top of the homepage) http://www.caa.co.za/Pages/Default.aspx# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Wheel Base Posted December 10, 2020 Share How do u spin them up in the hanger and to what kind of rpm?We use a big hydraulic rig, I don't have pictures so you'll have to excuse the screen grabs but it looks pretty much the same as these.I wasn't sure of the speed so quickly checked in the Airbus manual. Here is the speed/torque graph from the A330 manual. Spokey, SwissVan and mazambaan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warthog Posted December 11, 2020 Share Have a look on the South African civil aviation authority web site under the information for the industry tab (top of the homepage) http://www.caa.co.za/Pages/Default.aspx#Thank you Swiss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spokey Posted December 13, 2020 Share Yes, the side sticks are linked....helps with the problems of the controls re the Air France Airbus off South America. Righty Oh......sorry chaps, I was the provider of false information! Just studying the Flight Controls in FCOM2 now. (Flight Crew Operating Manual)For interest for the folks not aware of the terms, the REUs are Remote Electronic Units- receive input from the PFCCs and deliver signal to hydraulic PCUs (power control units) to move the control surface.PFCCs are Primary Flight Control ComputersAFCU is Alternate Flight Control Unit. Long Wheel Base, SwissVan and BigDL 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted December 13, 2020 Share Thank you Swiss.Hope you came right, unfortunately most planes are listed as belong to companies and it’s not easy to find out “who” really owns it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capediver Posted December 13, 2020 Share My kinda flying...! Warthog whisperer, Long Wheel Base, TheoG and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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