Flight Controls Flashcards
ROLL CONTROL OPERATION IS ACHIEVED BY ACTUATING:
MECHANICALLY THE AILERONS AND HYDRAULICALLY THE SPOILERS
ROLL TRIM CONTROL IS PERFORMED USING:
ONLY LEFT AILERON TAB
SPLR LIGHTS ILLUMINATE TO INDICATE:
ASSOCIATED SPOILER IS NOT IN THE RETRACTED POSITION
SPOILERS START TO MOVE AFTER A GIVEN AILERON DEFLECTION (2.5°)
AT ALL SPEED
IF BOTH PITCH TRIM ROCKING SWITCHES ARE USED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN OPPOSITE
DIRECTION:
TRIM ACTION STOPS
DURING STANDBY PITCH TRIM CONTROL ACTUATION:
SIMULTANEOUS ACTION ON A NORMAL ROCKET SWITCH AND STANDBY SWITCH IS NOT
RECOMMENDED
IF ONE CONTROL COLUMN IS JAMMED:
PITCH UNCOUPLING PROCEDURE ALLOWS THE OTHER CHANNEL TO OPERATE ONE
ELEVATOR
IN THE YAW AXIS, PILOT INPUTS ACT DIRECTLY ON THE
RUDDER TAB AND THROUGH A SPRING ON THE RUDDER ITSELF
YAW SPRING TAB FUNCTION REDUCES PILOTS EFFORT:
AT ANY SPEED
THE YAW TRIM POSITION INDICATION SHOWS:
UNITS OF TRIM MOTOR DISPLACEMENT FROM NEUTRAL
AN AURAL WHOOLER ALERT IS GENERATED BY FWS IN CASE OF:
PITCH TRIM ROCKER USED FOR MORE THAN 1 SECOND
THE GUST LOCK SYSTEM ACTS ON:
ROLL CONTROL AND PITCH CONTROL
STICK SHAKER ADVICE IS ACTIVATED BY:
TWO STICK SHAKER ACTUATORS, EACH ONE ATTACHED DIRECTLY ON F/O’S AND CAPT’S
CONTROL COLUMNS
WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN THE FLAP INDICATOR DISPLAYS A CYAN COLOUR?
FLAPS ARE EXTENDING OR RETRACTING
HOW IS FLAPS ASYMMETRY DETECTED?
FLAP ASYMMETRY OF MORE THAN 6.7° DURING FLAP ACTUATION, FLAP ASYMMETRY
AMBER MESSAGE ON EWD
