Flight Warning System Flashcards
(31 cards)
FWS …
Flight Warning System
FWS is composed of …
- 2 MFC units
- 2 FWA located in bots CACs
- EWD
- 2 EFCP
- 2 MW (Master Warning) pushbuttons
- 2 MC (Master Caution) pushbuttons
- Emergency Audio Cancel Switch
- TO config TEST pb
- Left maintenance panel
- Loudspeakers
FWA …
Flight Warning Application
EWD …
Engine Warning Display
EFCP …
EFIS Control Panel
FWS performs the following …
- draws attention in case of an alert
- guides to the appropriate system by messages on the Crew Alerting Window
- checks the A/C TO configuration
- inhibits some alarms in TO (TO inhib)
- allows to carry out normal, abnormal, emergency procedures (checklists)
- protection for overspeed & stall
- stick pusher / shaker activation
FWS has a dedicated place on the …
Lower part of the EWD
FWS windows is composed of …
- Alerting window
- Procedure window
- Status and Memo area
How many messages can be displayed on the Alerting Window ?
18
The message flashes on the Alerting Window until …
Pressing the MW or MC
How do you know if there are more than 18 alerts on the Alerting Window ?
A down triangle appears on the left side of the Status and Memo area
The traingle from the left side of the Status and Memo area flashes if …
A new alert is detected
TO INHIB is displayed in the … color, in the … box of the Status and Memo area
- green / second
STATUS is displayed in the 3rd box of the Status and Memo area when …
an abnormal checklist has been completed
The last box of the Status and Memo area shows …
- countdown in amber
- agent requested in blue
TO CONFIG tests …
- PWR MG at TO
- AIL LOCK light off
- Trim green band
- Flaps 15 deg
- TLU LO SPD
CONFIG (red)
FLT CTL (amber)
for …
NO:
- AIL LOCK light off
- Trim green band
- Flaps 15 deg
- TLU LO SPD
CONFIG (red)
PWR MGT (amber)
for …
NO:
- PWR MG at TO
Alert Window is controlled through …
The PROC (Procedure) area of the left EFCP
If the Alert Window is full, you can move through pages by pressing the … button
RCL
There are … levels for alerts, and they are …
- 4
- Warning, cautions, advisories, information
TO INHIB is computed automatically by the …
FWA
TO INHIB deactivates at …
LDG retraction or by pressing RCL Pb
FWS inhibits MC and single chime for some secondary failures resulting from a primary one.
These are …
- ELEC DC GEN & AIR BLEED resulting from an engine shutdown
- ELEC ACW GEN when feathering a propeller
- ELEC ACW 1+2 when feathering both propellers
