aircraft auxilary electrical systems Flashcards
exam
briefly explain the system of the colours used in the CWS
captions are red for important failure,
amber for cautionary failures and
green for advisory information
9 steps
explain how first line test is carried out on the CWS
- press test button
- checks all captions illumiminate
- check every filament is servicable
- ensure attention getters operate
- check cancel facility
- check audio warning operates
- check dimming switch
- release test button
- ensure all lights that should extinguish do
how is the pilot made aware of important aircraft system failures
red warning captions
accompanied by flashing attention getters
and an audio tone
list 5 different types of sensors used to detect system faults
pressure switch
micro switch
thermal switch
relay contacts
limit switch
firewire
describe the construction of the fire wire element
stainless steel tube surrounding an aluminium oxide sintered glass coating for the central electrode nickel chromium steel conductor
explain how the fire wire in No 1 engine is detected by the firewire and indicated to the pilot
a fire would cause the impedance of the fire wire to decrease,
this would increase the amplitude of the detector waveform relative to the reference waveform of the control unit,
causing a relay in the control unit to energised, sending a signal in the AMS
the AMS will cause a ENG BAY 1 FIRE caption to illuminate on the WCA and attention getters to flash on the MWL
the ENG 1 lamp and switch 1 lamp will also illuminate, and an audio tone will sound in pilots helmet
explain how the flotation circuits react when electrical power is applied and the MASS and flotation switches set to live and armed
power on causes flot armed relays to 1,2,3 and flot degrade relay to energise
PSU capacitors will charge up and green LEDs will illuminate
MASS and flot switches will allow man/auto operation of flot system
explain how the flot system is auto activated (even with the MASS set to safe)
the flot will activate when the PSU senses water for 2.5 secs
this will cause the flot bottles to be fired by the crossfire circuit and all flotation bags to be inflated
with the rear bags inflating 3 secs before fwd bags to prevent damage to fwd bags
explain the need for NVG lighting
used for tactical flying at night and to prevent pilots being blinded by internal lights
what is the difference between active and passive lights
active lights illuminate the legends on push buttons that show a change in status or selection
passive lights illuminate background labels, names and switches
explain how the pilots/co-pilots wipers can be operated in intermittent mode
fast
slow
w/s wipers switch set to both wiper rotary control switch selected to (intermittent, fast or slow) mode
wiper motor relays energise, contacts change over and feed AC power to w/s wiper motor
the ECU controls the speed of the wipers and intermittent setting
explain how ice and snow is detected by the ice and snow detection system (ISDS) and how the severity is displayed to the pilot
during iceing conditions air passes through the measuing head, forming ice on the bar
the rate at witch ice forms is measured by infra red sensors whose beam path becomes obstructed by ice forming
when an upper limit is reach, the bar is heated to melt off the ice and process is repeated
snow is detected using the same beams becoming temporarily obstructed
ice is indicated by the word ICE in yellow on the PFD
Yellow with box around the word ICE shows moderate build up
Red ICE with box shows severe icing
snow is shown in the same manner and if there is ice and snow together ICE/SNOW is indicated in the same boxes
using the diagram explain pitot anti icing system when pitot systems are switched on
the heater monitor units control the current flowing in each of the four heater circuits,
the heater elements have a positive temp coefficient and are self regulating
pitot anti icing when on the ground
the pitot strut heating is inhibited on the ground by the WOW relay which prevents possible overheating in still air
pitot anti ice when faults are detected and how are they displayed
the heater monitor units monitor the current flowing in each of the four heater circuits
if the current drops below pre-determined levels, failure signal are fed to the AMS
the fault is diplayed on the SMD WCA window
diagram
fully explain the operation of the undercarriage system and the indication from the time that the pilot selects undercarriage down and the aircraft landing
when the undercarriage control lever is selected down, the control valve down solenoid is energised and the hyds pressure is fed to remove the uplocks and lower the undercarriage
during transiton the red u/c indicators lights will illuminate
when the u/c is fully down and locked the down lock microswitch causes downlock relay contacts to change over to the lock position
green indicator light illuminate and hyds will be removed form the u/c system
when the aircraft is back on the ground, the WOW microswitch will change over and the u/c control solenoid will lock down
diagram
Expalin how the ECS keeps cockpit and cabin air temp controlled
master switch on ECS control panel selected on (auto pos) and the cockpit temp selected by the pilot using the temp control switch
the digital controller (14) controls the operation of the valves according to the pilots selection and inputs from temp sensors
the conditioned air from the cooling pack (7) is fed through the distribution ducting to the cockpit (12) the mission booth and rear cabin
hot air is mixed with the cool air by the temp control valve (8) according to the cockpit temp inlet and outlet sensors (10,11)
the temp selector is a manually controlled potentiometer, normally the setting will be within the AUTO selector and the cockpit temp will be kept at the selected datum
reversionary selection is available if a fault develops in the auto system allowing manual override
explain how the components purpose of the tail lock actuator and its indication flag
the tail lock actuator is used to lock and unlock the tail extension or extraction of the spade locks which extends into the tail lugs
extraction of the locks causes the ‘PIN OUT’ flag to show that spades are unlocked
explain the purpose of the tail fold actuator and its mechanical drive option and microswitch
tail fold actuator on the tail hinge is used to fold and spread the tail
a mechanical drive on the actuator body can be used in the event of an electrical failure
two microswitches (fitted on the upper part of the tail top hinge) are used to indicate to the FMU that the tail is fully folded or fully spread
briefly explain the ACSR
active control of structural response is a vibration reduction system
sensors are mounted at key locations on the airframe to monitor vibration and feed signals to an ACSR
ACSR causes the actuators within the gearbox struts to vibrate in opposition to the original vibration thereby cancelling the original vibration
diagram
state the occasions when a BIT test is carried out on the rotor break
BIT test is carried out whenever the test switch on the rotor break control panel is pressed and when the rotor brake handle is repositioned (selected from (off to on)
when the FAIL caption illuminates on the rotor brake control panel
if any of the rotor brake component are unservicable a FAIL caption will illuminate on the RBCP
when will an INHIBIT caption illuminate on the rotor break control panel
if any of the systems, engines or WOW interlocks are incorrect then an INHIBIT caption will illuminate on the RBCP
briefly describe 4 (of the possible 7) electrical sensors of fault switches fitted to the No 3 IHPS and how each fault or indication is displayed
oil pressure transducer and oil temp sensors, displayed on SMP and SPSD
displayed as a yellow caution caption on the WCA window;
hot oil (HYD HOT)
oil high level switch (HYD MAX)
oil low level switch (HYDS LOW)
oil alert level switch (HYDS ALT)
oil refil level switch (HYDS RF)
diagram
state the type of extingusher used and how it works to extingush the fire
halon 1301 an (BTM) bromotrifluromethane works to cool the engine compartment and remove oxygen
diagram
state how many fire bottle are fitted in the merlin and how they are allocated
4 bottles with a cross feed system linking the engines and bottles
bottle 1 + 3 feed to ENG 1 + 3
Bottle 2 + APU feed to ENG 2 + APU
diagram
explain the operation of the fire bottle circuit for No 1 and No3 engines if the inertia switch operates (include the effect of the Xfeed/manual switch)
if No1 crash switch operates, all crash relays will energise and after a short delay, their contacts change over to supply power to energise all normal relays and all crossfeed relays
if the xfeed/normal switch is normal, the normal cartridge fires in each fire bottle, if set to xfeed the xfeed cartridge fires in each fire bottle
when the pressure in the fire extinguisher bottles decrease, the low pressure switch operates causing the low pressure indicators to illuminate
explain how the purpose of egress lighting and where it is fitted
egress lights are strips fitted around the cockpit, cabin doors and release handles they will illuminate in the event of a crash or ditching to indicate the emergency exits
how is egress lighting powered and activated
powered by individual batteries
operated manually/automatically
by inertia switches
water activated switches
loss of power
diagram
(rotor ice protection unit)
describe how the heater matts are arranged
two sections an inner and an outer with 5 metallic heater elements embedded between layers of GRP
RIPU
explain how and why the power is fed to them in a controlled sequence
the RIPU feeds electrical power via a slip ring assembly to the same heater element of each main rotor blade simultaneously and in a cyclic sequence to each group of heaters to provide symmetrical ice shedding