ECAM Flashcards
What manufacturer is ECAM
Airbus
What does ECAM stand for
Electronic centralised aircraft monitoring
What is ECAM
2 screens positioned in the centre of the instrument panel
Used for system monitoring and failure management
Failures are shown and corrective actions listed
What is shown on ECAM top screen
Engine / warning display (E/W)
What is shown on ECAM bottom screen
System / status display (S/S)
What does engine warning display unit show on ECAM
Engine parameters Warning and cautions Correction procedures Flap position Fuel on board
Some memo and abnormal management info is shown in lower section of display
What does systems or status display show on ECAM
Appropriate summery for stage of flight
System pages on request
Automatic system display for abnormal situations
Gives operational summary of the aircraft such as CAT 2 only
What is a ECAM level 1 alert
Advisory info
Can be displayed in blue white or green
What is a ECAM level 2 alert
Cautions
Will display in amber and have a master caution alert
What is ECAM level 3 alert
Warnings
Will be red and will display immediate action checklist and have a master warning chime
What will the ECAM systems page display for taxi usually
The wheel page
What is the basic ECAM system design
Info is gathered from 2 sensors placed through out the aircraft
This is passed onto 2 system data acquisition concentrators (SDAC)
This is then send and processed by 2 flight warning computers (FWC)
This is then fed to 3 display management computers (DMC)
Which generates the images on the display units
How many stages is in the basic ECAM system design
3 stage process
How many SDAC and FWC’s can fail for ECAM to still be able to operate
One of each
What happens in the take off roll to avoid distractions
Some advisory messages and cautions messages are suppressed
Happens from TOGA thrust setting to 1500ft above ground level or 2 mins after take off
