Flight Controls

Question 1

Primary flight controls

Secondary FC

Answer 1

Ailerons
Elevator
Rudder

THS trim Hor Stab
Flaps
Slat

Question 2

Flight control laws are preset from the factory

Flight envelope protection is also provided; max and min speeds, bank angle, pitch, are automatically limited

Question 3

Flight controls can be monitored in multiple places

Answer 3

PFD
ECAM E/WD AND SD

Question 4

7 flight control computers

Answer 4

2 ELAC (elevator aileron)
3 SEC (Spoiler Elevator)
2 FAC (Flight Augmentation) Rudder

Question 5

If ELAC 1 fails will ELAC 2 takeover automatically?

Answer 5

Yes

Question 6

In electrical emergency configuration what remains operative

Answer 6

1 ELAC
1 SEC
1 FAC

Question 7

If all 3 SECs fail then you loose 3 things

Answer 7

No speed brake and spoiler panels
No backup pitch control
Flight control laws go from Normal to Alternate

Question 8

If both FACs are inop then what happens

Answer 8

Rudder control is now mechanical
Loose rudder trim, YD, Rudder Limiting
Both AP inop
Flight Control laws degrade to Alternate laws

Question 9

Side stick priority logic?

Hold button until?

Answer 9

Push and hold red button you have control and it will deactivate opposite side inputs

Green Captain light on glare shield goes out or after 40 sec whichever happens 1st.

Question 10

Side stick can disengage AP if

Answer 10

Enough force is applied.

Question 11

THS IS MOVED BY A

Answer 11

Jackscrew

Question 12

Bracket over spoilers on F/CTL page mean

Answer 12

Assist in roll control

Question 13

Rudder has all 3______going to it.

Answer 13

Hyd systems

Question 14

Yaw damping is automatic

With AP off you can trim the rudder.

Question 15

Speed brakes are 2-4 spoilers and are depicted by a bracket on the F/CTL page

Question 16

A320 Speed brakes will only extend to _______ with AP on. If AP is turned off then they will
Extend to _______

A319 and A321 will extend to handle position regardless of AP on or off.

Answer 16

1/2

Where ever the handle is selected.

Question 17

Speed brakes can be used with flaps selected up to _______.

Speed brakes will also retract with _______thrust or ________ angles of attack

Answer 17

Position 3.

TOGA / HIGH

Question 18

Deployment of ground spoilers aircraft must

Answer 18

Both mains on ground
Wheel speed greater than 72
Thrust lever idle
I’d Speed brake is not armed at least one Thrust lever must be in Rev while other is at idle or Rev.

Question 19

To reduce possibility of hydroplaning. If armed the ground spoilers will deploy if

Answer 19

1 strut is compressed
1 thrust lever is in reverse

Question 20

SFCC is?

Do not extend Slats/Flaps above?

Answer 20

Slats and Flaps Control Computer

200’

Question 21

If 1 SFCC is broken the other can retracted or extend but at ________speed

Answer 21

Half

Question 22

Flaps extended and aircraft is 210 or above

Answer 22

Flaps retract however slats stay extended

Question 23

Slat Alpha speed lock explain

Answer 23

Prevents slats from retracting if you select them up if speed is too low or AOA gets to high

Question 24

Flight Control normal law is not affected when only 1 system failure happens.

What would make normal move to alternate law

Answer 24

Triple SEC FAULT

Dual ELAC / FAC / ADR / IR / or dual Hyd faults with exception of Hyd B + Y sys low pressure

Question 25

Alternate law becomes available with multiple system failures.

Question 26

Direct law is in affect with more significant control failures and may be in affect when gear is put down.

Question 27

Mechanical flight control back ups are as follows

Answer 27

Manual pitch Rudder pedals Engine thrust You only want to do this until a higher law can be restored

Question 28

Abnormal attitude law provides

Answer 28

Recovery from an unusual attitude

Question 29

Laws are displayed on pilots PFD by______ equal signs

Answer 29

Green

Question 30

Automatic pitch trim is avaiable when bank is ______or less

Answer 30

33 degrees

Question 31

Normal law keeps you from exceeding________G’s And _______G’s with any flaps extended

Answer 31

2.5- -1 2.0- 0

Question 32

Pitch attitude protection is no greater than ________in normal law

Answer 32

30 degrees up or 15 degrees down

Question 33

Normal law high speed protection is represented by _______

Answer 33

Green equal sign. It does not keep aircraft from overspeeding

Question 34

Alternate law has _________that replace the green equal Signs

Answer 34

Yellow X’s

Question 35

Alternate law pitch control is _________as normal law. However you will not have_______________

Answer 35

The same Ground and landing modes are gone.

Question 36

AlternTe law pitch protections can be _________

Answer 36

Exceeded

Question 37

Alternate law you can roll beyond____________

Answer 37

67 degrees

Question 38

Alternate law coordinated turn is ________

Answer 38

Lost

Question 39

In direct law your commands are sent directly to the control Surfaces via ________

Answer 39

Flight control computers

Question 40

In alternate law when landing it will switch to___________ Law to put conventional feel in controls

Answer 40

Direct

Question 41

In direct law the PFD will display the yellow x’s but it will additionally have__________ at the top.

Answer 41

USE MAN PITCH TRIM in Yellow

Question 42

You will have Red FD / SPD LIM/ MAN PITCH TRIM ONLY

Answer 42

If in mechanical back up control