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
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN FLAPS ASYMMETRY OCCURS?
ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE FLAP CONTROL SYSTEM IS ISOLATED AND FLAPS ARE
LOCKED IN POSITION
FLAPS CONTROL LEVER HAS NO CONTROL ON THE SYSTEM
IF THE STBY PITCH TRIM SWITCH ON THE PEDESTAL IS USED FOR MORE THAN 1 SECOND,
WHAT AURAL ALERT IS GENERATED BY THE FWS:
WHOOLER
WHICH CONTROL SURFACE LINKAGES CAN BE SPLIT?
ELEVATORS
WHEN DO THE ROLL SPOILERS BEGIN TO MOVE?
AFTER AN AILERON DEFLECTION OF 2.5°
THE ROLL TRIM ACTUATOR ACTS ON WHICH AILERON TAB(S)?
LEFT
