Flight Controls Flashcards
- What power setting does Alpha Floor command?
TOGA
In Direct Law, how is pitch trim controlled?
Manually using the Pitch Trim Wheels.
Which controls are available in Mechanical Back up?
Rudder and THS
Your aircraft is currently in a climb with a nose-up pitch attitude. You are hand-flying the aircraft and both sidesticks are currently in the neutral position. You are asking the flight control computers for:
No change in load factor.
The A320 cannot be stalled in normal law.
TRUE
Which statement below is true concerning the FACs?
Two FACs control rudder movement for automatic turn coordination, yaw damping, rudder limiting, and rudder trim.
If both sidesticks are moved in the same direction at the same time:
The total demand is never more than what can be realized with full deflection on only one sidestick.
You are hand-flying the aircraft. According to the indications shown: (CAPT GREEN< FO RED ARROW)
The CA has pressed and held the left sidestick takeover pb and the right sidestick is making unwanted inputs to the flight control computers.
Hydraulic power for the elevator servos comes from which system?
All 3 systems
There is a manual elevator control in the event of multiple computer or hydraulic system failures.
FALSE
While flying with the autopilot engaged, if you move the THS the autopilot will disengage.
TRUE
The spoiler panels on the A32F function as:
ALL of above
Control of the rudder is provided by the:
FAC
Mechanical control of the THS is available from the __________ at any time, if either the Green or Yellow system is functioning.
Pitch Trim Wheel
In Normal Law what does a lateral side stick input command?
Rate of roll
The failure of a single flight control computer:
Does not cause normal law to downgrade to another law.
You are in level flight in a 20° bank to the left. You are hand-flying the aircraft and both sidesticks are in the neutral position. You are asking the flight control computers for:
0° per second roll rate
Which of these flight control computers will function during emergency electrical configuration?
ELAC 1, SEC 1, FAC 1
If either ELAC fails, the other ELAC can provide full control with no loss of system functionality.
True
Which statement below is true concerning the SECs?
Three SECs provide direct control of the spoilers. SECs 1 and 2 provide backup control of the elevators and THS.
The elevators are:
Independently moved by one of two electronically-controlled servos that serve each elevator.
In normal flight operations, pitch trim is:
Automatic and can be monitored on the F/CTL page and on the trim position scales next to the trim wheels.
Rudder trim is:
Accomplished by displacing the entire rudder surface and is automatic when the autopilot is engaged.
If both the captain and first officer displace their respective sidesticks in the same direction:
The total demand will never be more than what can be achieved with full deflection of any one sidestick.
Engaging the autopilot causes both sidesticks to be centered.
True
The pitch trim wheels do not move when automatic trimming is in progress.
False
Mechanical control of the THS is available from the __________ at any time, if either the Green or Yellow system is functioning.
Pitch Trim Wheel
Multiple failures of redundant flight control computers:
May cause normal law to downgrade to alternate law depending on the nature of the malfunction.
You are in level flight in a 20° bank to the left. You are hand-flying the aircraft and both sidesticks are in the neutral position. You are asking the flight control computers for:
Zero degree roll rate
The elevators are:
Independently moved by one of two electronically-controlled servos that serve each elevator.
In normal flight operations, pitch trim is:
Automatic and can be monitored on the F/CTL page and on the trim position scales next to the trim wheels.
If both the captain and first officer displace their respective sidesticks in the same direction:
The total demand will never be more than what can be achieved with full deflection of any one sidestick.
The pitch trim wheels do not move when automatic trimming is in progress.
False
Which spoiler panels are used for speedbrakes?
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