Flight Controls

Question 1

Sidestick priority button is illuminated “constant”, what is happening?

Answer 1

Opposite sidestick is making input with onside priority

Question 2

Max roll angle is 67 degrees, but is reduced to ______ degrees with high speed or AOA protections active.

Answer 2

40 degrees

Question 3

How can a Wing Tip Brake engagement be reset?

Answer 3

After landing only

Question 4

What will cause spoilers to deploy during Takeoff?

Answer 4

1) A/C greater than 72 kts

2) Thrust => IDLE

Question 5

How can you permanently lock out the opposite sidestick controller?

Answer 5

Push/hold red button for >40 sec

Question 6

With the A320 in Pitch Alternate Law, roll is in _______ law.

Answer 6

Direct

Question 7

With Alternate Law, high speed envelope is reduced to

Answer 7

320/M.77

Question 8

Can the rudder be trimmed with autopilot engaged?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

With Alternate Law, all pitch protections are lost except

Answer 9

Load limit protection

Question 10

What high speed protections are available with Pitch Alternate Law?

Answer 10

1) Reduced envelope of 320/M.77
2) Overspeed warning at Vmo + 4 kts
3) Nose up pitch (can be overidden)

Question 11

What will cause red arrow on Sidestick Priority to illuminate?

Answer 11

Other pilot taking priority

Question 12

What 3 things do you have in Direct Law?

Answer 12

1) Manual pitch trim
2) High speed aural warnings
3) Low speed aural warnings

Question 13

With a complete loss of electrical flight control signals, the airplane reverts to _________.

Answer 13

Mechanical Law

Question 14

What failures would result in Direct Law? (3)

Answer 14

Triple IRS failure
Dual RA failure with gear down
Alternate Law with gear down

Question 15

Load Aleviation Function (LAF) causes these 3 items to deflect

Answer 15

1) Ailerons
2) Spoiler 4
3) Spoiler 5

Question 16

Above what airspeed is roll authority reduced to half?

Answer 16

80 kts

Question 17

How do you permanently lock out the other pilot’s sidestick?

Answer 17

Press & hold red button >40sec

Question 18

What occurs at Vmo + 6kts (3)

Answer 18

1) A/P disconnects
2) Nose up load factor introduced
3) Autotrim inhibited

Question 19

This pitch limit function will automatically command TOGA

Answer 19

Alpha floor

Question 20

Nose-up pitch is limited to _____ degrees in clean configuration

Answer 20

30

Question 21

The CAPT sidestick priority button is “flashing”, what is going on?

Answer 21

Both sidesticks are receiving input

Question 22

FD disappears at _____ AOB

Answer 22

45 degrees

Question 23

Low energy warning occurs between what two altitudes?

Answer 23

100ft - 2000ft

Question 24

Which spoilers are available in Alternate Law

Answer 24

Spoilers 4 & 5

Question 25

Stick input demands load factor until ________?

Answer 25

Alpha prot

Question 26

Maximum roll angle

Answer 26

67 degrees

Question 27

Slat/flaps will auto-retract at _______ kts to prevent overspeed

Answer 27

210 kts

Question 28

Back stick pressure required above ______ degrees to maintain level flight.

Answer 28

33

Question 29

What low speed changes occur in Pitch Alternate Law

Answer 29

1) Low speed tape changes (no yellow/black band)

2) Nose-down pitch (can be overidden)

Question 30

After returning from Abnormal attitude to normal flight, what do you have?
Pitch
Lateral
Turn coordination
Auto-trim

Answer 30

Pitch Alternate law w/o protections
Lateral Direct Law w/yaw damping
No turn coordination
Auto-trim active

Question 31

Which pitch protection is available in Pitch Alternate Law?

Answer 31

Load factor protections

Question 32

What 3 changes occur in Alternate Lateral Law?

Answer 32

1) Direct input (not roll-rate)
2) Loss of roll spoilers (only 4 & 5 avail)
3) No roll protection

Question 33

With pitch normal law, elevator control switches from normal mode to a protection mode when AOA is greater than ________.

Answer 33

Alpha prot

Question 34

Nose down pitch is limited to _____ degrees.

Answer 34

15

Question 35

If forward stick pressure is held, what speed will occur?

Answer 35

Vmo + 16 kts

Question 36

What conditions must be met for spoilers to deploy on landing

• Spoilers armed (3)
• Spoilers NOT armed (2)

Answer 36

Spoilers armed
1) A/C on ground
2) Speedbrakes armed
3) Engines @ idle
NOT armed
1) A/C on ground
2) At least one engine REV with other at IDLE