Flight Controls Flashcards
Sidestick priority button is illuminated “constant”, what is happening?
Opposite sidestick is making input with onside priority
Max roll angle is 67 degrees, but is reduced to ______ degrees with high speed or AOA protections active.
40 degrees
How can a Wing Tip Brake engagement be reset?
After landing only
What will cause spoilers to deploy during Takeoff?
1) A/C greater than 72 kts
2) Thrust => IDLE
How can you permanently lock out the opposite sidestick controller?
Push/hold red button for >40 sec
With the A320 in Pitch Alternate Law, roll is in _______ law.
Direct
With Alternate Law, high speed envelope is reduced to
320/M.77
Can the rudder be trimmed with autopilot engaged?
No
With Alternate Law, all pitch protections are lost except
Load limit protection
What high speed protections are available with Pitch Alternate Law?
1) Reduced envelope of 320/M.77
2) Overspeed warning at Vmo + 4 kts
3) Nose up pitch (can be overidden)
What will cause red arrow on Sidestick Priority to illuminate?
Other pilot taking priority
What 3 things do you have in Direct Law?
1) Manual pitch trim
2) High speed aural warnings
3) Low speed aural warnings
With a complete loss of electrical flight control signals, the airplane reverts to _________.
Mechanical Law
What failures would result in Direct Law? (3)
Triple IRS failure
Dual RA failure with gear down
Alternate Law with gear down
Load Aleviation Function (LAF) causes these 3 items to deflect
1) Ailerons
2) Spoiler 4
3) Spoiler 5
Above what airspeed is roll authority reduced to half?
80 kts
How do you permanently lock out the other pilot’s sidestick?
Press & hold red button >40sec
What occurs at Vmo + 6kts (3)
1) A/P disconnects
2) Nose up load factor introduced
3) Autotrim inhibited
This pitch limit function will automatically command TOGA
Alpha floor
Nose-up pitch is limited to _____ degrees in clean configuration
30
The CAPT sidestick priority button is “flashing”, what is going on?
Both sidesticks are receiving input
FD disappears at _____ AOB
45 degrees
Low energy warning occurs between what two altitudes?
100ft - 2000ft
Which spoilers are available in Alternate Law
Spoilers 4 & 5
Stick input demands load factor until ________?
Alpha prot
Maximum roll angle
67 degrees
Slat/flaps will auto-retract at _______ kts to prevent overspeed
210 kts
Back stick pressure required above ______ degrees to maintain level flight.
33
What low speed changes occur in Pitch Alternate Law
1) Low speed tape changes (no yellow/black band)
2) Nose-down pitch (can be overidden)
After returning from Abnormal attitude to normal flight, what do you have? Pitch Lateral Turn coordination Auto-trim
Pitch Alternate law w/o protections
Lateral Direct Law w/yaw damping
No turn coordination
Auto-trim active
Which pitch protection is available in Pitch Alternate Law?
Load factor protections
What 3 changes occur in Alternate Lateral Law?
1) Direct input (not roll-rate)
2) Loss of roll spoilers (only 4 & 5 avail)
3) No roll protection
With pitch normal law, elevator control switches from normal mode to a protection mode when AOA is greater than ________.
Alpha prot
Nose down pitch is limited to _____ degrees.
15
If forward stick pressure is held, what speed will occur?
Vmo + 16 kts
What conditions must be met for spoilers to deploy on landing
- Spoilers armed (3)
- Spoilers NOT armed (2)
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
