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Flight Controls Flashcards

1
Q

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

A

Opposite sidestick is making input with onside priority

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2
Q

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

A

40 degrees

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3
Q

How can a Wing Tip Brake engagement be reset?

A

After landing only

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4
Q

What will cause spoilers to deploy during Takeoff?

A

1) A/C greater than 72 kts

2) Thrust => IDLE

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5
Q

How can you permanently lock out the opposite sidestick controller?

A

Push/hold red button for >40 sec

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6
Q

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

A

Direct

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7
Q

With Alternate Law, high speed envelope is reduced to

A

320/M.77

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8
Q

Can the rudder be trimmed with autopilot engaged?

A

No

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9
Q

With Alternate Law, all pitch protections are lost except

A

Load limit protection

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10
Q

Exceeding ______ kts or ______ Mach will result in Abnormal Attitude Law

A

440 / .91M

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11
Q

What high speed protections are available with Pitch Alternate Law?

A

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

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12
Q

What will cause red arrow on Sidestick Priority to illuminate?

A

Other pilot taking priority

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13
Q

What 3 things do you have in Direct Law?

A

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

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14
Q

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

A

Mechanical Law

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15
Q

What failures would result in Direct Law? (3)

A

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

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16
Q

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

A

1) Ailerons
2) Spoiler 4
3) Spoiler 5

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17
Q

Above what airspeed is roll authority reduced to half?

A

80 kts

18
Q

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

A

Press & hold red button >40sec

19
Q

What occurs at Vmo + 6kts (3)

A

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

20
Q

This pitch limit function will automatically command TOGA

A

Alpha floor

21
Q

Exceeding these pitch limits will result in Abnormal Attitude Law

A

50 nose up

30 nose down

22
Q

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

A

30

23
Q

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

A

Both sidesticks are receiving input

24
Q

FD disappears at _____ AOB

A

45 degrees

25
Q

Low energy warning occurs between what two altitudes?

A

100ft - 2000ft

26
Q

Which spoilers are available in Alternate Law

A

Spoilers 4 & 5

27
Q

Stick input demands load factor until ________?

A

Alpha prot

28
Q

Maximum roll angle

A

67 degrees

29
Q

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

A

210 kts

30
Q

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

A

33

31
Q

What low speed changes occur in Pitch Alternate Law

A

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

2) Nose-down pitch (can be overidden)

32
Q 
After returning from Abnormal attitude to normal flight, what do you have?
Pitch
Lateral
Turn coordination
Auto-trim
A

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

33
Q

Exceeding _____ degrees of roll will result in Abnormal Attitude Law

A

125

34
Q

Max roll angle is limited to 67 degrees, but is reduced to ______ degrees with flaps extended.

A

60 degrees

35
Q

When is speedbrake inhibited (5)

A

1) Alpha floor
2) Thrust > MCT
3) AOA Prot active
4) Elevator fault
5) SEC 1/3 fault

36
Q

Exceeding ______ AOA will result in Abnormal Attitude Law

A

30

37
Q

Which pitch protection is available in Pitch Alternate Law?

A

Load factor protections

38
Q

What 3 changes occur in Alternate Lateral Law?

A

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

39
Q

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

A

Alpha prot

40
Q

Nose down pitch is limited to _____ degrees.

A

15

41
Q

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

A

Vmo + 16 kts

42
Q

What conditions must be met for spoilers to deploy on landing

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

A320 (13 decks)

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