Flight Warning System Flashcards
FWS …
Flight Warning System
FWS is composed of …
- 2 MFC units
- 2 FWA located in bots CACs
- EWD
- 2 EFCP
- 2 MW (Master Warning) pushbuttons
- 2 MC (Master Caution) pushbuttons
- Emergency Audio Cancel Switch
- TO config TEST pb
- Left maintenance panel
- Loudspeakers
FWA …
Flight Warning Application
EWD …
Engine Warning Display
EFCP …
EFIS Control Panel
FWS performs the following …
- draws attention in case of an alert
- guides to the appropriate system by messages on the Crew Alerting Window
- checks the A/C TO configuration
- inhibits some alarms in TO (TO inhib)
- allows to carry out normal, abnormal, emergency procedures (checklists)
- protection for overspeed & stall
- stick pusher / shaker activation
FWS has a dedicated place on the …
Lower part of the EWD
FWS windows is composed of …
- Alerting window
- Procedure window
- Status and Memo area
How many messages can be displayed on the Alerting Window ?
18
The message flashes on the Alerting Window until …
Pressing the MW or MC
How do you know if there are more than 18 alerts on the Alerting Window ?
A down triangle appears on the left side of the Status and Memo area
The traingle from the left side of the Status and Memo area flashes if …
A new alert is detected
TO INHIB is displayed in the … color, in the … box of the Status and Memo area
- green / second
STATUS is displayed in the 3rd box of the Status and Memo area when …
an abnormal checklist has been completed
The last box of the Status and Memo area shows …
- countdown in amber
- agent requested in blue
TO CONFIG tests …
- PWR MG at TO
- AIL LOCK light off
- Trim green band
- Flaps 15 deg
- TLU LO SPD
CONFIG (red)
FLT CTL (amber)
for …
NO:
- AIL LOCK light off
- Trim green band
- Flaps 15 deg
- TLU LO SPD
CONFIG (red)
PWR MGT (amber)
for …
NO:
- PWR MG at TO
Alert Window is controlled through …
The PROC (Procedure) area of the left EFCP
If the Alert Window is full, you can move through pages by pressing the … button
RCL
There are … levels for alerts, and they are …
- 4
- Warning, cautions, advisories, information
TO INHIB is computed automatically by the …
FWA
TO INHIB deactivates at …
LDG retraction or by pressing RCL Pb
FWS inhibits MC and single chime for some secondary failures resulting from a primary one.
These are …
- ELEC DC GEN & AIR BLEED resulting from an engine shutdown
- ELEC ACW GEN when feathering a propeller
- ELEC ACW 1+2 when feathering both propellers
Control of the Procedure Area is done through the …
PROC area of the both EFCPs
MENU key of the Procedure Area displays the …
Procedure Menu
MAN flag appears when …
The procedure in the Procedure Window is selected manually
MAN DEL key on the EFCP can be used only for the …
Manually selected procedures
Which items are sensed automatically by the FWA … and once activated their color in the Procedure Window is …
- ENG FIRE HANDLE pulled and AGENT DISCH
- Green
What happens on the EWD once the fire handle is pulled, besides the item turning green in the Procedure Window ?
Timer starts in the Status and Memo area.
Then, in the same place the FWA displays which AGENT should be discharged
What are the timer values after you pull the fire handle ?
- 10 sec and 26 sec
