Good Job Guys
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Good Job Guys
An Air Canada A320 just landed in YYC without incident after a total hydraulic failure
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bombardierfixer
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Re: Good Job Guys
Was that today 10-7-10 or last week? We saw one getting drug off charlie last week with the parade ect.
Re: Good Job Guys
This was today.bombardierfixer wrote:Was that today 10-7-10 or last week? We saw one getting drug off charlie last week with the parade ect.
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rotateandfly
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Re: Good Job Guys
Good job!
Though I doubt this was a complete hydraulic failure. As far as I know losing all three hydraulic systems (Green, Blue and Yellow) would make the plane uncontrollable.
Though I doubt this was a complete hydraulic failure. As far as I know losing all three hydraulic systems (Green, Blue and Yellow) would make the plane uncontrollable.
Re: Good Job Guys
Once again, I love the media coverage.
That 20 minutes of burning off fuel sure must of made the difference! Checklist perhaps?
That 20 minutes of burning off fuel sure must of made the difference! Checklist perhaps?
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Mechanical control of the rudder and elevator is still available.Though I doubt this was a complete hydraulic failure. As far as I know losing all three hydraulic systems (Green, Blue and Yellow) would make the plane uncontrollable.
ECAM actions...Checklist perhaps?
You can interpret that however you would like.
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I realise this is old news but curiosity got to me.
Can anyone with Airbus time tell me if the hydraulics that moves the flight controls,(the Green, Blue Yellow) is the same hydraulic system that makes the wheels go up and down or are they seperate?
So if there is a "total" hydraulic system failure, will the flight crew have take to their parachutes to go for help or do they just scrape the belly of the airplane in a gear up landing.
I realise the systems are quite complex and it is hard for the media to get things accurate and present it in layman's language to an audience that could care less but it looked to me like AC had a problem and decided to return rather than do like British Airways who carried on to destination (with a 3 engined 747).
Can anyone with Airbus time tell me if the hydraulics that moves the flight controls,(the Green, Blue Yellow) is the same hydraulic system that makes the wheels go up and down or are they seperate?
So if there is a "total" hydraulic system failure, will the flight crew have take to their parachutes to go for help or do they just scrape the belly of the airplane in a gear up landing.
I realise the systems are quite complex and it is hard for the media to get things accurate and present it in layman's language to an audience that could care less but it looked to me like AC had a problem and decided to return rather than do like British Airways who carried on to destination (with a 3 engined 747).
The average pilot, despite the somewhat swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring.
These feelings just don't involve anyone else.
These feelings just don't involve anyone else.
Re: Good Job Guys
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Can anyone with Airbus time tell me if the hydraulics that moves the flight controls,(the Green, Blue Yellow) is the same hydraulic system that makes the wheels go up and down or are they seperate?
So if there is a "total" hydraulic system failure, will the flight crew have take to their parachutes to go for help or do they just scrape the belly of the airplane in a gear up landing.
I realise the systems are quite complex and it is hard for the media to get things accurate and present it in layman's language to an audience that could care less but it looked to me like AC had a problem and decided to return rather than do like British Airways who carried on to destination (with a 3 engined 747).[/quote]
There are three systems, green system driven by #1 engine, yellow system driven by engine #2, there is a yellow system electric pump usualy used on the ground for opening and closing cargo doors. The blue system is driven by a electric pump
that comes on in flight, this blue system is also pressurized when the R.A.T ram air turbine gets deployed.
There is also a P.T.U power transfer unit that connects the green and yellow system, mechanically only, not hydraulicly. In case of inflight engine shut down. As a example if #2 engine shuts down (yellow system) the #1 engine green system can turn the P.T.U which will inturn pressurize the yellow system. This works visa versa.
The landing gear is green system only. There is a old school manual extension back up (springs & cables). If a 320 lands with its landing gear doors "not" retracted you know that there was a green system malfunction and the manual deploy was used.
There is quite a bit of redundancy built in to the hydraulic system.
Also the rudder and THS are back up cable controled.
I hope that helps I haven't worked on aircraft for a few years now so I could be a bit off on my info.
Can anyone with Airbus time tell me if the hydraulics that moves the flight controls,(the Green, Blue Yellow) is the same hydraulic system that makes the wheels go up and down or are they seperate?
So if there is a "total" hydraulic system failure, will the flight crew have take to their parachutes to go for help or do they just scrape the belly of the airplane in a gear up landing.
I realise the systems are quite complex and it is hard for the media to get things accurate and present it in layman's language to an audience that could care less but it looked to me like AC had a problem and decided to return rather than do like British Airways who carried on to destination (with a 3 engined 747).[/quote]
There are three systems, green system driven by #1 engine, yellow system driven by engine #2, there is a yellow system electric pump usualy used on the ground for opening and closing cargo doors. The blue system is driven by a electric pump
that comes on in flight, this blue system is also pressurized when the R.A.T ram air turbine gets deployed.
There is also a P.T.U power transfer unit that connects the green and yellow system, mechanically only, not hydraulicly. In case of inflight engine shut down. As a example if #2 engine shuts down (yellow system) the #1 engine green system can turn the P.T.U which will inturn pressurize the yellow system. This works visa versa.
The landing gear is green system only. There is a old school manual extension back up (springs & cables). If a 320 lands with its landing gear doors "not" retracted you know that there was a green system malfunction and the manual deploy was used.
There is quite a bit of redundancy built in to the hydraulic system.
Also the rudder and THS are back up cable controled.
I hope that helps I haven't worked on aircraft for a few years now so I could be a bit off on my info.
