Thanks the feedback.
spannersatcx, very informative post.
a) Can the pilot disconnect
in flight the EDP from the engine gearbox? If so is it the guarded switch in the Overhead panel? Please look at the link below:
http://www.smartcockpit.com/docs/takeoff_full-cockpit.pdf
I was looking to the Overhead panel in A380 in the link below and it seems there is a guarded switch to disconnect the EDP in A380:
http://www.smartcockpit.com/docs/a38...ht-test-on.pdf
b) Can the pilot (in flight) or the AMT (on ground) disconnect the EDP in A380?
It seems this feature (the disconnection of the EDP from the gearbox) is useful especially
in flight even if each engine is fitted with one EDP. It is useful also on the ground for engine fitted with 2 EDPs for the dispatch.
c) Why Boeing is not using this feature
in flight on the EDPs (used by Boeing in the IDG or VFSG, and even the CSD) ? I wrote "in flight" because Boeing (not Douglas) uses only one EDP per engine and there is no benefit for this feature on the ground for the dispatch.