Originally Posted by
BluSdUp
TD
Indeed,yea, lets call manual reversion on the 737 " Can be flown without hydraulics" if the sim is anything to go by. Mind you I suspect it is tweeked a bit on the hard side in the sim.
Nevermind.
Hey, I never said it was easy to fly the 737 without hydraulics - just that it was possible (although a whole lot easier to fly without hydraulics than most jetliners).
The 787 , how is it doing without engine and apu generators. Does not the Rat supply any elec TD, as I understand it has next to no hydraulics?
Off tread, sorry
The 787 still has some hydraulics - although the systems operate at 5000 psi (rather than the more typical 3000 psi) which means the hydraulic components can be smaller/lighter for the same muscle. However I believe the 787 RAT has both a hydraulic pump and an electrical generator - that's the way the 777 is configured (although with 3000 psi hydraulics). I have limited first hand knowledge of the 787 - never worked the program - the only current Boeing aircraft I never worked on.