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Old 22nd Mar 2019, 16:47
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IcePack
 
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Gums is right, too many "pilots" think their aeroplane is made up of bits as per the pilots tech manual. The tech manual is written to explain how the system works, rather than actually what is there.
To explain:
some time ago I would regularly fall out with one of our trainers on the simulator. He would insist that the electrical system was made up of bus bars as in a lump of metal with things attached. In fact the mythical bus bar depicted in the training manual did not exist per say. The components (things) were attached to the electrical system via their own feeds and those feeds were controlled by system logic giving the impression of being attached to a bus bar. This meant that the logic was/is perfectly capable of isolating individual faults and or resetting other components(things).

This should be made clear during ground school, in that the aeroplane manufacturer knows their aeroplane. This means if the QRH calls for a resets without caveats, the pilot should do as per the QRH and NOT try to outthink the system. I know this goes against the grain for those used to the "old" way of doing things but design has moved on.
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