767/757 RAT
Hey tech nerds,
it came up on the air India accident thread about possible RAT deployment. Someone said something along the lines of “every heavy Boeing twin has a RAT”, there was another post about a 757 that had a fuel control switch shut off SNAFU and they “flew all the way to wherever with the RAT deployed”.
And I’m like, whoa, I flew thousands of hours on the 767, around 30+ airframes and none of them had a RAT. So I asked chatGPT (ok I know could be incorrect), and it said the 767 200/300 didn’t have a RAT, but the 400 did. So I posted that (i didn’t say I asked chatGPT) and a couple of people were like “this dumbass flew the 767 and didn’t know it had a RAT”, “what an idiot”, “EVERY 767 Boeing built has a RAT” etc etc.
So, normally I don’t name companies but you’ll be able to guess - I flew 767-238ER PW and 767-338ER GE and 767-336ER (leased from BA).
All of those had backup HMGs, hydraulic generators, but no RAT! The 238ERs and 338ERs were 180 min ETOPS and, from memory, the -236ERs were maybe only 120 min ETOPS, I am a little fuzzy here but that may have been because they had one less HMG than our 338s. I think 338s had 3 HMGs and the 336s had only 2.
Our 238 and 338ERs flew across the pacific constantly. On non-revenue disposal (and I assume deliveries) they flew direct east coast Aus to west coast USA.
Have I gone senile? I feel like i am taking crazy pills!
Am I a “total dumbass” as “every 767 Boeing ever delivered had a RAT!”??
Any 767 drivers, what are/were the RAT configs on your aircraft? You don’t have to name your operator/company if you don’t want to, but identify if it’s a 200/300 or 400.