PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Embraer 145 tech help
View Single Post
Old 6th May 2006, 18:48
  #2 (permalink)  
Mad (Flt) Scientist
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: La Belle Province
Posts: 2,179
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
caveat: I don't know the ERJ-145 architecture, so this is more guesswork than knowledge:

Could the fail messages you occassional get be due to a combination of low engine settings and external conditions.

If you have a bleed air anti-ice system and you run a system test at idle conditions, there may not be much energy in the bleed flow. That might mean - especially if it's cold, or precipitating - that there's not enough bleed energy to raise the wing temperature sensor(s) to the operating range, which means the system thinks the WAI isn't actually working and posts the Wing A/I Fail message?

Whereas I'd expect you usually have somewhat higher engine power in flight, and don't get that problem?
Mad (Flt) Scientist is offline