PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - DC-8-71F Flight Control System
View Single Post
Old 4th October 2006 | 23:56
  #2 (permalink)  
ferrydude
 
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 497
Likes: 0
From: Near LOACH intersection
The DC in DC-8 stand for Direct Cable. The actuators are connected by cable to the cockpit controls.

There is one main hyd system divided into two manifolds, left and right.
Spoilers, Standby Rudder and the main cargo door each have their own independent hyd acutation systems.
ferrydude is offline  
Reply