Originally Posted by
vapilot2004
I know that both Korean Air A330s and Air Canada's fleet do not have wheel well fire detection. Anyone know of a carrier operating the Airbus A330 or A340 with this option? Perhaps Northwest or BA?
On the CX and QF fleets the A330 have no fire detect sys in the wheel well either.
The 300 deg C brake temp discussed in this thread is related to a performance limitation for an RTO.
The reason this "hot brake" ecam message can be generated in the air and on the ground could be for crew info to action via FCOM etc.
EG a dragging brake/s on take off roll raises brake temp above 300 deg, after flight phase inhibit for this message is removed "DING" ecam msg HOT Brakes . I dont have an FCOM in front of me but I suspect the gear would be lowered until brake temp fell to an acceptable level
I will haveto dig out my notes on the Boeing wheel well detection but memory says single loop "graviner" detector ????