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Old 12th February 2007 | 03:50
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vapilot2004
 
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From: fairly close to the colonial capitol
Until someone with experience comes along - this is from the book.

All A340 flight control surfaces are electrically controlled and hydraulically actuated. There are 3 Primary flight computers & 2 secondary units. Any one computer can control the aircraft.

Loss of Electrical Control and subsequent manual reversion:
Stabilizer trim and rudder have mechanical backup. Stab
requires B or Y hydraulics to operate.

The RAT supplies pressure to the Green Hydraulic system and green
can operate an emergency generator. With RAT in operation 15-45% of normal pressure (depending on airspeed) is available. The actuation of elevators, ailerons and spoilers occurs at a reduced rate.

Green system supplies:

High Priority
Normal brakes
Flaps
Slats
Flaps WTB (wing tip brake)
Slats WTB
Yaw damper 1
#1 & #5 Spoilers
Inboard outboard ailerons
L & RH Elevator
Rudder
#1 & #4 Reversers

Low Priority
Emergency Generator
Nose Wheel Steering
Landing Gear

Many of the computer/hydraulic failure scenarios have the A340 systems doing some pretty fancy stuff. I will not attempt to describe.
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