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Old 7th Sep 2007, 16:14
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bsieker
 
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After the left Tl was brought to idle and then to reverse, you can see in the graphs a considerable EPR increase in the right engine. It leaves approach thrust and surpasses climb EPR (apparently).
No.

It never exceeds climb power. It cannot with autothrust. (except Alpha-Floor, and one-engine-out, in which case the A/THR limit is MCT) .

Then EPR in the right engine starts to reduce again until it gets fixed at (I suppose) CLB power.
No.

It is frozen at the power last commanded by autothrust. Ca. EPR 1.18

It looks like that in a first moment the A/THR is somehow trying to compensate reverse thrust in the left engine, surpassing CLB thrust in the right one.
No.

Please compare the EPR values with the ones from the one Take-off that is also provided in the EPR graphs. (p11).

FLEX power is set for take-off, in this case delivering around EPR 1.35, at thrust reduction levers are brought to CL, activating autothrust, and setting (still in climb) CLIMB power, which in this case is around EPR 1.28.

During this landing, EPR never exceeded EPR 1.26, well below CLIMB power.

This has been discussed before, but glad to be of help, again


Bernd

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