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Old 10th February 2010 | 19:58
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David Horn
 
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The thing is, how useful would the APU actually be in the emergency electrical configuration?

Since one engine generator can drive the whole network, it seems likely that to end up in the emergency configuration the AC buses would be so damaged that the APU generator would be unlikely to latch anyway. Worth gambling away 3 mins of battery time?

Alternatively, if you established the configuration due to smoke, then you wouldn't need the APU generator.
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