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Old 6th Nov 2010, 22:14
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Originally Posted by iskyfly
Am I to understand that there are only 2 hydraulic systems on the A380?
Only two pure hydraulic, but also two hydraulic-electrical systems behind them for backup. The latter systems are new on the 380 I think - with previous airbus models having 3 hydraulic.

I've also seen these systems referred to as "hydro-electrical" - which could get awfully confusing to an EE...
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