Originally Posted by Machinbird
With that operational experience behind me, I am extremely distrustful of RA equipment and am amazed that present day system integrators have given RA equipment a position of high trust with so few possibilities for reconfiguration following an obvious failure.
No doubt, the RAs are an important part of the System. The Airbus documentation mentions how ''they supply information to the AP and A/THR modes,
plus inputs to switch flight control laws at various stages.
Although the ECAM procedure for a RA 1 + 2 FAULT is straightforward, the consequences of the failure on the aircraft operation require consideration.''
But still better to face a well identified dual RA FAULT than a nebulous erroneous RA height indication.