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Old 21st Jun 2012, 10:16
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CapCon
 
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Mechanical Backup on the Airbus is not a redundancy against hydraulic loss. It's to be used "during temporary loss of aircraft electrics" whilst the backup gen comes online (from the Airbus FCOM) and requires at least one functioning hydraulic system. Good fun to try... in the SIM.

As has been said above, total loss of hydraulics on the Airbus results in loss of all flight controls.
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