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Old 9th November 2000 | 00:44
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Cornish Jack
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Just a little additional info....
The three A/P bars light up at APP selection but there is still only ONE A/P operating as evidenced by the PFD FMA of CMD. That changes to LAND 3 at some point AFTER 1500' RA - the interval being the requirement for the self-check confidence test.
The elec bus isolation occurs so that, in the event of any single engaged bus failing, the #4 bus will take over the failed bus via the Sync bus and the failed gennie's BTB.

Apologies, if that's "teaching granny to suck eggs" etc.