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Luftis
13th May 2011, 09:41
Anyone wanna give this one a shot?
The 744 can not be dispatched with the Left IRU inoperative; only the Right and Center. Any ideas why the Left is deemed so critical?
Mac74
13th May 2011, 12:11
The left IRU provides the v/s data to the GPWS. Just as the left ILS cannot be inoperative (G/S signal -> GPWS).
Mac74
main_dog
13th May 2011, 12:21
The left IRU is hardwired to the GPWS: no IRU-L, no GPWS.
There are probably other systems hard-wired to the left IRU but I'm only certain about the GPWS.
MD
PS Mac74 beat me to it!
Luftis
13th May 2011, 12:35
That's great, Gentlemen.
Thanks for that!
Do your 747-400's have Enhanced GPWS (Terrain)? Usually the EGPWS has two IRU inputs.
Rgds
NSEU
Luftis
14th May 2011, 05:59
I see some of the later airframes have L and R IRU inputs to the GPWS.
Thanks for the inputs.