sidestick white cross on airbus A320
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sidestick white cross on airbus A320
hello,
does anybody know what is the usefulness of the white cross appearing on PFD (on A320 at least) until rotation, linked to the movement of the stick ?
does anybody know what is the usefulness of the white cross appearing on PFD (on A320 at least) until rotation, linked to the movement of the stick ?
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I'm not an airline pilot, but the first thing that springs to my mind is so that you can verify that the sidestick is generating the correct inputs, before you find out in the air?
I'm sure someone 'in the know' will be along shortly to correct/confirm!
I'm sure someone 'in the know' will be along shortly to correct/confirm!
It's to enable the non-handling pilot to see what control inputs are being made during the takeoff, since the sidesticks are not connected.
The control checks on taxi out, check that both sidesticks are working in the correct sense, and that the surfaces have full and free movement.
DH
The control checks on taxi out, check that both sidesticks are working in the correct sense, and that the surfaces have full and free movement.
DH
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The main usefulness is in the take off roll when you put half deflection pitch down to keep the nosewheel down until the control blends out more in favour of the rudder.
During the control check on the ground you would look more at the ECAM flight controls page to check that the actual correct control surfaces move as you would expect.
During the control check on the ground you would look more at the ECAM flight controls page to check that the actual correct control surfaces move as you would expect.
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The white cross only indicates the sum of both sidestick orders.
It is used to check for full sidestick movement before takeoff.
The 4 corner white indices show max sidestick deflection.
It does not indicate free and full travel of the flight controls....that has to be checked on the ecam page.
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It is used to check for full sidestick movement before takeoff.
The 4 corner white indices show max sidestick deflection.
It does not indicate free and full travel of the flight controls....that has to be checked on the ecam page.
VRSC
