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This week Matt and Andy discuss the windshear detection systems on the A320
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This week it's a listener request. Matt & Andy discuss the Ventilation system.
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This week Matt and Andy take a look at the little understood CIDS system and what happens when a total failure occurs
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This week Matt & Andy have a chat about the southwest incident and then discuss how they'd deal with the same incident in an A320.
You can listen to the full ATC recording here https://youtu.be/FkVTdvcghHc
How would you add to it? Any ideas would be welcomed on our facebook page.
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A review of the FMGS system before next weeks DUAL FMGC FAILURE podcast
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THEY'RE BACK!!!! After 3 weeks off, Matt and Andy are back to discuss the Radio Altimeters, how they operate and then how to deal with a Dual Failure.
They look at the system itself,
A single failure
and then a dual failure.
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Matt & Andy speak to Andy Owen from the Airbus wing factory in Broughton about how the A320 wings are constructed.
Ever wondered how our wings are made???
They were lucky enough to have a full factory tour, see The A320 Podcast Facebook page for some photos and more information.
The podcast has now had over 100,000 downloads! Thank you for all your support and loyalty!
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Full motion & Fixed base simulator hire Airline assessment prep Command Prep Flight Experiences LPC/OPC prep Online Courseswww.FPVTraining.net
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This week Matt and Andy take a look at the Flight Augmentation Computers and their functions.
New Airbus manuals are now released and on their way to airlines around the world. Your airline should be updating them soon if they haven't already. There's an episode about this change TAP030 so have a listen to refresh your memory.
The A320 has two FACs (flight augmentation computers) and they have three main functions, - Yaw functions (your damping, rudder trim and rudder trim limiting)
- Flight envelope functions
- Windshear detection
The FACs govern the flight envelope, rudder position display and rudder trim indications regardless of what the flight crew does with the FAC pushbutton. It also controls the speed scale.
FAC Computes:
VSW
VLS
VFE & VFE NEXT
VLE
VMO/MMO
GREEN DOT
S SPEED
F SPEED
TREND ARROW
Alpha lock
This function inhibits slat retraction at high angles of attack and low speeds. When the flat leave is set to 0, the alpha/speed lock function activates and inhibits slat retraction if:
The angle of attack is greater than 8.5° or
The speed is less than 148 kts.
If the flap lever is already set to 0 (so the slats are moving or are already at 0) when the alpha lock conditions occur, inhibit will not activate therefore the stats will continue to retract or remain at zero.
Once the alpha/speed lock function is active, the slats will only retract when:
The angle of attack is less than 7.6° and,
This speed is above 154 kts
The function is not active on the ground when the speed is less than 60kts.
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This week we take a look at a review the bleed system
