At the end of it, when the A380 has landed and the flaps are retracted, you can see that the spoilers go up very slightly in the flap retraction process, and then down again when the flaps are completely retracted. Does anybody know if this exists on other planes too? And mostly, if this happens also at flap retraction in climb, would this affect lift much?
EMBQA From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 9286 posts, RR: 13 Reply 1, posted (6 years 1 week 4 hours ago) and read 10419 times:
Very common with most aircraft. The area in the flap well is very tight with little room and every thing fits just right....and no.. no effect at all. A spoiler raise that little has no effect.
[Edited 2007-05-13 20:45:45]
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TristarSteve From Sweden, joined Nov 2005, 3687 posts, RR: 34 Reply 3, posted (6 years 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 10303 times:
Quoting EMBQA (Reply 1): Very common with most aircraft.
Which aircraft? I have never worked on an aircraft where the spoilers raise to let the flaps in. If the spoilers are slightly misrigged, they might be pushed up by the retracting flaps, but where is the input to raise them. Does the Flap control unit send a signal to the spoiler control units to raise the spoilers? Never heard of it. Well not on B744 B777 B767 B757 B737 A320 L1011.
TristarSteve From Sweden, joined Nov 2005, 3687 posts, RR: 34 Reply 4, posted (6 years 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 10304 times:
Just watched the video. That is a programmed rise of the spoilers. Never seen it before.
Its a good idea because it allows for an airtight seal between the spoilers and the flaps in cruise.
FLY2HMO From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (6 years 1 week 1 hour ago) and read 10161 times:
Quoting EMBQA (Reply 1): Very common with most aircraft.
I've never ever seen that in any aircraft I've flown on comercially and never heard of that being used in any other plane. Wouldn't be surprised if the A380 was the first airliner to have that feature.
Brettbrett21 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2004, 436 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (6 years 1 week ago) and read 10114 times:
Good idea, they are some pretty darn large single slotted flaps, unlike the 747's triple slotted ones which kinda' compress into each other, which need some room to move.
OldAeroGuy From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 3206 posts, RR: 66 Reply 8, posted (6 years 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 10028 times:
It's a good indication that the flaps have a lot of Fowler motion, ie they move back a long ways before the trailing edge down rotation begins. In addition, this mechanization is probably also necessary as the A380 airfoil has a lot of aft camber, consistent with a supercritical section.
To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time this technique has been used on a large commercial aircraft.
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AA737-823 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 5333 posts, RR: 11 Reply 9, posted (6 years 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 10013 times:
Common in most aircraft?
I have flown many, many types, most of them multiple times, and I have never seen this in my life.
In fact, take the Boeings... you can typically see scrape marks on 737 and 757 flaps, where they have interfered with the spoilers...
Zeke From Hong Kong, joined Dec 2006, 7721 posts, RR: 73 Reply 10, posted (6 years 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 9996 times:
Quoting TristarSteve (Reply 4): Just watched the video. That is a programmed rise of the spoilers. Never seen it before.
Its a good idea because it allows for an airtight seal between the spoilers and the flaps in cruise.
I am thinking it maybe more for ice, if you retracted the flaps without raising the spoilers one could possibly damage the flaps, by raising them the damage is avoided.
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OldAeroGuy From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 3206 posts, RR: 66 Reply 14, posted (6 years 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 9107 times:
Quoting HAWK21M (Reply 13): Quoting Kalvado (Reply 12):
Not exactly on topic - but I remember discussion about some panels on 757 wing lifting to let landing gear move
Isn't that the Trunnion Fairing.
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MEL
You're thinking of the 767.
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S12PPL From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 16, posted (6 years 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 9005 times:
Quoting EMBQA (Reply 1): Very common with most aircraft.
I too have never seen this before, like many others have stated here. I've flown on many 737's, A320's, A319's, a 767-300...DC-10...I've never seen the flaps extend slightly to let the flaps retract, so I'm confused where you've seen this before...
WSOY From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 17, posted (6 years 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 8986 times:
This patent application might be of interest, the patent assignee is the builder/designer of the A380 spoilers. Written in almost inpenetrable patentese, if might benefit from a translation into practical English by the experts presently on the forum.
It's advisable to create an account on the site (free registration) in order to view the original application PDF document and the accompanying images.
Miamiair From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 18, posted (6 years 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 8829 times:
I've never seen that on any of the Boeings. Most spoilers have a phenolic rub strip at the aft end for that very purpose.
Below is a 747 spoiler. The rub strip (-61) is replaced at every overhaul. It is easier to replace a rub strip than to add a monkey-motion system to not rub the spoiler on the upper skin of the flaps. KISS.
WSOY From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (6 years 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 8824 times:
So to elaborate on my earlier posting, it seems to me the reason for the slight deployment of the spoilers on the A380 is to allow the by Patria patented vortex generators on the underside of the spoiler to enhance the lift of the flaps.
DH106 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2005, 621 posts, RR: 1 Reply 20, posted (6 years 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 8801 times:
This feature may just be necessary, dependant on the shape of the portion of the flap that would normally sit under the spoiler when retracted together with the geometry of the flap extension path.
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JetMech From Australia, joined Mar 2006, 2586 posts, RR: 53 Reply 24, posted (6 years 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 8525 times:
Quoting Miamiair (Reply 18): It is easier to replace a rub strip than to add a monkey-motion system to not rub the spoiler on the upper skin of the flaps. KISS
The again, "monkey motion" is not exactly hard to arrange for with a FBW flight control system. In a certain way, a FBW flight control system is more in line with the KISS principle than the hydro-mechanical flight control system of the 747.
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26 HAWK21M: I guess EMBQA has forgotten this thread & left the Important questioned unanswered regds MEL
27 BuyantUkhaa: I had a look again after this thread was referred to in another, and yes, you're right, that's what it's called, the only reference I could find is h
28 Sfomb67: Thanks BuyantUkhaa ! Just found your post concerning "spoiler bias" on the MD-11. I spent hours searching for this, but couldn't find anything about i
29 Klaus: Indeed. The spoilers have position sensors anway as far as I'm aware (to allow precisely servo-controlled use as flight spoilers), so this is entirel
30 Mcdu: Does anyone know if the spoilers make the same motion of raising and then lowering after T/O or Go Around? Would be interested to see if there is any
31 BuyantUkhaa: I doubt it, it's a tiny deflection. In a two-engine out config you're not going to climb anyway...
32 Sfomb67: I'm sure they do. As I remember, the DC10-30 spoilers all lifted up about 3/4" just as the flaps started to extend from full up, and lifted the same
33 Mcdu: You better be able to climb on Two as that is the certification standard. It has to be able to suffer a double engine loss, make it to 35' by the end
34 TristarSteve: Hmmm Is this something new? All aircraft must be able to handle a single engine loss after V1 and climb away but when did a double engine loss come i
35 Mcdu: The certification standards vary depending on the number of installed power plants. The Twin is a single engine loss at V1. The quad a two engine los
36 Tdscanuck: Do you know where that is in the FAR's? I've never heard of it before (for quads) and it doesn't really make sense. An engine on a quad is no more or
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