The damage done to the APU impeller is quite impressive when hit by Deice fluid. Little of subject, the ERJ maintenance manual also has a procedure to “jump start” one plane with another. Basically you install a clothes pin looking device into the flapper of ground bleed connection of the plane bein...
Jump to postIf you CDL the fuel door, beside the 250 kt speed restriction you also MEL the refueling system by lock wiring the door switch in the panel closed postion. That means the fueler have to overwing fuel the airplane
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Jump to postTo all that have worked the 777. What are your thoughts on the Maintenance access terminal (MAT) on the 777? Do you prefer having the CMCF through the MFD's or to you like the dedicated terminal?
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Jump to postI have seen the AOA indicator on an airline beside <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> and <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym>, but I can not remember who it was since I see so many differnet airlines. The first time I saw the symbol, it throw me for a loop and I ha...
Jump to postI hope the vote turns out well. Even if vote down I think the FAL will still be in EVT. BSC has proven that you can not setup a new line without experience and hit your goals. Dont get me wrong BSC will be just fine after some more years, as they build the experience. But if Boeing does not want ano...
Jump to postThe union just gave a offer to Boeing. Should see a response by Boeing tommorrow. Hold on this could be interesting
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Jump to postNot a big deal. Gear doors are painted before install. Boeing does not keep alot of spare parts (like doors, cowls,etc) around for production use, so you have to still rob from Peter to buy for Paul.
Jump to postGet some avionics classes. I took a 3 month class in addition to my A&P classes and it has paid of greatly. Being able to read wiring diagrams and troubleshoot avionics and other aircraft system, will make you valuable over someone that might not know how to. Companies like to be able to fix pro...
Jump to postThere are 3 rudder PCU (one for each hyd system) that are connected to the main rudder. The access panel is on the L/H side of the vertical stab.
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Jump to postAll the Airshow systems I have worked on are connected to the FMC system <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Thai744" class="quote" target="_blank">Thai744</a> (<a href="#0" class=...
Jump to postThe IDG's and APU are 120 KVA generators. The external power is 90 KVA per stinger.
Jump to postBoeing is hiring A&P mechanics for the flightline and flight test programs. All are based in the Seattle area
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Jump to postI prefer backing the plane out of the spot and then pull to the hangar. No disconnecting, fast and easy.
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Jump to postWhenever I close latched panel/access door or anything held on by 1/4 turn fastener I hit the panel around the latches and fasteners to make sure they are secured. Known a couple guys get in trouble for access doors departing in flight.
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Jump to postWell the chances of all 3 pitot tubes being inop, I think is very slim. You are more likely to lose your GPS data.
Jump to postIf your ACP goes out, you will lose all comm (V<acronym title="OLD: Hapag Lloyd (Germany), NEW: Hapagfly (Germany)">HF</acronym>, <acronym title="OLD: Hapag Lloyd (Germany), NEW: Hapagfly (Germany)">HF</acronym>, SATCOM, PA, etc) I would doubt it that it was an ACP, Plus you would have the other ACP...
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Jump to postI believe EK has it's own people doing maintenance at SFO. I know I guy that went down there for that, but that has been about 6 months ago.
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Jump to postSome of EK newer 777 have an option of a forward or down camera and you can choose the view you want to watch from your seat. Otherwise the FA changes from the forward or downward cameras.
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Jump to postWhen I was moving ERJ, we tried one engine and two engine taxi to see which one you used more fuel on. We ended up burning the same amount of fuel. So normally we taxi with both engines, but if you know some work was being performed on one engine, we would only start the opposite engine and do a sin...
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Jump to postThe seat boxes come from the seat manufacture already installed. Plus you would need access panels all over you floor boards. Easy access is the key and I can tell you even the now some seat boxes are a pain to get to.
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Jump to postThe ram air inlet doors have nothing at all to do with the RAT. The ram air inlet doors are on the inlet of the A/C packs.
I do not know about the A320, but on the 777 if you lose power the APU auto starts and the rat deploys.
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Jump to postGuys thanks for the responses. You cured my curiosity for the day. It was interesting to learn how the brakes are designed on the Airbus. Like I said never have worked on them.
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Jump to postI understand that, I was just curious if what the website say, which the information looks like it can from a Airbus flight crew training manual, is reality or not. I would suspect that if you operate the system in a certain way you would get transfer.
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