FLIGHT CONTROLS

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Learning Outcomes

describe aircraft control around its three axes.
identify the primary and secondary flight control surfaces.
Identifies the cockpit controls.
identify the operating methods of flight control surfaces.
Direct cable system.
Hydraulically boosted cable system.
Aerodynmically boosted cable system.
Hydraulically operated systems: Transmission via steel cable, Transmission via electrical wire, Transmission via computer and electrical wire.
Operation of Hydraulic actuators: Mechanically controlled, Electrically controlled.
Fly by wire: Computers and controlled surfaces, Control laws (normal, alternate, d,rect), Protections (high speed, AOA, pitch attitude, bank angle, etc.)
identify the trim controls and explain their operation.
Cockpit controls
Roll and yaw trimming.
Pitch trimming.
Automatic pitch trim.
Mach trim.
describe the load alleviation function.
identify the systems and elements used for active load control.
explain how ailerons and spoilers are used to shift the load towards wing root.
identify the high lift devices and their operation.
Identifies falp and slat types.
State the movement types (hinge, track, compound).
Describe the system used for flap-slat operation
States the elements used in the system.
Explain operation of the system.
Describe the position monitoring and limiting.
describe the lift dump and speed brake systems.
Identify and classify the lift dump and speed brake surfaces.
Describe the roll assistance operation.
Describe the speed brake operation.
Describe the ground spoiler system operation.
Describe the relationship between the speed brake control handle and the surfaces operation.
explain the operation of artificial feel unit, mach trim, rudder limiter, gust locks and flutter dampers.
explain the balancing and rigging of the flight controls.
state the static and dynamic balancing of surfaces.
describe the purpose of the rigging on a mechanical control linkage.
sate the tools used for rigging.
describe the stall protection and alerting systems.
describe different stall warning systems.
state the difference between stall warning and stall recovery systems.
describe how pilots are warned in case of a predicted stall.
Will be able describe the fly-by-wire system.
Describe the principle of operation.
Identifies the computers and the controlled surfaces.
States the control laws and their relationship with limitations.
States the types of protections.