A320: Flight Control Laws | Quiz - Pilot George, L3 Airline Academy (CTC Aviation) Cadet Blog

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Q6174 [Normal Law] Lowest speed achieveable with stick fully back?

VaMax

VSW

VaProt

VLS

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Q6194 [Mechanical] What causes reversion to Mechanical Back Up mode?

Loss of autopilot.

Loss of electrics, SECs, FMGCs and RAT deployment

The pilot pushing the MBU button on the overhead panel.

Loss of electrics, fly-by-wire computers, elevators and loss of ailerons & spoilers

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Q6196 [Alternate] What does HI SPD stability do and can it be overridden?

Commands Nose Up. Stabilities can be overridden with continued sidestick input.

Commands Nose Down. Stabilities can not be overridden.

Commands Nose Up.

Commands Nose Up to reduce speed. Stabilities can not be overridden.

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Q6171 [Normal Law] When configured, what are the maneuvering limits?

0g to 2g

-2g to 1g

-2.5g to 1g

-1g to 2.5g

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Q6173 [Normal Law] What protections are available?

Pitch attitude, Bank Angle, High Speed, Low Speed Stability

High Speed Stability, Pitch Attitude, Bank Angle, Load Factor and stall

Pitch Attitude, Bank Angle, High Speed and stall only.

Pitch Attitude, Bank Angle, High Speed, Load Factor, AoA

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Q6193 [Mechanical] Roll is controlled with?

Sidestick, although a minimum speed must be maintained.

Rudder.

Using the spoilers by using sidestick to indicate direction of turn, co-ordinated with rudder.

Roll is lost.

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Q6192 [Mechanical] Pitch is controlled with?

Pitch is lost.

Sidestick only.

Sidestick and THS.

THS only.

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Q6201 [Alternate] What happens to Turn Co-ordination

It is only available until 10 degrees of bank

It is only available between 0 and 33 degrees bank.

The pilot must control turn co-ordination with the rudder

Nothing, turn co-ordination is still available in alternate law.

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Q6200 [Alternate] What replaces ALPHA PROT?

Nothing, ALPHA PROT is available in all laws.

Autothrust protections.

Artificial Low Speed Stability

Overspeed Aural Warning only.

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Q6169 [Normal Law] What are the pitch attitude limits? (at low speed)

10°NU (Conf 0 - 3), 25°NU (Conf Full), 30° ND

25°NU (Conf 0 - 3), 20°NU (Conf Full), 15° ND

30°NU (Conf 0 - 3), 30°NU (Conf Full), 10° ND

30°NU (Conf 0 - 3), 25°NU (Conf Full), 15° ND

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Q6180 [Normal Law] In ground mode, the flight control movement is proportional to what?ode

The total sidestick deflection

The sum of both pilots sidestick movements

The limitations from the previous flight at the point of landing

The THS value entered in the MCDU.

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Q6202 [Alternate] What does the top of the barber boll indicate?

VLS

VaMAX

VaProt

VSW

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Q6172 [Normal Law] With high angle of attack protections active, what is the lowest speed achievable hands off?

VaProt

VaMax

VLS

VSW

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Q6184 [Normal Law] HI SPD Protection is active and the sidestick is pushed further forwards. What happens?

Pitch trim is frozen only.

Autopilot is lost

Pilot authority is lost.

Spiral stability reduces to 0 degrees and pitch trim is frozen.

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Q6182 [Normal Law] What happens to the thrust when A.FLOOR is annunciated?

MCT

Nothing

CLB

TO/GA

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Quiz: A320: Flight Control Laws