The A320 Podcast

vionics Smoke - One smoke detector is fitted in the air extraction duct of the avionics ventilation system. When this detector senses smoke for longer than 5 seconds it signals the ECAM to display a w...

30 Tammi 201717min

Aircraft Fire Protection Systems for the Engines and APU provide Fire and overheat detection and extinguishing systems (as opposed to just fire or smoke detection like in other systems). The engines a...

23 Tammi 201717min

This week is part two of our fuel episodes. If you didn't listen to last weeks episode then go back and download it before listening to this one.    This week's scenario is one that is commonly given ...

17 Tammi 201720min

Happy New Year! Well we've had a couple of weeks break, now we're straight back to it and this week is a good one. Fuel. Theres more to this system than you would imagine actually.  Here is a summary ...

9 Tammi 201720min

As its nearly Christmas we thought we do a more light-hearted episode. This week we discuss the film Sully. Scenario of the week - Departing your home base, you lose both engines at 2800ft. What will ...

19 Joulu 201618min

Hydraulic systems can suffer from a number of abnormal situations. Pump low pressure, reservoir overheat, Reservoir low air pressure and reservoir low level. The electric pumps on the blue and yellow ...

12 Joulu 201626min

Flight Control Laws The flight control law is basically the relationship between the pilot's input on the side stick and the resulting aircraft or flight control surface response. There are 3 flight c...

5 Joulu 201624min

This system is closely linked to the Air Conditioning system which we discussed back in episode 2. If you havent listened to it already it may be worth going back and listening to that first.   The ma...

29 Marras 201619min