TAP014: A320 Avionics, Cargo & Lav Fire Protections
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 Jan 201717min
TAP013: A320 Engine and APU Fire Protections
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 Jan 201717min
TAP012: A320 Fuel System (Part 2)
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 Jan 201720min
TAP011: A320 Fuel System (Part 1)
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 Jan 201720min
TAP010: Our review of the film 'Sully'
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 Dec 201618min
TAP009: Hydraulic Failures
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 Dec 201626min
TAP008: Flight Control Laws
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 Dec 201624min
TAP007: Pressurisation
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 Nov 201619min
