From its first designed airplane, Airbus considered mandatory a help in the crew's decision-making process to initiate an escape maneuver and help to successfully realize it. All the Airbus airplanes designed since 1975 included an alpha-floor function and a speed reference control law imbedded in the speed reference system (SRS) box for A 300 and FAC and FCC for A 310, A300/600 and the A 320. Alpha-Floor function takes into account the airplane energy situation considering angle of attack and observed longitudinal situation in order to apply immediately the full power without any pilot action. Speed reference managers control airspeed and/or ground speed in order to survive a maximum in shear situation. In order to comply with the new FAA regulation: Aerospatiale and Airbus developed more efficient systems. A comparison between 1975 and a newly developed system is given. It is explained how the new system improves the situation.
Airbus Windshear Warning and Guidance System
1990
24 pages
Report
No indication
English
Avionics , Air Transportation , Transportation Safety , Meteorological Data Collection, Analysis, & Weather , Aircraft guidance , European airbus , Warning systems , Wind shear , Airspeed , Angle of attack , Control theory , Decision making , Ground speed , Speed control , Foreign technology , Aviation safety
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