«Flex 35 SRS Runway»?
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«Flex 35 SRS Runway»?
14th Dec 2001, 23:34
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«Flex 35 SRS Runway»?
When performing the take-off roll, can someone please explain to me what the co-pilot means when he says «Flex 35 SRS Runway»?
This has been bugging me for a very long time.
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14th Dec 2001, 23:53
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Airbus speak for :
Flex 35 — engines de-rated to an eqivalent oat of 35 deg c
SRS — speed reference system — ie machine driving to maintain speed for take off and v2 ( useful)
Runway — you’re on one (oh yes it’s also the right one you have the ils tuned for — automatically done by the box)
really not
15th Dec 2001, 20:09
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Many of the (early) ‘problems’ associated with airbus’ derived from flight crew being unaware of the mode the FMGC was actually in. To prevent this from happening (its very easy to descend in V/S when you really meant to do it in open descent for example) most operators now run SOP’s that involve reading the mode indications from the top of the PFD. In the airbus these (right to left) are — A/T mode, vertical a/p mode, lateral a/p mode , approach capability and a/p f/d and a/thr engagement status. Any question ‘whats it doing now’ can be answered from that area .
So, not only will you hear ‘flex,SRS, runway’, but also various others like ‘open descent 270’ ‘loc blue’ or ‘toga, srs, go around track’ fo a go around.
It does mean a lot of talking at various flight phases, but it beats talking about pensions.