Timeline for What role did the RAT (Ram Air Turbine) play on US Airways flight 1549?
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| Sep 5, 2018 at 14:06 | comment | added | Daan van Hoek | Thank you for linking the report. It was an interresting read. | |
| Sep 5, 2018 at 7:54 | comment | added | RAC | RATs are normally spring-deployed (to get them out fast), and are held in by a latch. You need battery power to a solenoid to release the latch - twang! (They are retracted by hand to ensure the latch is hlding correctly, to avoid a twang at the wrong time.) | |
| Sep 5, 2018 at 7:37 | comment | added | MichaelK | If I recall correctly, you do not need power to deploy a RAT, you need power to retract it. Like brakes on a truck or a train, the default state is actually deployed, not stowed. | |
| Sep 4, 2018 at 21:42 | history | edited | Dave | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 4, 2018 at 19:42 | vote | accept | Hercules-63 | ||
| Sep 4, 2018 at 19:22 | comment | added | BowlOfRed | @AliErdem: aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/1583/… | |
| Sep 4, 2018 at 19:09 | comment | added | Ali Erdem | How can a pilot extend rat when there is no power? Which is the problem rat tries to solve. (afaik) Is there a handle directly attached to it? | |
| Sep 4, 2018 at 18:50 | history | edited | Dave | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 4, 2018 at 18:27 | history | answered | Dave | CC BY-SA 4.0 |