Timeline for RAT Deployment and Stowage
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| Mar 29, 2023 at 18:17 | vote | accept | RetiredATC | ||
| Mar 28, 2023 at 8:00 | comment | added | Bianfable | @JohnK I added a quote from the CRJ electrical description to my answer. It says "It is restowed manually, on the ground, by maintenance personnel." | |
| Mar 27, 2023 at 21:49 | comment | added | John K | Normally by ground maintenance. An airline crew would never do it in a million years anyway; they generally won't use the oil replenishment system either (you can top up the engine oil from a tank in the tail section). But a corporate crew might, if they were stuck at a remote area and needed to stow it to get away. You need the Maint Manual procedure to do it. Not sure if a maint log book entry is required if it's been deployed and restowed. | |
| Mar 27, 2023 at 20:18 | comment | added | RetiredATC | @John K-Is the hydraulic retraction of the RAT on the CRJ done by the aircrew or ground maintenance personnel? | |
| Mar 27, 2023 at 19:09 | comment | added | John K | On the CRJs the thing is under the nose below the right seater's feet and runs a fixed freq ac generator. It's extended by a spring strut when both main ac buses are depowered. It's retracted by a hydraulic hand pump. I've done test extensions and the noise the thing makes is unbelievable. It sounds like a giant woodworking router under the floor. | |
| Mar 27, 2023 at 18:38 | answer | added | Bianfable | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 27, 2023 at 18:04 | history | asked | RetiredATC | CC BY-SA 4.0 |