Today we are going to review a system or component of the planes very important and at the same time very little known, the Ram Air Turbine or RAT. Photo by shelbs2
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This system was born out of the need to have the so-called redundant systems in airplanes, in order to increase security and have a «plan B» in case of a situationóemergency number in flight.
The industry toéArea is constantly evolving, looking for everyone's safety, for them in the 60s with the avión Vickers VC10 finderó the first RAT and this is whaté does:
The RAT
No, It is not a rat that airplanes carry in case of emergency if we translate it literally into Spanish.ñol, it is an impact air turbine, This being a system that in case of péhydraulic systems speedáulicos and theéelectric, that are highly unlikely to happen, activates automaticallyáethical or manual on some aircraft, compensating for the lack of the indicated systems.
The RAT is located in the body of the aircraft, being able alsoén be on the wings or other places, which when deployed provides pressureóin hydráIt connects to the central flight control system in the event of failure of both engines, which are the ones that provide energy.ía for control surfaces and displays in the cockpit.
Once active, the RAT activates a hydraulic pumpáulica that provides adequate pressureón for flight controls 115 volts (can change dependingún the type of aircraft) and works with direct impact with the air while the aircraft is flying, as its name indicates.
The RAT will not deployá by carátically when the aircraft is on the ground and can be deployed at any time manually with accidentalón by the pilots in the cockpit, but once this happens I won't be able toá be retroído to their positionsóinitial n until the aircraft is back on the ground.
¿Knowíeven the RAT of airplanes?
I thought it was in the SEQM, the environment is very similar
Yes it looks like something!
I thought it could be activated automatically.
The photo of that 767 UPS at the beginning of the entry was taken in Quito?
By the trees in the background if it seems.
Yes, activated automatically or manually. Not my picture, It was taken on a test flight of the plane in the USA.