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  2. Aircraft systems - Wikipedia

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    A hydraulic system is required for high speed flight and large aircraft to convert the crews' control system movements to surface movements. The hydraulic system is also used to extend and retract landing gear, operate flaps and slats, operate the wheel brakes and steering systems.

  3. Power transfer unit - Wikipedia

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    In aviation, a power transfer unit (PTU) is a device that transfers hydraulic power from one of an aircraft's hydraulic systems to another in the event that the other system has failed or been turned off. The PTU is used when, for example, there is right hydraulic system pressure but no left hydraulic system pressure.

  4. Flight with disabled controls - Wikipedia

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    In these incidents, there was a failure of control system components themselves (e.g. cables, hydraulics, flaps, slats, ailerons, rudder, stabilizer, trim tabs, auto-pilot). (Control system fatigue failures are here, but improperly installed or incorrectly adjusted controls in the next section.) United Airlines Flight 585, Boeing 737, March 3 ...

  5. Oleo strut - Wikipedia

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    An oleo strut is a pneumatic air–oil hydraulic shock absorber used on the landing gear of most large aircraft and many smaller ones. [1] This design cushions the impacts of landing and damps out vertical oscillations.

  6. Podded engine - Wikipedia

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    hydraulic hoses, hydraulic fluid from the aircraft hydraulic system has to be supplied to engine-mounted pumps and then returned under high pressure to the aircraft. High pressure fluid is returned to the nacelle for actuating a thrust reverser. fuel tube, fuel has to get from the aircraft tanks to the engine fuel pump.

  7. Autobrake - Wikipedia

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    An autobrake is a type of automatic wheel-based hydraulic brake system for advanced airplanes. [1] The autobrake is normally enabled during takeoff and landing procedures, when the aircraft's longitudinal deceleration system can be handled by the automated systems of the aircraft itself in order to keep the pilot free to perform other tasks.

  8. Aircraft flight control system - Wikipedia

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    Cockpit controls and instrument panel of a Cessna 182D Skylane. Generally, the primary cockpit flight controls are arranged as follows: [2] A control yoke (also known as a control column), centre stick or side-stick (the latter two also colloquially known as a control or joystick), governs the aircraft's roll and pitch by moving the ailerons (or activating wing warping on some very early ...

  9. Hydrolock - Wikipedia

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    According to the Historic Aircraft Association, "This phenomenon is known as 'hydraulic lock'." haa-uk.aero Similarly, Miller Hydraulic notes, "A hydraulic lock, also called hydrolock or hydrostatic lock, occurs when a fluid enters the cylinders in a hydraulic system and limits their compression."