October 13, 201015 yr How does the transition from autothrust to manual throttle movement take place in real life in A320 series airliners? Supposed autothrottle commands 40% thrust and the levers are in the CLB detent when the pilot decides to switch off A/T and take over manually, how is this situation resolved? Because of the missing lever servos, the lever positions don't reflect the actual thrust setting. I'd assume in this situation that the engines would spool up at least a little (if the levers aren't moved quickly enough) because when brought out of the CLB gate, more than 40% thrust would be commanded instantly... Andreas, LOWW - Nihil sumus et fuimus mortales. Respice, lector: In nihil ab nihilo quam cito recidimus.
October 13, 201015 yr Ok so as far as I am aware I think this is correct. After the autothrottle is set into the Climb Detent, the throttle can be moved anywhere between, but not including, idle, and the climb detent. This will not affect the engine speed. Autothrottle disconnect occurs when either the thrust levers are moved to the idle positon, or by pressing the red disconnect buttons on the thrust levers. So, pilots would move the thurst levers to the approximate positon, and then press the disconnect buttons, after which the throttles are controlled in the more conventional method.Hope I'm right, and I hope you understand what I just said! :( Sam Crawford "Don't judge the intelligence of an individual by the number of posts that they have made. Wait until they say something stupid first." CTC Cadet - www.ctcwings.co.uk
October 13, 201015 yr my mate flies the 319 for easy, he told me you line up the "doughnuts", there are 2 sets of markers, one for engine position and the other for throttle position, when you align the 2 the levers are in the position relating to current engine EPR/n2. Not being an aribus guy thats the best i can give...! lol
October 13, 201015 yr my mate flies the 319 for easy, he told me you line up the "doughnuts", there are 2 sets of markers, one for engine position and the other for throttle position, when you align the 2 the levers are in the position relating to current engine EPR/n2. Not being an aribus guy thats the best i can give...! lolYeh thats right, its coming back to me now! Little blue markers appear which you line up with the green lines. Sam Crawford "Don't judge the intelligence of an individual by the number of posts that they have made. Wait until they say something stupid first." CTC Cadet - www.ctcwings.co.uk
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