T-45C TS, ADV & IUT ENG-13
Flight Control System
NOTE: The use of speed brakes during
approach allows the engine to be spooled
up without an increase in airspeed.
b.
Hydraulic actuator
(1) Location: attached to each speed brake
door and anchored inside fuselage
(2) Function: extends or retracts speed brakes
depending on position of a hydraulically
operated slide valve
2.
Cockpit controls/switches/indicators
Speed Brake
Extend/Retract Switch
Figure 16: SPEED BRAKE CONTROLS/INDICATORS
a.
SP BRK advisory light
Sg 3, fr 10 (1 Overlay)
(1) Location: on upper left instrument
Fig 16: Speed Brake
panel in both cockpits
Controls/Indicators
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