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Discussion 1 is due today, the other ones I can wait a few days.
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–Chapter 9 resource: https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks…
An aircraft electrical system has three components: an electrical bus, a generator or alternator, and a battery. Research two different aircraft electrical systems and answer the following questions in your original post:
Identify the electrical component and summarize what is happening in the unit as it is operating.
Address some of the differences and similarities between the two aircraft electrical system components you researched.
Pick one component and address any vulnerabilities the system may have and how it would affect the aircraft while in flight.
Include at least two in-text citations from the course material(s) and/or appropriate outside sources. Following the post, provide a reference list reflecting the source(s) used in your response. Both in-text citations and the reference list must be in accordance with the current APA format.
Reply with constructive feedback to at least two of your classmates by the last day of the module week. Your original post should be submitted by the fourth day of the module week.
*******************************Discussion 2*******************************
–Chapter 10 resource–
For this discussion, select both a pressure instrument and an electronic instrument, and for each of these, address the following:
Describe the history behind the instruments and how they have changed over time.
Describe where the instruments get their data input.
Describe how the instruments are calibrated.
Summarize how the instruments operate and what happens as the instruments receive data from input time to the reading in the cockpit.
After conducting your research, do you see any problems that could arise with the instrument? What is the backup instrument in case of failure?
Include at least two in-text citations from the course material(s) and/or appropriate outside sources. Following the post, provide a reference list reflecting the source(s) used in your response. Both in-text citations and the reference list must be in accordance with the current APA format.
Your original post should be submitted by the fourth day of the module week.
Reply with constructive feedback to at least two classmates by the last day of the module week.
******************************Discussion 3*******************************
—-Resource Chapter 15—-
For this discussion activity, research an aircraft accident that was directly caused by ice/snow formation. In your discussion post, address the following:
Give a brief summary of the accident/incident that was a direct result of ice/snow formation on aircraft surfaces.
What type of anti-ice system was the aircraft equipped with and was it operational at the time?
Give a recommendation that could have prevented the accident from occurring.
Include at least two in-text citations from the course material(s) and/or appropriate outside sources. Following the post, provide a reference list reflecting the source(s) used in your response. Both in-text citations and the reference list must be in accordance with the current APA format.
Reply with constructive feedback to at least two of your classmates by the last day of the module week. Your original post should be submitted by the fourth day of the module week.
