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Old 09-26-07, 03:18 PM   #5
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EPU = RAM air turbine?
EPU is the emergency power unit. Has its own independent fuel source and typically runs long enough to put an aircraft on the ground in a power loss situation.

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EPU = APU?

Never heared of this EPU, I only know APU (mostly used for power supply on ground and starting the engines, if no external power is available, is being fueled by a normal tank even if the fuel pump are non-active, and the valves are closed) and RAM air turbines (being meant to be deployed into the airstream to generate power by a propeller, usually cannot be restored in-flight, only on the ground).
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