Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Skybird
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Skybird
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.
-S |
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). |
An EPU is present on most jets I think, but not sure the actual availability. The APU is not the same since it is dependent on internal fuel of the aircraft itself, not an isolated system.
Maybe I should research this.
-S