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Usage examples of slats.

He finds it is up and locked, which is puzzling, since it means he has an uncommanded slats deploy .

So, at those times we increase the curvature, by extending sections in the front and backflaps at the back, and slats at the leading edge.

As they watched, the first of the slats moved outward, then tilted down.

Trung was functioning the control surfaces, one after anotherflaps, slats, elevators, rudder.

She thought it unlikely that a flight attendant would know about uncommanded slats deployment.

There was no question that both witnesses were telling a story consistent with slats deployment.

First, rumbling for twelve secondsexactly the time it took the slats to extend.

When we investigated, we found that in every case the slats had deployed during a period of flight deck activity: right after a crew change, or when they punched in coordinates for the next leg of the flight, or something like that.

That meant the captain had to flip up the cover before he could deploy the slats, but it solved the problem.

On the systems monitor in the training console, the slats warning flashed, first amber, then white.

Flight characteristics of an N-22 are such that if slats deploy at cruise speed, and the captain goes out of the autopilot the aircraft is rather sensitive.

The slats were now removed, exposing the innards of the wing structure.

The space for the slats was marked by a series of drive trackslittle rails, spaced three feet apart, that the slats slid out on, driven by hydraulic pistons.

At the forward end of the rail was a rocker pin, which allowed the slats to tilt downward.

At the back of the compartment she saw the folding pistons which drove the slats along the tracks.