As Simply Flying explains: An aircraft's Ram Air Turbine is a small auxiliary ... causing the turbine to rotate. The turbine can be connected to a generator or a hydraulic pump.

The shaft of the Ram air turbine's propeller is connected to an electrical generator. Once deployed, the spinning action of the propeller generates a small amount of electricity that will power ...

Testing of a replacement ram-air turbine for the Yakovlev MC-21 has been carried out by researchers as part of an import-substitution effort for the aircraft. Yakovlev is developing a version of ...

Dassault Aviation has selected a Hamilton Sundstrand ram air turbine (RAT) system to supply emergency power for the Falcon 7X. Thomas Geen, vice president and general manager of flight systems for ...

Some airplanes have a ram air turbine that is lowered when electrical power is lost to provide a backup to power a hydraulic pump and limited electrical generator. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY ...

The company is expected to complete the $18 million facility in 2022. When completed next year, Collins Aerospace's new wind tunnel will be able to test ram air turbines for aircraft from the size ...

Airbus A380 operators face repetitive inspections of ram air turbines to ensure water is not accumulating in gearbox fluids, which could freeze and prevent the back-up power-generation source from ...

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has mandated that operators of a large variety of Airbus aircraft fitted with Hamilton Sundstrand ram air turbines (RATs) perform inspections and part ...

A spokesman for GE said later that the problem was not with the GEnx Engine on the plane, but with the ram air turbine, an auxiliary generator used to provide electrical power in emergency situations.