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Editor: Claudia Santos / Editorial Designer: Marcell Marra

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SUMMARY

SUMMARY
CALENDAR

Choose your
destination

TECHNICAL

Type V Hydraulic Fluid

Certification

Passenger/Service Door ARM/DISARM

Handle Door Cover

52013 Embraer Chinese Operators

Mini Conference

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REMINDER
DID YOU KNOW?

Load 25.3 and 25.4

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New EPIC Load, a great opportunity

to update the fleet for new functionalities

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CALENDAR
E V E N TS

What will happen

JUNE
2

2nd MRBR Optimization Structural/

Zonal Working Group and Industry
Steering Committee
WHERE Amsterdan - The Netherlands
WHEN

June, 17 - 21, 2013

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Type V Hydraulic Fluid Certification

Rodrigo de Macedo
Technical Support (EFTC)
rodrigo.macedo@embraer.com.br

Embraer has taken the decision not to pursue

to the approval of Type V Hydraulic Fluid for the
E-Jets fleet.
The main reason is the high cost and the high demand
of engineering resources involved in, only for compatibility verification between the new fluid and the aircraft current components. There are no guarantees
that extensive product modification would not be necessary. This analysis certainly would require dedicated
tests for each of the components from the various suppliers involved, once an eventual incompatibility could
cause degradation or any other unexpected behavior,
impairing the normal operation of the aircraft systems.
Whereas there is no indication that the current type
of fluid used in the E-Jets will be discontinued and
no relevant performance improvement has being evidenced, Embraer has decided not to pursue to the
approval of Type V Hydraulic Fluid for the E-Jets fleet
now.
This question may be resumed if the Type IV Hydraulic
fluid goes into an obsolescence process.

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Passenger/Service Door
ARM/DISARM Handle Door Cover

Luciana Silva e Santos

Technical Support (EFTC)
luciana.santos@embraer.com.br

Embraer received reports of Arm/Disarm Handle

Door Cover becoming loose or damaged during
operation.
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It was detected that the hinge pin could move sideways due to handle cover open/close cycles, with
possible detachment from the door lining. Also,
specific installations with adhesive between the
arm/disarm door assembly and hinge may present
detachment.

Door Main
Lining Assemvly

Embraer Service Newsletters 170-25-0028 REV.1 and

190-25-0021 REV.1 released in July 2008, provide
further information related to this subject.ther information related to this subject.

Arm/Disarm
Door Assembly

Arm/Disarm Door Assembly Loose

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2013 Embraer Chinese

Operators Mini Conference
From May 27th to June 5th Embraer perfomed its first
Chinese Mini Conference of 2013. At that time Embraer
has visited each Chinese E-Jets customer in their main
bases as follows: Henan Airlines in ZenghZhou, Tianjin
Airlines in Tianjin and China Southern Airlines in Urumqi
and GuangZhou (main hub).
Beyond update operators regarding their open requests
in terms of Embraer Services & Support, topics concerning E-Jets Maintenance Economics, Embraer Aftermarket Supplier Management and Embraer e-Solutions
was also presented and discussed with the customers.
Another Mini-Conference is planned to take place in the
end of this year in China for further conversation and
follow-up with the E-Jets customers.

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Alessandro Rossi
Customer Support Team
alessandro.rossi@embraer.com.br

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Eduardo Marchezin
Return to Service (RTS)
eduardo.marchezin@embraer.com.br

Adriano Carvalho
Technical Support (EFTC)
adriano.gustavo@embraer.com.br

Reminder

Did you know?

Embraer informs operators that AMM Tasks for the inspection of the most affected aerodynamic seals are
available.

...that the Air Data Smart Probe (ADSP) NFF service fee
will be waived?

These tasks bring inspection instructions, limits for

damage and fly-by periods for some of the seals installed in slats, flaps, horizontal and vertical stabilizers
that present parts damaged, broken, torn, cut or eroded.

As an incentive for Operators to provide the completed

VSIL 59885-34-0004 data sheet, if an ADSP is returned
with the VSIL data sheet and UTAS evaluation results
in a NFF finding, the NFF service fee will be waived. For
further details, refer to Service News Letters 170-340042 and 190-34-0041.

The above information is included in AMM TASK 5500-00-200-801-A and AMM TASK 57-00-00-200-801-A.

Goodrich Air Data

Smart Probe

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Load 25.3 and 25.4

New EPIC Load, a great opportunity to update

the fleet for new functionalities

EPIC LOAD
A new EPIC Load, gives a great opportunity to
update the fleet, with new functionalities, or activate them. From the operational standpoint, fixes
and improvements contribute to minimize operational impacts and crew workload.
The airline maintenance crew is also the focus of a
load release since fixes and improvements contribute to a more effective troubleshooting, minimizing
workload, aircraft downtime and parts availability.
The E-Jets Avionics System has a highly integrated
architecture, which consists of cockpit controls and
displays, communication systems, sensors and actuators.
Many control functions which were usually hosted in
single line replaceable units (LRUs) in previous generation architectures are currently integrated into the

Rodrigo de Sousa Frutos

Technical Support (EFTC)
rodrigo.frutos@embraer.com.br

modular avionics unit (MAU) and the modular radio Embraer encourages the operator to plan the instalcabinets (MRC) of the E-Jets Primus Epic System, lation of the subjected new Epic Load versions in
which is software-based controlled.
their fleets for getting benefits of the last fixes.

EMBRAER and suppliers, concerned with aircraft In the next paragraphs main changes highlights will
dispatch reliability and operation, are always work- be described.
ing towards providing to the customers fixes and
improvements for deviations detected during airEPIC LOAD 25.4
craft operation, test campaigns and new functionalities.
Primus Epic Load 25.4, for Pentium M, released on
October, 2012 brings some new functionalities, imThe most recent fixes and new functionalities are
provements and fixes.
available in the new EPIC LOAD versions. Load 25.3
for aircraft equipped with Pentium II configuration Regarding new functionalities the ADS-B OUT (acand Load 25.4 for aircraft equipped with Pentium M cording DO-260B), Data Link Recording and CPDLC
configuration.
were implemented in order to accomplish the Eu-

ropean Mandates. These functionalities can be enIt is important to remind that EPIC Load is a Single abled by incorporating dedicated Embraer Service
Line of Software delivery, meaning that the same Bulletins which commercial conditions are providsoftware CD may be installed in both EMBRAER 170 ed by the account team.
and EMBRAER 190 aircraft families.

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Changes introduced by Load 25 made possible the

inclusion of the FLT CTRL FAULT EICAS message on
the Master Minimum Equipment List MMEL. After
the MMEL approval, for aircraft with Primus EPIC
Load 25.4, it will be possible to dispatch it with FLT
CTRL FAULT displayed (repair interval is within 2
calendar days). This MMEL revision will improve the
aircraft dispatch reliability by significantly reducing flight delays and cancellations due to FLT CTRL
FAULT.
It is important to bring to your attention that Load
25 must be installed before upgrading the current E170/175 HS-ACE to new PN 415300-1005 (SB
170-27-0046). HS-ACE is one of the main offenders
for FLT CTRL NO DISPATCH and new HS-ACE PN
415300-1005 is aimed at reducing over 60% of flight
interruptions (FCND) due to HS-ACE.
Still, Epic Load 25.4 (and also 25.3) implements a
modification that increases the robustness of the
Aileron Primary and Secondary Input Voltage Monitors, contributing to the decrease of FLT CTRL NO
DISPATCH messages.
Moreover, before Load 25.4, the procedures called
Circling Approach (characterized by the procedures
that do not have the runway defined on the charts)
were inhibited, and with this Load, the subjected procedures will be available, allowing pilots to
choose flying the instrument part of this kind of procedure using the FMS.

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EPIC Load 25.3

Primus Epic Load 25.3 (for Pentium II) brings all the
fixes, improvements and new functionalities implemented on Load 25.1.0.1, Load 25.2 and 25.4, except
for the CPDLC that is not compatible with the Pentium II modules.
One of the more relevant items, considering pilots
point of view, is the improvement on the VNAV logic during all lateral transitions or altitude constraints
modifications when in PTH mode, avoiding incorrect
path capture during FMS recalculations.
For fleets with Pentium II configuration, the changing from Load 21.4 or 23.1 to 25.3 is the terminating
action for the following Operational Bulletins:

170-006/09: FMS position anomaly;

170-001/10: FMS misbehavior upon runway change
when no arrival or approach procedure is selected;
170-004/10: Anticipated top of descent when two
AT altitude constraints are at the same altitude/
flight level;
170-001/11: FMS anomaly in terminal area procedures, using heading legs displayed as FLY XXX OR
AS ASSIGNED (Figure 1);

Figure 1 (Illustration Only)

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170-002/11: Primus epic FMS software - arc melding

issue;
170-004/11: Reduction of navigation database procedures content due to; possible FMS lateral navigation (LNAV) display/guidance issue (Figure 2);

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that there was no real loss of pressure, but rather an

indication issue, mostly associated with a faulty oil
pressure transmitter (OPT). As per the E-Jets News
Edition 77 (May, 2013), GE has already released SBs
(GE SB 77-0005 for CF34-10E and GE SB 77-0007 for
CF34-8E), to mitigate these events by introducing improved OPTs (P/N 4120T16P02), more robust to elevated temperatures.
In addition to that, EMBRAER and GE are also working on the re-introduction / re-activation of the low
oil pressure switch (LOPS) as a redundancy to the
OPT, thus increasing the ability of the system to detect indication-related faults. Version 25.3 EPIC Load
Software brings logic provisions for the LOPS signal
to be interpreted by the aircraft when the complete
system is installed.

170-002/13: FMS turn misbehavior due to incorrect

leg sequencing.

The incorporation of this EPIC Load Software is independent from the re-activation of the LOPS. The
latter will only be activated if the switch / harnesses
are installed, FADEC Software 8Ev5.60 / 10Ev5.50 is
incorporated and the FADEC ECP is reprogrammed
(which are expected to be released to the field in the
2Q/2014).

Provision for improvement in the Oil Pressure Indication System (Figure 3) is also present in the new
Load. In the past, EMBRAER received reports of commanded engine in-flight shutdown events in the field
associated with a false indication of engine oil low
pressure. In these cases, troubleshooting showed

Regarding the FADEC Fan Cooling System for the

EMBRAER 190/195 aircraft, as part of the on-going
actions to increase the CF34-10E FADEC reliability in
the field, Embraer and GE are developing an active
Fan Cooling System to better control the thermal environment that the FADEC is subject to. This is aligned

Figure 2 (Illustration Only)

with the root cause investigation, which revealed that

the FADEC reliability is primarily driven by, the: a) Delta Temperature between on-ground and in-flight operation and b) Maximum temperature on the ground.
Version 25.3 EPIC Load Software brings the logic provisions necessary for the Fan Cooling System to work.
When installed together with other components of
the system (Fan Hardware, Harnesses, FADEC Software 10Ev5.50, SPDA Software Block 12), planned to
be released in the 2Q/2014, it will allow the system
to be activated. It is important to highlight that the
incorporation of this EPIC Load Software is independent from the FADEC Fan Cooling System. The latter
will only be activated if the complete system is installed and the FADEC ECP is reprogrammed.

Oil Pressur
Transmiter

Oil Filter
Module (Ref.)
Figure 3 (Illustration Only)

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TUI Jetairfly E190 at Brussels Airport . Photo taken by Cristina Amato Cipola Embraer Technical Support Engineer.

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