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Airbus Solves A380 Wiring Glitch
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| 1-21-2007
Posted on 01/21/2007 3:54:57 PM PST by blam
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To: blam
Chode
juse clip zem and put ze tape on the ends Pepe.
zey are just backup systems zat ve, er should i say THEY, don't need anyway... bon.
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posted on
01/21/2007 5:08:03 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: blam
Now if they can solve the other glitch.
The fact the plane came in several tons overweight than contractually promised.
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posted on
01/21/2007 5:12:31 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: blam
The FT quoted Airbus executive vice president Tom Williams as saying there was "a risk" the company may award a £100m ($197m) contract to make wings for the A350 to rival plants in Germany or Spain.
translated:
Whichever EU governments gives us billions in no payback loans to develop this plane gets the jobs.
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posted on
01/21/2007 5:14:53 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: blam; COEXERJ145; microgood; liberallarry; cmsgop; shaggy eel; RayChuang88; Larry Lucido; ...
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To: Paleo Conservative
Rumor is that its coming to ORD on March 28th.
I'd go watch, but its mid week.
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posted on
01/21/2007 7:31:33 PM PST
by
Central Scrutiniser
(Never Let a Theocon Near a Textbook. Teach Evolution!)
To: July 4th
"... said Airbus spokesman Tore Prang."
That's got to be a joke right?
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posted on
01/21/2007 7:33:58 PM PST
by
Veloxherc
(To go up pull back, to go down pull back all the way.)
To: July 4th
Indeed ... and I would be very suspicious as to the nature of the fix. Fixed for real or fixed on paper?
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posted on
01/21/2007 7:34:49 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Pelosi, the call was for Comity, not Comedy. But thanks for the laughs. StarKisses, NVA.)
To: Paleo Conservative
Why should it take 9 months to install cabin equipment?
To: TommyDale
Actually, if I remember correctly, one of the wiring "issues" was that Airbus was converting much the (5 tonne overweight) airplane to aluminum wiring. Aluminum has different minimum bend radii than does copper, so they are left with a rerouting problem.
The fact that it takes them so very, very long to redesign and reroute wiring might lead one to conclude that either (a) the airplane could be a bit "under-engineered" or (b) perhaps there could be some much larger issues with the aircraft (wing strength, fuel efficiency...) that somehow escape public mention.
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posted on
01/21/2007 7:53:20 PM PST
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
To: Seaplaner
Aluminum and copper don't connect well, they tend to cause fires.
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posted on
01/21/2007 7:55:37 PM PST
by
TommyDale
(If we don't put a stop to this global warming, we will all be dead in 10,000 years!)
To: TommyDale
That, and also to corrode, n'est ce pas?
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posted on
01/21/2007 8:08:15 PM PST
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
To: Seaplaner
Some serious chemical reactions. That's why aluminum wiring was outlawed in homes years ago. Spontaneous combustion...
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posted on
01/21/2007 8:09:55 PM PST
by
TommyDale
(If we don't put a stop to this global warming, we will all be dead in 10,000 years!)
To: Boazo
See all of the red wires?
The proposed French solution to the weight issue was to remove all the red wires.
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posted on
01/21/2007 10:08:07 PM PST
by
Gamecock
(Ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda secundum verbum Dei)
To: conservative in nyc
Probably several reasons.
The first one that comes to mind is they take the month of August off, so now we're down to eight months.
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posted on
01/21/2007 10:11:22 PM PST
by
Gamecock
(Ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda secundum verbum Dei)
To: Proud_USA_Republican
If the Brits were smart, they would kiss Airbus goodbye. Be the first rat off the sinking ship, not the last.
My fearless prediction: The A350XWB will never fly. It is vaporware.
The Brits should work on re-developing their own independent aerospace industry. There is a lot of money to be made on short haul/moderately sized aircraft.
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posted on
01/22/2007 3:16:20 AM PST
by
gridlock
(Isn't it peculiar that no matter what the problem, the government's solution is always "more taxes".)
To: gridlock
Here's a plan. Boeing should buy out Airbus' operations in the UK lock, stock and barrel. They can then use the facilities to build the next generation 737.
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posted on
01/22/2007 3:28:43 AM PST
by
gridlock
(Isn't it peculiar that no matter what the problem, the government's solution is always "more taxes".)
To: TommyDale
Some serious chemical reactions. That's why aluminum wiring was outlawed in homes years ago. Spontaneous combustion...I've always wondered if that couldn't have been averted by the simple expedient of electroplating a copper surface onto aluminum wire. Considering that for electical uses copper is nomally refined by electrolysis anyway (a process that pays for itself in the value of recovered "impurities" which include silver), that wouldn't seem to necessisarily have been particularly expensive . . .
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posted on
01/22/2007 4:35:30 AM PST
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters except PR.)
To: spyone
"It's only software...what could possibly go wrong?"
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posted on
01/22/2007 4:39:24 AM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(Heaven is home...I am just TDY here!)
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