Posted on 02/16/2006 2:01:08 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
It's not that I'm anti-social,it's just that I don't think I want to be on an aircraft of the size of The A-380!
Think of it as another"successful"Government Program!!!
So did the guys who flew the B-17(as opposed to the B-24)!!!!!!!
Try google, you'll see.
Airbus or Airbust
but not a frozen one ?!
certainly not because it's meant to break the wings. Would you buy a crash tested car ?
deodorant might be supplied from the air con....
Yes that would cause one to have a brown alert.
I would buy a car that went through crash tests to see how well it would hold up in an accident ... isn't that the same for airplanes? Test the wing to make sure it would exceed it's design limitations?
sorry I got you wrong - I thought you where demanding they tested every production aircraft...
As I understood they will be fine with the wingtest. Rules allow, that they take the findings of the testflights to asses the 100% Limit from real data instead from all computerized models that usually feature a saftey margin by themselfes.
They will just show up with the enhanced construction they allready use for production aircraft and the new calculation of the 100% load for the wing. I wouldn't be afraid in an airplane like this - it's much safer then a smaller one since gusts and vortices in the air will have a hard time to influence its steering while landing - size matters.
50% safety margin for a bird like that sure is a lot more extra load then for a 737 or A320.
The last exciting question for the 380 project will be -
Can 800 people get out of this plane in 90 seconds ?
That may not be computer modelled and I don't envy the test persons. It is said that bruises and black eyes are part of the reward you get in these tests.
Ok I understand ... I just got into aviation - private now going for instrument and I subscribe to the the NTSB Reporter ... hope to go to Embry-Riddle for ATP jet - working like crazy saving up ....dad said he'd help ...
Yes. Maybe they should be load testing the vertical stabilizer instead?
Presumably!This thing is so big,that each level(deck)would be embarked(and dis-embarked)separately!!Too BIG!!!!!!!!!!
But if I got it correctly bulk transport is, what we will get anyhow.
If we want to enjoy growth and prosperity in the future we will have to shoot more people around the globe.
At the same time we will see fuel prices on their way up and airport capacities on the maximum they can take.
Independantly of that there is a demand for more flexible transportation (787 beeing the answer to that)for the comparably homogeneous spread economic centers in the US and Europe.
But if india and china with their mega cities really start to fly you better prepare to be on cattle trains going there and back.
So safe for first class and you will get a stylish armchair smelling of whatever you like ... or register to the bowels of titanic (be it in a 747 stretched strech version or 380XL or in one of those forthcomming flying wings or even on a zeppelin again)
ummm no they dont
ummm no they dont
better to say it twice ;-)
sorry, too much coffee this morning.
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