A380 Airbus - The Official Thread.

[VladTepes]

Lionel they probably mean the engines are 20% more efficient than the previous generation of engine.

[VladTepes]

A few more pics:

The wing design clearly seen here:



The brand new massive hangar built in Brisbane recently for aircraft maintenance - I think its the 75- 76- or 77- 7's that are now getting done up here. In any event, looks like we are going to need a bigger one.
This photo is pretty good at showing how damn big this aircraft is:

[DEFENDERZOOK]

<span style="color:blue">that looks a lot like the good ol B52 from behind......</span>

[JamesH]

Ahhhhh the B52. Now that's an airplane. The Perentie of the sky.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Originally posted by JamesH
Ahhhhh the B52. Now that's an airplane. The Perentie of the sky.

not sure a perentie ever carried a VERY FAST jet plane,, but this B52 did,,,



and yes Zook,,
the wings do seem to rise up under load,,, [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

[Ace]

I hate it, because it is getting some other bloke rich and not me. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

You are right vlad, it certainly is big. Matt

[Bushie]

[quote=DEFENDERZOOK]<span style="color:blue">the wings will lift before the the plane lifts......


dont be surprised to find up to a couple of metres difference at the wing
tips from rest to full flight......you dont realise till you are actually in a
plane watching to see how much they really do flex....</span>

IIRC the wing tips of a 747 flex 14 feet from rest to flight.


Bushie

[DEFENDERZOOK]

<span style="color:blue">hey thats 4 metres.....


thats a hell of a lot of flex.....</span>

[Piggy]

Why do you Aussies have to go all metric - 14ft is 14ft, not 4 metres.

Go into any timber merchant in the UK and ask for an 8' x 4' sheet of 3/4inch plywood and that's what you get. The fact that the invoice says 2440 x 1220 x 18mm is irrelevant.

[DEFENDERZOOK]

<span style="color:blue">its the imperial metric system.....


its like buying a box of drinks........you buy 1 litre bottles.....12 to the box...

now is this metric or imperial.......?</span>