MadMac

The unveilling cerimony for the world largest production passenger aircraft is on BBC news now its HUGE! 900 people capacity

These are just developmental pictures but you really get an idea just how big this damn thing is







And hows this for fist class



Brilliant bit of engineering

Nath

First class looks well cool No doubt economy class is going to be the same

st3v3

its about time too,it way way way overdue, we started making parts for that about 2yrs ago.

vroooom ptssssh

Think of the mess if it *god for bid* ever falls out the sky onto a built up area

But on the other hand, amazing!!

st3v3

Powerplants

A380-800 - Four 302kN (67,890lb) thrust class Rolls-Royce Trent 900 or Engine Alliance (General Electric-Pratt & Whitney) GP-7200 turbofans.
A380-800HGW - Four 311kN (69,915lb) Trent 900s or GP-7200s.

Performance

A380-800 - Max cruising speed M 0.88. Long range cruising speed M 0.85. Range 15,100km (8,150nm). Service ceiling FL430.
A380-800HGW - same.


Weights

A380-800 - Operating empty 275,000kg (606,000lb), max takeoff 548,000kg (1,208,000lb).
A380-800HGW - Max takeoff 560,000kg (1,235,000lb).

Dimensions

A380-800 Wing span 79.8m (261ft 10in), length 73m (239ft 6in). Height 24,1 m (79ft 1in)

Capacity

A380-800 - Flightcrew of two. Standard seating for 555 passengers on two decks in a three class arrangement. Qantas plans to fit its aircraft with 523 seats (in three classes). A380 has 49% more floor area but only 35% more seats (in 555 seat configuration) than the 747-400, allowing room for passenger amenities such as bars, gymnasiums and duty free shops. Cargo capacity 38 LD3s or 13 pallets.

Production

116 firm orders (including 17 freighters) (July 2003). Airbus has forecast a market for approx 1235 airliners of 400 seats and above through to 2020. First deliveries in early 2006.

a bit of useless info for you plane buffs

Nath

Fooking 'ell thats some spec list

Its amazing they can take off ...

MadMac

Jesus so them four engines produce 279,660lbs of thrust

And aparantly its more economical per person that your average diesel

Stavros

This is PassionFORD not PassionAIRBUS you know



I honestly thought this was gonna be about some quality new road to razz down when i clicked on the thread

nigel b

IVE BEEN MAKING LOADS OF BITS FOR IT

SimonT

I personally can't see what all the fuss is about.

Its just a big f**king plane! Imagine the damage that f**ker will do if it gets hijacked!

AND

to be honest imagine traveling too and from somewhere on that. Youll be stuck in the bording queue for good knows how long and it will probably take you a day to get off it when you arrive!

Gimme one of those little snoozy jets anyday!

MadMac

Just cus you aint interetsed steve dont mean other people might not be

Besides, most of us must enjoy engineering in some way or another and there are pleny of people involved in engineering on this site.

This new plane has been the cumative effort of most of europe and required HUGE technical breakthoughs in materials, electronics and such which, eventually, you might find on cars in the future

Graceland

glad i wernt the only one to think that

mmmmmmm A15 lincolnshire

MadMac

Thats why it has 16 doors on it

SimonT

Stavros

Oh shutup you humourless fool, i was JOKING I was taking the piss cause of some people on here whos posted what i did when ive posted non-ford stuff in the past...

Infact i AM interested in aeroplanes, well not so much anymore but used to be loads, tho civillian ones are a bit boring.

SimonT

like what?

It's Czech Mate

Impressive.

Eat that American Boeing Mofo's

Rhys

Airbus has overtaken Boeing now! im surprised

JAP CRAP

me too

MadMac

ok I'll let you off then pmsl

philc

shame its to heavy to fly

Rhys

Doh do you think they though of that?

Heres a big for you



How big is it, look at it compared to the bus

Ian M

first thing the wife said when she saw it on the news was " that will be three times as many killed then when one goes in "

EscortWRC

I'm not sure I'd want to show up at an airport, let alone a busy hub, with 554 other people and all their junk. You're pretty much guaranteed to not be the only ones there and will have to wait a good while for baggage claim.

Not to mention how long it will take just to load/unload that many people

I think that it will only be really useful on trans-oceanic flights and long-haul cargo flights between HUGE cities.

There are exactly ZERO airports in north america at the moment that can accomodate the plane and I don't think that there are more than a handful in Europe.

Gee

My Old Man worked on the development of this

Lemon S2

As sad as it may seem the company I work for insure everything that goes with these things. Apparantly they've got the most up to date technology for passenger entertainment on board & will cut the journey times of most flights, but they will only be used on long haul flights eg London - Singapore, New York - Far east etc etc.

Ok I'll get my coat

steviep

fookin' huuuuuuge

RWD_cossie_wil

iTrader: (9)

they are develpoing 24hr capable aircraft at the moment, with a 2 crew rotation , one crew takes off an flys for a bit,then go to bed, 2nd crew take over for the mid-flight, then the 1st crew take over again for the final few hours direct from uk-australia with no stops or re-fueling they recon is on the cards by 2014
not sure I fancy being on an aircraft for 24 hours mind
the RAF is ordering loads of A380M's, going to replace the vc10 and tristar fleets with them, half for tanker conversion for in-flight re-fueling, and half for strategic transport. Might be playing with them soon then

Stavros

Exactly, and both are NOWHERE NEAR the biggest plane in the world...

[aeroplane saddo knowitall hat on]The largest aircraft in the world is the Russian ANTONOV AN-225 MRIYA, 84meters long, 18meters high (not inc tail), 89 meters wide, and can carry 275tons of cargo, it makes this Airbus seem pretty small[/aeroplane saddo knowitall hat off]

andyhardy

Correct me if I'm wrong - but the A380 is now the biggest commercial passenger jet where as the Antonov is an ageing cargo plane?

Boeing aren't going to compete at this level, Airbus have stuck their necks on the chopping board a bit because Boeing are developing a non-stop round the world plane (I think this is what RWD_cossie_wil mentioned above) which will remove the need for stopping at hub airports en-route (e.g. removing the stop at Singapore or Malaysia on London -> Sydney). The aircraft will be nowhere near as big as the A380 but be more time efficient - the point about disembarking from the plane is still to be addressed as London Heathrow is the only airport that has agreed to make the necessary changes to dock the A380 (I think they'll need more than one airport to make the A380 a success - very early days yet though of course and I'm sure others will join shortly but funny none-the-less).

Excuse my geekiness,

Andy

vroooom ptssssh

Aye hardy your right it is the largest "ageing" cargo plane, and A380 is a passenger plane. . BUT theyre gonna use a few A380s as cargo panes also!

Am i right on saying tho their is only one an-225?

Imo their gonna have to get a number of airports to accomodate the A-380, think bout where it would land if one got into dificulty whilst passing about 4 airports that cant accomodate it it's a great idea/plane, they'll be able to shift just as many passengers (fully loaded) with half the flight numbers, thus saving a shit load of money as its app more economical than ure average diesel car (think as said above?) the interior of the plane imo takes the piss. . walk in showers, pc's, etc etc, its a fookin plane!!!!

PhilM

Quality bit of kit that!

If you think thats luxury, you should see some of the kit they have in these exec business jets!. Like the Boeing BBJ http://www.boeing.com/commercial/bbj...dex_flash.html

andyhardy

Gives new meaning to the term 'I want a BBJ!'

RickDraper

Branson claims he is going to have Gym, a shop and a bar etc on his A380, i say bollocks, thats a good few rows of seats that he will not be able to have. IMHO not one of them will have a Gym or a shop. Manchester could handle one but it would have to be parked off stand and the pax bussed over to it! lol Rick

AKRS1

hey st3v3 i couldnt see in your spec list how much bhp it kicks out

Rhys

I know its not the biggest plane in the world. But the size is still fookin impressive. Good on them i say if it works out as cheaper flights for me to go away i will be a happy chappy

Phil

iTrader: (1)

Was forwarded this collection of pictures from someone working at Airbus, not sure if they were public but what the hell

http://www.philsherwin.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/a380.pdf (2 Meg)

slowpoke

ive seen the trent 900's and they are fucking huge !!!

at the moment there is only one 225 but they are building another one but they have run into problems cos theres no where big enough to do the final assembly ie body join.

lookin forward in years to come gettin on one of these as monarch fly to tenerife lol

matt

SAM

its a huge plane and the trent 900s are massive they are planing to use them to power large cruise ships military ships
they are probabily one of the hardest engine ive helped assemble as the shear size of the components are huge u need a crane for basically everypart you fit, but they do sound mint when they are running on the test beds

saff_cossie

I have been looking at this thread title for the past 2 days and thought I won't even bother opening it as I cannot comment on a new road in the UK as I'm not there! Thought I would click on it as it was staying near the top of the first page and found this!

I have been following the development of this plane since 2000 and it looks fantastic. Although the current fear with it is, it will be used to recoup money from the masses by cramming as many people in as it has cost so much to develop and then buy. Hopefully not going to happen though. Melbourne airport is being revised to accomodate this currently.