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Matt Whiting wrote:
Dylan Smith wrote: Now the A380 is surely a marvel of modern engineering, as is the Boeing 7E7 (787? Dreamliner?). But fundamentally...it's yet another tube with wings with two or four engines on pylons below the wings. I'm really disappointed that Boeing dropped the Sonic Cruiser, a much more interesting proposition. Yes, but interesting doesn't pay the bills in the airliner business. .... they have a lot Toulouse ... CV |
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Most passengers don't want to think about the fact of flying. Close
the window shades, watch the movie, drink the booze, pretend you're at home. Not a lot of room for interesting design in this concept, unless you could make the plane look like a suburban house with wings. Too bad it has to be a tube... |
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Greg Farris wrote:
I agree. The French often get screwed up when they invent "English" names. You seem to miss that Airbus is *not* a French company. And the Brits tend to be at least as sensible for connotations as the Yanks. "Airbus" doesn't sound like the most technologically advanced airliner in the world. It sounds exactly like what airliners are today: Nothing adventurous, nothing fancy, just simple and safe transport. Stefan |
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Greg Farris wrote:
I agree. The French often get screwed up when they invent "English" names. You seem to miss that Airbus is *not* a French company. And the Brits tend to be at least as sensible for connotations as the Yanks. "Airbus" doesn't sound like the most technologically advanced airliner in the world. It sounds exactly like what airliners are today and what most people are looking for: Nothing adventurous, nothing fancy, just simple and safe transport. Stefan |
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Ron Natalie wrote: Dylan Smith wrote: Now the A380 is surely a marvel of modern engineering, as is the Boeing 7E7 (787? Dreamliner?). It's a marvel of modern ugliness...it looks hydrocephlic. Kind of looks like a 747 that had taken too many steroids!! |
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It's an impressive bird. I'm looking forward to seeing it at OSH
someday... What else can be said? Not sure it can land there. I read that it's so heavy, only a few airports in the US can take it. Interesting. I read somewhere that it's actually rather "light on its feet" because it has so many wheels... Of course, that doesn't change the overall weight -- but it should allow it to operate out of Wittman. (Heck, a C-5 Galaxy had no trouble -- nor did that even bigger Soviet Antonov...) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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It sounds exactly like what airliners are today and what most people are
looking for: Nothing adventurous, nothing fancy, just simple and safe transport. Speaking of safety -- I wonder if the A380 has a composite rudder? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
Speaking of safety -- I wonder if the A380 has a composite rudder? Certainly. And I guess you can crash the A380 like any other plane if you really want to and act accordingly. Stefan |
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Speaking of safety -- I wonder if the A380 has a composite rudder?
Certainly. And I guess you can crash the A380 like any other plane if you really want to and act accordingly. I wonder if they've addressed the rudder pedal boost, which was apparently much more sensitive than necessary? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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In article G67ce.31010$NU4.15176@attbi_s22, Jay Honeck wrote:
Certainly. And I guess you can crash the A380 like any other plane if you really want to and act accordingly. I wonder if they've addressed the rudder pedal boost, which was apparently much more sensitive than necessary? In the A380? Only at most 4 people in the world have actually manipulated the controls in-flight. Since they are testing the plane, if the rudder pedal boost is too sensitive - well, that's the point of test flights to work out these sorts of bugs. All technologies have their problems - we've had one A300 go down due to a lost tail, but we've also had two B737s go down due to unexplained rudder hard-overs. Overall, both Boeing's and Airbus's records are outstanding. -- Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net "Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee" |
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