A380 Performance... Video of Takeoff

[Raggyman]

Took a video of the A380 last year... and though you guys might be interested in it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJHYQJcuwZw

[MyM8V8]

AIR MAZING!

[stigmundfreud]

had the fortune to work for airbus whilst the first ones were being built and tested, the hangar was an amazing place which made the planes seem tiny. Wasnt until I took a shot of one next to a 320 you realised just how big they are.

Luckily security never checked for camera phones back then

[donk r8]

It was a bit windy at Farnborough last year raggy, an amazing aircraft. It flew over the farm here last year, Farnborough just down the road.................The one that gave me the creeps quite a few years ago was the stealth fighter, coming head on..................

[SimonV8ster]

I wonder what the load index is on those tyres ??

Certainly picks up well, wouldn't have thought he should have climbed that quick after take off.

[HSV_Rulz]

Dem sure ain't no 'Rate 1' turns!
It's bl**dy big, but 'jeez, is it fugly'

[Bonnie and Clyde]

Bloody hell I love flying but i have to admit i wouldn't fancy that

[crisisjez]

In normal law any line pilot could make those moves, that`s the advantage of Fly-by-wire technology.

(Without it theres not a pilot alive would make those manouvres)

It is however......impressive

[Raggyman]

Yeah, they are pretty impressive when they are empty, that is for sure.
Can't wait for Farnborough next year that is for sure.

Donk, what is the view like from your place? Don't think we are going to get the hotel again this time, cause think it is all booked out already unfortunately. It must have been the best hotel I have ever stayed at, and have stayed at quiet a few. The food was amazing, and the service was absolutely brilliant.

[Paul.H.]

SimonV8ster said:

I wonder what the load index is on those tyres ??

Certainly picks up well, wouldn't have thought he should have climbed that quick after take off.

It's actually on the tyre...all the numbers on the side walls will give you size, speed rating, ply's, pressure, date of manufacture, manufacturer & load rating...if you do a search on the internet I'm sure you'll find it somewhere!

Obviously it was empty & done as a display...imagine 800+ passengers on board & then try to do that...you'd stall first then rip the wings off. However, the planes pooters will not allow you to do anything outside of it's parameters/loading - it's basically impossible to crash...the pooters won't let you! (unless a catastrophic failure of a major component is the root cause).

Excellent video though.

[stigmundfreud]

tbh the only time I ever st myself at airshows is when Airbus put on a display.

[Bonnie and Clyde]

stigmundfreud said:

tbh the only time I ever shit myself at airshows is when Airbus put on a display.

Nope that was not the only time I raced you last year and kicked your ass. I recall you shitting yourself then as well xxx

[Raggyman]

Paul.H. said:

SimonV8ster said:

I wonder what the load index is on those tyres ??

Certainly picks up well, wouldn't have thought he should have climbed that quick after take off.

It's actually on the tyre...all the numbers on the side walls will give you size, speed rating, ply's, pressure, date of manufacture, manufacturer & load rating...if you do a search on the internet I'm sure you'll find it somewhere!

Obviously it was empty & done as a display...imagine 800+ passengers on board & then try to do that...you'd stall first then rip the wings off. However, the planes pooters will not allow you to do anything outside of it's parameters/loading - it's basically impossible to crash...the pooters won't let you! (unless a catastrophic failure of a major component is the root cause).

Excellent video though.

It will if you put the wrong numbers in, as happened to the Emirate 407 from Melbourne... big ooops there, suffered a major tail strike..

[Paul.H.]

Raggyman said:

It will if you put the wrong numbers in, as happened to the Emirate 407 from Melbourne... big ooops there, suffered a major tail strike..

Of course, you're dead right...remember the brand-spanking new Emirates A340 that went through the wall at Toulouse during an engine run? there was a link on here to it - it was obviously investigated & the outcome was that the engineers pulled circuit breakers & fuses that warned them of what they were doing (to silence the warning claxons/buzzers etc)...the pooters then thought 'I'm airborne then. What are the brakes doing on?' & promplty released them! One A340 in bits!!

With avionic/air data/inertial navigation computers, what you put in one end, you get out t'other!

Edited by Paul.H. on Tuesday 12th May 15:54

Edited by Paul.H. on Tuesday 12th May 15:55

[crisisjez]

The aircraft was in direct law close to the ground so it operates like a conventional aircraft. Normal law (all the computers) blend in/out as a function of height abouve the ground. In Normal Law you can fly one into the ground but you cannot do anything to make it stall.

[Paul.H.]

I agree jez...things have progressed since that Airbus razed a forrest to the ground in Paris(?) some years ago.

[crisisjez]

Paul.H. said:

Raggyman said:

It will if you put the wrong numbers in, as happened to the Emirate 407 from Melbourne... big ooops there, suffered a major tail strike..

Of course, you're dead right...remember the brand-spanking new Emirates A340 that went through the wall at Toulouse during an engine run? there was a link on here to it - it was obviously investigated & the outcome was that the engineers pulled circuit breakers & fuses that warned them of what they were doing (to silence the warning claxons/buzzers etc)...the pooters then thought 'I'm airborne then. What are the brakes doing on?' & promplty released them! One A340 in bits!!

With avionic/air data/inertial navigation computers, what you put in one end, you get out t'other!

Edited by Paul.H. on Tuesday 12th May 15:54

Edited by Paul.H. on Tuesday 12th May 15:55

Park brake cannot be overridden by the comps, what happened was it jumped its chocks/tiedowns.

[motomk]

Paul.H. said:

Raggyman said:

It will if you put the wrong numbers in, as happened to the Emirate 407 from Melbourne... big ooops there, suffered a major tail strike..

Of course, you're dead right...remember the brand-spanking new Emirates A340 that went through the wall at Toulouse during an engine run? there was a link on here to it - it was obviously investigated & the outcome was that the engineers pulled circuit breakers & fuses that warned them of what they were doing (to silence the warning claxons/buzzers etc)...the pooters then thought 'I'm airborne then. What are the brakes doing on?' & promplty released them! One A340 in bits!!

With avionic/air data/inertial navigation computers, what you put in one end, you get out t'other!

Edited by Paul.H. on Tuesday 12th May 15:54

Edited by Paul.H. on Tuesday 12th May 15:55

The wall at Toulouse was one of its close cousins an Etihad. Yes I have an anorak on!
Doing UAE control at the moment! 8 Emirates and 3 Etihads, All in the airspace at once. Admittedly the airspace isn't small and they are all on Flex tracks/UPRs, including 2 Big Buses, 1 B77L, 1 B773, the rest being A345 and A346's including Emirates 407.
The Flight number Emirates 407 is one of our major customers. The actual plane is sat down at the old Ansett Hanger, here in Melbourne, all patched up having a rest. Hopefully it takes to the skies again so it can be fixed. I have read it has to go back to Toulouse to be fixed.

Sort of similar fix to this one.
www.airspacemag.com/multimedia/28394209.html

We only really look after the Big Buses in the cruise and they don't go too badly there, about the same as a Jumbo. They are a bit quicker generally than the other Airbuses.

Gulp that video is a bit scarey!

Edited by motomk on Tuesday 12th May 19:47

Edited by motomk on Tuesday 12th May 19:59

[Paul.H.]

Jez - it was the report I read on the web somewhere...think it was PpRUNE, although, as the name suggests, it is a rumour network!
It's nearly 8 years since I worked on civvy stuff - obviously am not up to speed!

Edited by Paul.H. on Tuesday 12th May 19:18

[Paul.H.]

motomk - apologies, yeah it was Etihad A340, not Emirates...that video is one I'm sure I've just watched on Discovery Channel over here...some guy doing 'Worlds Biggest Fix's'...can't be sure cos of the speed of the film but seems strange it was for the same fault - replacing the rear pressure bulkhead! Can't remember the guy's name now...