A380 static plane getting shape !

Post by **luchtzak** » 21 Jun 2004, 23:13

Avro wrote:A propos weight. There is a rumor that says that the A380 will be over weight. Airbus will apparently have to put the A380 on a diet !!!!

Yep, read this info too somewhere. Wait and see

Post by **luchtzak** » 11 Jul 2004, 16:03

Just found 2 pictures of the A380 static plane:

http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/viewpho ... picid=1244
http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/viewpho ... picid=1243

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 11 Jul 2004, 17:37

I'm not happy with the shape of the nose

It doesn't look very nice, but that's probably due to the fact that the cockpit is in the middle of the 2 decks and not on the upper one like on the Jumbo jet.

Chris

liebensd · Post by **liebensd** » 11 Jul 2004, 17:42

Chris,

The shape of the nose on this pictures can have wierd shape because of the angle from where the photo is taken and the different collors that are used.

Greetz,

Dave

Jense · Post by **Jense** » 11 Jul 2004, 17:52

To me, the 7E7 looks much better.

Look at the wingspan of the A380 and compare with the fuselage... way to big those wings. The tail is also quite small (altough that's also with my favo the B777-3../ER) and the nose looks ugly on this unfinished plane.
Maybe the whole finished (all parts finished, full paint-scheme, ...) plane will convince me, I'm curious...

I'm also curious to see how long the A380 will be 'rendable'... is it worth the money? Will airlines fill the entire plane? Aren't cost higher then profit? etc....

Wait and see...

greettzzz

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 11 Jul 2004, 18:05

liebensd wrote: The shape of the nose on this pictures can have wierd shape because of the angle from where the photo is taken and the different collors that are used.

Maybe put when I see computer made images of the A380 with the finished plane and paint, I have the same feeling

I'm also curious to see how long the A380 will be 'rendable'... is it worth the money? Will airlines fill the entire plane? Aren't cost higher then profit? etc....

Don't worry Jense, I'm sure that all the airlines who bought the A380, wouldn't have bought it if it would be a loss making plane

Now if the A380 will really have a big overweight problem then you might have a problem, since the performance of the plane will change.

Ciao
Chris
8)

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » 11 Jul 2004, 23:55

Jense wrote:To me, the 7E7 looks much better.

They even made preformance sacreficies for that look, but they are changing the look because airlines have told Boeing they don't care about looks, only about preformance...

So what if an airliner doesn't look like a dolfin? I think the A380 looks a lot more like a futuristic plane than the 7E7, wich is just a standard plane with a cool design...
Just my thoughts though.

Post by **sn26567** » 12 Jul 2004, 09:16

The A380 looks massive indeed. But wasn't that also the first impression of people who saw the B747 for the first time?

MrAirbus · Post by **MrAirbus** » 17 Jul 2004, 21:59

luchtzak wrote:Just found 2 pictures of the A380 static plane:

http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/viewpho ... picid=1244
http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/viewpho ... picid=1243

This is not static plane!
This one will be in the air by feb 2005!