AirBus A380 running into test problems

bits44 · Post by **bits44** » 20 Feb 2005, 22:54

Airbus stress tests have caused signifcant failures, and may not be resolved speedily

Reports from German sources have stated that serious stress cracks developed during testing of the A380 at the rear of the plane, as well problems with the landing gear have also been discovered.

Engineers expect the first test flight may be delayed weeks or even months pending resolution of the problems.

KT

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this should work:
http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1108929122.html

Knight255 · Post by **Knight255** » 21 Feb 2005, 00:24

Doesn't sound good, but I'm sure that the engineers will resolve the problem.

MrAirbus · Post by **MrAirbus** » 21 Feb 2005, 00:47

This is not a surprise at all! I mean just look at the size of that plane!

Do you think all of the sections of the plane would just perfect right now?

Knight255 · Post by **Knight255** » 21 Feb 2005, 02:43

Any word if it had anything to do with the composites used in the airframe construction??

bits44 · Post by **bits44** » 21 Feb 2005, 02:52

No I haven't seen the article in Der Speigel, but thats what these stress tests are for, I thought they might have some problems though, it seemed they rushed this project through but you never know, and they are probably only telling the press the bare essentials. You know the smoke and fire thing?

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 21 Feb 2005, 04:15

Maybe their planning is too optimistic.

In every project, if you run all your tests and no problems come up on the first try, it most likely means your tests are faulty/insufficient.

TCAS_climb · Post by **TCAS_climb** » 21 Feb 2005, 09:57

The whole point of structural testing is exactly to break stuff. The question is not "will it break ?" but "when ?".

In most cases, when your plane breaks up beyond 150% of the limitation you intend to get certified, you're still good. I don't know what's going on at Airbus, but it may be a little early to talk about problems ?

B-man · Post by **B-man** » 21 Feb 2005, 09:58

This is the reason they conduct such testing: to discover aspects in the design that are not yet fail-safe. Only normal some things pop up, I prefer that this happens in a test-phase rather than later on in flight with pax on board.

There are examples in the past where, if extensive fatigue testing had been done, many lives would have been saved.

Regards

Post by **luchtzak** » 21 Feb 2005, 15:48

European planemaker Airbus said the development of its A380 superjumbo remained on track and denied problems had been encountered during stress tests on the aircraft ahead of its first flight.

"The preliminary findings indicate we are moving in the right direction," said spokesman David Voskuhl on Monday. "No serious problems have been encountered."

http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1108980578.html

Post by **speedbird1** » 21 Feb 2005, 16:48

This isn't a form or Boeing PR or anything is it? I mean with the unveiling of the aircraft... Forgive my scepticism on this!

Emirates

waldova · Post by **waldova** » 21 Feb 2005, 16:55

We will see. I believe airbus will make their deadline. It is normal they encounter problems during testing. Otherwise their would be no purpose on testing if everything seemed to be ok from the start.

This is just part of the engineering of the plane. It has to be done and problems will be solved. That is what engineers are supposed to do!

HorsePower · Post by **HorsePower** » 21 Feb 2005, 17:10

What is stange is there is still nothing on french medias.

Regards

Seb.

beaucaire · Post by **beaucaire** » 21 Feb 2005, 17:16

http://boursorama.com/infos/actualites/ ... ws=2432285

http://www.reuters.fr/locales/c_newsArt ... ID=7681324

http://www.reuters.fr/locales/c_newsArt ... ID=7687458

HorsePower · Post by **HorsePower** » 21 Feb 2005, 17:22

Merci beaucaire.

BTW, the MLGs come from Goodrich, the NLG comes from Messier-Dowty.

Regards

Seb.

waldova · Post by **waldova** » 21 Feb 2005, 17:37

In the first article EADS states that there is no problem with the A380 tests and that everything is going according to plan! Lets hope this is true! I would really like to see this bird in the air one day!

rotor · Post by **rotor** » 21 Feb 2005, 17:44

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Avro · Post by **Avro** » 21 Feb 2005, 17:57

There are maybe some minor problems but in my opinion the media is making out of this a big case.

Problems do occur during such testing periods.

Chris

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 21 Feb 2005, 21:29

I suppose they won't be bringing a real A380 to the info evening thing?

bits44 · Post by **bits44** » 21 Feb 2005, 22:10

Avro wrote:There are maybe some minor problems but in my opinion the media is making out of this a big case.

Problems do occur during such testing periods.

Chris

Apparently someone is lying?
AirBus or DerSpiegel

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/interna ... 38,00.html

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 21 Feb 2005, 22:15

Well Airbus will for sure not tell to the public that they face big problems if they do, which is quite normal.
So in fact nobody knows the truth.
But I still believe that the media is emphasizing the story a lot.

Chris

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AirBus A380 running into test problems

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