AFROTC From United States, joined Mar 2004, 191 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (4 years 2 months 4 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 571 times:
LOL, tremors, now that's funny. Well according to engineers, the landing gears should even out the load upon landing, and In case you haven't noticed, the A380 has a lot of gear. And I read that because of the gear, the load on the ground should be about the same as the 747.
Hopes this help
now on another hand, if one of those happens to hit the earth nose first in your back yard.... I think you would know. Or not.
excuse the morbid humor for i happen to be in a rather strange mood today... must be lack of sleep, or flight time thanks to hurricane franny
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ZKSUJ From New Zealand, joined May 2004, 6430 posts, RR: 9 Reply 2, posted (4 years 2 months 4 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 506 times:
"on another hand, if one of those happens to hit the earth nose first in your back yard.... I think you would know. Or not."
Oh, you'd know alright. You just wouldn't be around to tell us about it.
Nudelhirsch From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 1437 posts, RR: 20 Reply 3, posted (4 years 2 months 4 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 455 times:
Like them or not, Airbus still has a great record of engineering. The 340 series is not considered an Ultralight either and there we significant problems yet. There are some excellent engineers working for Airbus to design those planes, so you can ssume they did their job and designed a main gear that can handle some forces...
The 380 is huge and looks huge, I understand that people tend to question
her abilities, but just look at the 747, she was revolutionary back then. And while the 747 is big and heavy too, I do not know of any serious gear trouble, even in hard landings, so far.
JoFMO From Germany, joined Jul 2004, 2129 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (4 years 2 months 4 weeks ago) and read 363 times:
As far as I know the gear itself is Canadian. Goodrich produces it in parts in USA, Canada and Poland and assembles them in their Toulouse factory.
But the mechanical engines for the tires are from the USA, even out of Washington state. But its the British company Smiths Aerospace with its factories in Yakima WA in Cheltenham UK.
Starlionblue From Greenland, joined Feb 2004, 12933 posts, RR: 57 Reply 6, posted (4 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 284 times:
AFROTC, Airbus say, the A380 will have a footprint similar to the 777 (-300 I guess).
Yes and no. The pressure per tire will be less than the 773 (or the 722) but the total weight will of course be much greater. So while an individual piece of runway/taxiway surface will not feel any greater pressure, when the whole weight is counted on a larger area (bridge/touchdown zone) you still have to do some extra math.
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