StudentFlyer From Australia, joined Sep 2004, 688 posts, RR: 4 Reply 1, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 3882 times:
I think it's not accurate at all! Let's see the details:
A380:
Overall Length: 73m
Wingspan: 79.8m
Height (to the vertical fin height): 24.1m
(from Airbus's webiste)
B744:
Overall Length: 70.66m
Wingspan: 64.44m
Height (to the vertical fin height): 19.41m
(from Boeing's website)
So clearly, though the wingspan is way bigger, the A380 is only a mere 2.34m longer than the 744. And also, both aircraft will feature a 3-4-3 configuration in Y-class. By looking at the 3D representation, the 747 looks like it has 737 fuselage width. It's impossible. Also, 3D model uses a 742, not a 744.
Burnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 7411 posts, RR: 9 Reply 2, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 3854 times:
Not to mention, who puts jetways on the right side of an aircraft, that website is a joke
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Alitalia744 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 4656 posts, RR: 45 Reply 3, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 3786 times:
Not to mention the A380 all the sudden has 747 wings? look at the sweepback and chord???
A380900 From France, joined Dec 2003, 1005 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 3155 times:
Yes, it is a joke. Too bad, I would have been interested by a realistic drawing. The problem is that people doing these drawings have an incentive to make the A380 look more spectacular than it really is: it makes their drawing spectacular!
Qb001 From Canada, joined Apr 2000, 2053 posts, RR: 4 Reply 6, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 3099 times:
Just saw the little animation on how they're going to handle the A380. It doesn't make sense. In that animation, 2 B747s push back and 1 A380 takes the place.
It defeats one of the main purpose of the A380, which is to get more pax through while using the same number of gates. The airspace is still saved, but in that scenario, they are certainly waisting precious gate space. I don't get it.
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