Leelaw From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 6717 times:
Quote: We've just made available a neat 90-second program about the interior of the 747-8 Intercontinental. It was filmed inside our remarkable new -8 sales display here in Renton.
My colleague Blake Emery, who has the unique title of Director, Differentiation Strategy, is your host on the audio/visual tour.
You might also want to revisit the 747-8 Website. We've refreshed this site with new imagery on the home page and a "Step Onboard the 747-8" interactive video. The video has "hotspot" links, that when you click on them, take you further inside the airplane - including a look at the upper deck, the entry stairway, views out the windows, and an interactive peek inside the new overhead luggage spaces...
Rpaillard From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 6423 times:
Hi,
I really like the atmosphere. It looks wide, open and elegant. New bins are much appreciated. The 787 legacy in interior design is amazing. It fits well within the 747. I hope to fly the bird any time soon.
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26961 posts, RR: 83 Reply 2, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 6269 times:
Man, that wing is crazy!
And I thought the 777's wings looked high in-flight...
And the nice thing is, items like lighting and overhead bins and ceiling design will generally be taken up by most customers.
BoeingBus From United States of America, joined May 2004, 1588 posts, RR: 17 Reply 3, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 6162 times:
Check the transition from the 744 to 748.... very cool....
Khobar From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 2379 posts, RR: 4 Reply 4, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 6162 times:
Those look like some big windows. My first reaction was "Oops, they're showing the 787 windows," but then the audio says the new 747 will have bigger windows.
I thought they were taking the window belt from the 777 which I thought meant the new 747 would use 777 windows. But the windows shown seem to be even larger.
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26961 posts, RR: 83 Reply 6, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 5913 times:
Quoting EI321 (Reply 5): I wonder will the wings actually be that curved, they look straight at the end of the video where the 747 is parked at the terminal.
I imagine flight loadings will bring them up, just as the 777's get taller in flight then when on the ground (though they still have a pronounced "lift" to them on the ground).
WingedMigrator From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 2031 posts, RR: 56 Reply 10, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 5717 times:
It's just the new fashion in computer renderings, on both sides of the Atlantic. The 747-8 wing is structurally identical (with some reinforcement of course) to the 747-400, so you should expect a similar amount of flex in reality.
In the same vein, I'll bet a four-pack of the best Unibroue beer that the 787's wings will not flex half as much as depicted in the computer renderings.
Areopagus From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 1357 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 5468 times:
Quoting WingedMigrator (Reply 10): The 747-8 wing is structurally identical (with some reinforcement of course) to the 747-400, so you should expect a similar amount of flex in reality.
The curvy wingtip extensions generate more lift outboard, so the whole wing is bound to flex upward more.
EI321 From Iraq, joined Jul 2009, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 5407 times:
Quoting Areopagus (Reply 11): The curvy wingtip extensions generate more lift outboard, so the whole wing is bound to flex upward more.
Yeah but look at the head on rendering on the website, its crazy. Theres no way it will bend that much if its structurally tha same as a -400 wing. It looks like that 777 testframe wind just before it snapped!
MPDPilot From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 935 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 4278 times:
So after looking at these photos of the inside of the 747-8 it got me thinking. I was under the impression that airlines put there own interiors in their planes, so wouldn't it be hit or miss on weather the airline that you fly on actually looks like that.
One mile of highway gets you one mile, one mile of runway gets you anywhere.
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26961 posts, RR: 83 Reply 14, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 3190 times:
Quoting MPDPilot (Reply 13): I was under the impression that airlines put there own interiors in their planes, so wouldn't it be hit or miss on weather the airline that you fly on actually looks like that.
Mostly airlines determine the seating models installed. Things like the walls, ceilings and lighting are supplied by the manufacturer. Now, an airline could choose to go with white light instead of colored, but chromatherapy has it's boosters.
As for bins, an airline can source them, as well, however most seem to go with what the manufacturer offers. Most 777s seem to have the "Boeing Signature" bins, for example.
OldAeroGuy From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 3219 posts, RR: 66 Reply 15, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 2976 times:
Quoting Zeke (Reply 7): The blue lighting on the 747-8i looks familiar on the A350
It's a "mood" lighting feature on all airplanes so equipped.
Airplane design is easy, the difficulty is getting them to fly - Barnes Wallis
Justloveplanes From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 878 posts, RR: 1 Reply 16, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 2508 times:
Quoting WingedMigrator (Reply 10): The 747-8 wing is structurally identical (with some reinforcement of course) to the 747-400, so you should expect a similar amount of flex in reality.
WingedMigrator From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 2031 posts, RR: 56 Reply 17, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 1584 times:
No. The aluminum structure and general layout (planform) are the same as the 747-400. The differences are a reprofiled airfoil, wingtip extensions, and redesigned high lift devices. In other words, a "new wing"
Khobar From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 2379 posts, RR: 4 Reply 19, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1398 times:
So what's the deal with the windows? Are they using 787 window size in the 748i? Sure does look like it.
AKelley728 From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 2105 posts, RR: 6 Reply 21, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1356 times:
Quoting Khobar (Reply 4):
I thought they were taking the window belt from the 777 which I thought meant the new 747 would use 777 windows. But the windows shown seem to be even larger.
It looks like they are, read the linked flight global article:
Boeing 787 architecture styles have been used for the shaping and lighting of the interior ceiling and sidewall paneling as well as 777 style windows. The 787 styles have been achieved with careful interior sculpting, but “have been executed completely differently” using the conventional trim, main deck and upper deck floor beams and fittings of the existing 747 design. The 777 windows (388mm [15.3in] tall and 273mm wide) are larger than those of the 747, and have been adopted as part of a decision to use the 777-style structural window belt.
EI321 From Iraq, joined Jul 2009, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1343 times:
Quoting AKelley728 (Reply 21): The 777 windows (388mm [15.3in] tall and 273mm wide) are larger than those of the 747, and have been adopted as part of a decision to use the 777-style structural window belt.
I wonder would it be possible to fit those on the 737?
Khobar From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 2379 posts, RR: 4 Reply 23, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1311 times:
Quoting AKelley728 (Reply 21): The 777 windows (388mm [15.3in] tall and 273mm wide) are larger than those of the 747, and have been adopted as part of a decision to use the 777-style structural window belt.
Have you watched the 748i video? Maybe the lack of the window shade on the 748i is throwing me off - the windows just look a whole lot bigger on the 748i than on 777's.
Anyway, thanks for the info - I knew I had read that somewhere, and now I know I have not lost my mind, yet.
EI321 From Iraq, joined Jul 2009, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1301 times:
Quoting Khobar (Reply 23): Have you watched the 748i video? Maybe the lack of the window shade on the 748i is throwing me off - the windows just look a whole lot bigger on the 748i than on 777's.
Thats what I was thinking, unless the interior window shade is bigger than the actual window?
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