ANITIX87 From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 3244 posts, RR: 14 Reply 4, posted (4 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 6573 times:
I'm curious what all the openings are, from the top of the image down...
1) The large hole slightly left of center.
2) The two openings further aft that open with hinged doors (one right of center, and one left).
3) The small black circular hole at the right of the aircraft.
4) The large embedded doors at the beginning of the wing-body fairing that seem to, as the OP said, open with retracting doors.
5) The triangular openings at the rear of the fairing on either side of center.
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A10WARTHOG From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 321 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (4 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 6520 times:
Quoting ANITIX87 (Reply 4): 1) The large hole slightly left of center
Looks like a taxi camera to me
Quoting ANITIX87 (Reply 4): 2) The two openings further aft that open with hinged doors (one right of center, and one left).
Maybe a cooling overboard or equipment cooling vents (that is my bet). Maybe outflow valves, I do not know the style and where Airbus installs them.
Quoting ANITIX87 (Reply 4): The small black circular hole at the right of the aircraft.
Cooling vent or it looks a lot like what the 777 has for the vacuum waste system. Again do not know Airbus aircraft
Quoting ANITIX87 (Reply 4): The large embedded doors at the beginning of the wing-body fairing that seem to, as the OP said, open with retracting doors.
Ram air inlet for the packs
Quoting ANITIX87 (Reply 4): The triangular openings at the rear of the fairing on either side of center
NACA inlet. It appears to be about where the A/C bays are.
JetMech From Australia, joined Mar 2006, 2589 posts, RR: 53 Reply 6, posted (4 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 6433 times:
Quoting A10WARTHOG (Reply 5): NACA inlet. It appears to be about where the A/C bays are.
I think the A380 has its PACK's in the inboard part of the leading edge. The outlets for the PACK's are the sunken rectangular areas (comprised of two squares).
A10WARTHOG From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 321 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (4 years 4 months 2 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 6248 times:
Quoting Nmeier23 (Reply 7): The fixed NACA inlets might be for pack bay ventilation
That is what I was thinking, I have worked on a plane that had that design on the A/C pack access panel
Quoting JetMech (Reply 6): I think the A380 has its PACK's in the inboard part of the leading edge. The outlets for the PACK's are the sunken rectangular areas (comprised of two squares).
Finkenwerder From Germany, joined Apr 2005, 147 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (4 years 4 months 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 6157 times:
You are looking at....
4 x Air Generation Unit Ram Air OUTLET doors, motorised, these are the darker rectangular doors on the lower area adjacent to the wing roots, they are actually in pairs.
Then moving forward and inboard you are looking at the AGU Ram air INLET doors again motorised and opened when the packs are switched on.
The larger 2 of the centerline openings are 2 of the 4 Pressurisation outflow valves.
The smallest and nearest opening is the avionics cooling outflow valve.
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