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727LOVER From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5722 posts, RR: 20
Posted (2 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1726 times:

I thought that 7R/25L was expanded for A380 use and that the A380 would only use this runway for landings and takeoffs. But most of the a.net pics seem to have the A380 on the northside runway.

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And there are no pics from Imperial Hill like these:

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Is the aircraft still rolling as it passes by? Just curious.

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vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8211 posts, RR: 28
Reply 1, posted (2 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1714 times:

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Quoting 727LOVER (Thread starter):
And there are no pics from Imperial Hill like these:

I believe most, if not all, of QF's flights from LAX to Australia depart past 11 PM. That probably accounts for the lack of takeoff photos.

Quoting 727LOVER (Thread starter):
I thought that 7R/25L was expanded for A380 use and that the A380 would only use this runway for landings and takeoffs. But most of the a.net pics seem to have the A380 on the northside runway.

7R-25L wasn't actually expanded. It was already 200 feet wide and 11,000-whatever feet long. What they did was to move it about 50 feet farther south. This enabled them to build a taxiway in between 7R-25L and 7L-25R. Not sure if there were other reasons for the move as well.

Quoting 727LOVER (Thread starter):
Is the aircraft still rolling as it passes by? Just curious.

Probably not. The A380 is supposed to have quite good takeoff and landing performance.

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waketurbulence From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 1288 posts, RR: 18
Reply 2, posted (2 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1706 times:

I have seen the Qantas A380 use both the north and south complex for landing. Takeoff is scheduled for night and something I haven't seen yet. If you look around you can find some night ground shots of the A380 at the gate, being pushed back, etc.

As for climb out, the A380 probably rotates around the same area as a 747, but it depends on the weight. I saw the Airbus test bird climb out empty in maybe 5000 feet or so.
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Starlionblue From Hong Kong, joined Feb 2004, 15870 posts, RR: 66
Reply 3, posted (2 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 1644 times:

Quoting vikkyvik (Reply 1):

Quoting 727LOVER (Thread starter):
Is the aircraft still rolling as it passes by? Just curious.

Probably not. The A380 is supposed to have quite good takeoff and landing performance

Better than a 747-400 in fact, so assuming all else is equal it would not roll further than a 744.

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vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8211 posts, RR: 28
Reply 4, posted (2 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 1568 times:

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Quoting Starlionblue (Reply 3):

Better than a 747-400 in fact, so assuming all else is equal it would not roll further than a 744.

Indeed. But that begs the (perhaps philosophical) question - how does one keep all else equal between two completely different aircraft?

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Starlionblue From Hong Kong, joined Feb 2004, 15870 posts, RR: 66
Reply 5, posted (2 years 9 months 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1551 times:

Quoting vikkyvik (Reply 4):
Quoting Starlionblue (Reply 3):

Better than a 747-400 in fact, so assuming all else is equal it would not roll further than a 744.

Indeed. But that begs the (perhaps philosophical) question - how does one keep all else equal between two completely different aircraft?

Touché. I guess one could say: "At MTOW and assuming no derate/flex/whatever the 380 will have a shorter take-off roll."

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