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Shorter Vertical Stabilizer For The A380-900?

a380900 From France, joined Dec 2003, 935 posts, RR: 1
Posted (3 months 3 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 2288 times:

Depending on its length (80m? 88m?), do you have an idea of how much shorter the vertical stabilizer of the A380-900 would need to be? And its horizontal stabilizer? How much weight could be gained?

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prebennorholm From Denmark, joined Mar 2000, 5810 posts, RR: 56
Reply 1, posted (3 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2070 times:

Not much.

The -900, if it ever is built, is likely to utilize the heavier MTOW and more powerful engines which were planned for the cargo version.

It will still have to deal with the even more massive asymmetric thrust of an outer engine shut down after V1 speed. That will demand even more rudder authority than the -800. The longer moment arm comes in handy.

My guess would be that they will use the same tail components, as they do on A320 and a321, A330-200 and A330-300.

Alternative tail feathers are normally only seen on extreme shrinks such as A318 and B747SP.

Always keep your number of landings equal to your number of take-offs, Preben Norholm

a380900 From France, joined Dec 2003, 935 posts, RR: 1
Reply 2, posted (3 months 3 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 2056 times:

You seem to be right. I thought changing the tail size depending on the length of the fuselage was much more common. In fact it is quite rare.

Now it is often said that the A380-800 is to the A380 family what the A318 is to the A320 family. And one has to admit the tail is enormous. So maybe my question is still valid... Yet you are right, no difference among A319/A320/A321. No difference between A340-500 and A340-600. Maybe one between A340-200 and A340-300. But in most cases, the tail remains the same across the families. Too bad cause the longer A380 would have looked slicker with a smaller tail. Maybe if it's 15m longer!

slz396 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (3 months 3 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1948 times:

Quoting prebennorholm (Reply 1):
they will use the same tail components, as they do [...] on A330-200 and A330-300.

The A333 does have a different tail from the A332, you know?

a380900 From France, joined Dec 2003, 935 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (3 months 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1885 times:

Quoting slz396 (Reply 3):
The A333 does have a different tail from the A332, you know?

That is true: the height given by Airbus for the A332 is 1740 in the wikipedia drawing of the plane, 1685 for the A333. So the A333 tail is at least 55cm smaller. "At least" because as we know the A330 is slightly pointing down when on the ground so the longer A333 should have a higher tail if both tails were the same.

rheinwaldner From Switzerland, joined Jan 2008, 1880 posts, RR: 6
Reply 5, posted (3 months 3 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 1385 times:

Quoting a380900 (Reply 4):
"At least" because as we know the A330 is slightly pointing down when on the ground so the longer A333 should have a higher tail if both tails were the same.

I don't think because if the gears have equal length, the longer the fuselage the smaller the angle when on the ground.

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