Im talking about the bigger ones, simmetric on the external side of the belly,
the ones who looks opening via a inside backward sliding panel.
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A380 Belly Doors
What might those be for ? maybe 2 ram air turbines ?
Im talking about the bigger ones, simmetric on the external side of the belly,
the ones who looks opening via a inside backward sliding panel.
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Im talking about the bigger ones, simmetric on the external side of the belly,
the ones who looks opening via a inside backward sliding panel.
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RE: A380 Belly Doors
IIRC the Ram Air Turbine on the 380 is mounted in one of the flap trap fairings (canoes).
RE: A380 Belly Doors
Are you talking about the Ram Air Inlet to the AC packs?
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RE: A380 Belly Doors
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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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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RE: A380 Belly Doors
| 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.
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| 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).
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RE: A380 Belly Doors
| 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). |
Very well could be
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RE: A380 Belly Doors
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.
Hope this helps...
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.
Hope this helps...
RE: A380 Belly Doors
The only "doors" in the belly of the picture of the A380 are the outflow valves. The other "doors" are in the fuselage to wing fairing.
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