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Airbus Industrie A380 Superjumbo Passenger Jet (pic warning)

Agrigento
30-10-2003, 03:35
Airbus Industrie A380 Superjumbo Twin-Deck, Twin-Aisle Airliner

The A380 has twin-aisle cabins on the upper and lower decks, with 49% more floor space for 35% higher seating capacity. A three class layout provides 555 seats. A typical upper deck layout provides 96 business and 103 economy class seats. The main deck provides 22 first class seats and 334 economy class seats. Two stairwells link the passenger decks. A lifting system between passenger decks provides access for passengers with limited mobility. There is also a cargo hoist linking the two passenger decks. The size of the A380 makes possible a number of configurations and passenger facilities.

There are eight full size doors on both sides of the aircraft. On either side, there are two doors on the main deck and one door on the upper deck forward of the wing that can be used simultaneously for embarking or disembarking passengers.

For speedy baggage transfer, two hold loading belts, one at the forward end and one at the rear end under the fuselage can be used simultaneously.

The aircraft is equipped with four 70,000lb thrust engines, either the Rolls-Royce Trent 900. Goodrich will supply the engine sensor system for the Trent 900 and Ametek the senor system for the GP7200. BAE Systems Controls and Hispano-Suiza will provide the FADEC (full authority electronic control) system for the GP7200.

The take-off length is 2,900m at maximum weight at sea level, ISA +15° conditions and the initial cruise altitude 35,000ft. The aircraft complies with the noise emission limits of ICAO (Chapter 3, Schedule 16) for overfly, approach and side-on manoeuvres and stricter regulations of London Heathrow airport concerning take-off and landing. This enables aircraft operations at night.

There are ten fuel tanks with a capacity of 131,000l of fuel. Refuelling can be carried out in 40mins.

Maximum operating speed is Mach 0.89 and the range is 15,000km or 8000 nautical miles with the maximum number of passengers.

The turnaround time at the airport terminal, including passenger disembarking, cleaning, restocking and embarking the passengers for the next flight is a minimum of 90mins.

FREIGHT VERSION ALSO AVAILABLE.


Specifications
Dimensions
Length: 73.00 m
Height: 24.1 m
Fuselage diameter: 7.14 m
Cabin length: 50.68 m
Maximum cabin width, main deck: 6.58 m
Maximum cabin width, upper deck: 5.92 m
Wheelbase: 30.4 m
Track: 14.3 m
Wing area: 845 sq m
Sweep, 25 per cent chord 33.5 degrees
Weights
Maximum ramp weight: 562 tonnes
Maximum take-off weight: 560 tonnes
Maximum landing weight: 386 tonnes
Maximum zero fuel weight: 361 tonnes
Maximum fuel capacity: 310,000 litres
Typical operating empty weight: 276.8 tonnes
Typical volume payload: 66.4 tonnes
Engines
Powerplants: 4 x RR Trent 900 or GE/PW Alliance GP 7000
Thrust: 70,000 lb slst
Performance
Typical seating: 555 passengers
Range with maximum number of passengers: 15,000 km (8,000 nm)
Maximum operating speed: 0.89 Mach
Cargo
Total freight and cargo: 171 cu m
Bulk hold volume: 18.4 cu m
Maximum number of pallets: underfloor 13 pallets
Container capacity: underfloor 38 LD3 containers


Image Gallery

http://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/a380/images/A380_airfrance1.jpg

http://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/a380/images/a380_cabin.jpg

http://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/a380/images/a380_bed.jpg

http://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/a380/images/a380_cabinstairs9.jpg


Cost: £ 280 million Republican Marks ($125 Million USD)
East Islandia
30-10-2003, 03:44
Send me fifteen of those. Modify six with radar/ECM, flares, chaff, escape hatches, toughened interior shell, and bulletproof windows, please. Deliver all the rest as factory made and please outfit them for luxury.

Moneywill be wired on confirmation of order.

Islandian Airlines
Agrigento
30-10-2003, 03:45
EI: Your order will take sometime to process, and for modification. Once they are ready they will be sent immediately.
Larkinia
30-10-2003, 03:46
*tag* nice choice! I've got a few of them for transporting leaders around and such. So put me down for a dozen more of them.
Agrigento
30-10-2003, 03:48
*tag* nice choice! I've got a few of them for transporting leaders around and such. So put me down for a dozen more of them.

Thanks, order confirmed and enjoy :P
Omz222
30-10-2003, 03:49
We would like 12 freighters, 6 passengers, and 6 bare airframes please.
Agrigento
30-10-2003, 03:55
We would like 12 freighters, 6 passengers, and 6 bare airframes please.

Very well, the airframes are substaintially cheaper, and the freighters are slightly so.

12 x $120 Million USD = 1.44 billion
6 x $125 Million USD = 750 million
6 x $100 Million USD = 600
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Total: $2.79 Billion (USD).
Agrigento
30-10-2003, 04:19
bump
30-10-2003, 04:30
First i would like to know the production capability for this large jet.

Second i would like to order 45 bare airframes.
Agrigento
30-10-2003, 04:33
First i would like to know the production capability for this large jet.

Second i would like to order 45 bare airframes.

Airbus Industrie has several factories across Agrigento, the largest being in the northern commercial city of Murano. They can crank out several of these a month, with some parts being assembled in one factory, and then shipped to Murano where they are put together for the finished product, comprised of the countless subsystems.

Now those 45 bare frames, are since they are bare frames, going to be cheaper, as I stated earlier, and will take less time to produce. Order Confirmed.
Tradewinds
30-10-2003, 04:33
Wow thats 100 million USD less than what Airbus is offering for it now! :shock:

But at least its good to see some commercial aircraft sales transactions going on here. First with the BWB, now this. Keep it going. :)
30-10-2003, 04:37
First i would like to know the production capability for this large jet.

Second i would like to order 45 bare airframes.

Airbus Industrie has several factories across Agrigento, the largest being in the northern commercial city of Murano. They can crank out several of these a month, with some parts being assembled in one factory, and then shipped to Murano where they are put together for the finished product, comprised of the countless subsystems.

Now those 45 bare frames, are since they are bare frames, going to be cheaper, as I stated earlier, and will take less time to produce. Order Confirmed.And the price come to?
Agrigento
30-10-2003, 04:39
(ugh..I hate math)

4.5 billion.
30-10-2003, 04:45
(ugh..I hate math)

4.5 billion.

I woulda done it for ya but i dont know the price for the bare frames.


*money sent*

(just a note, these planes are going to the Ardorian military and are goign to be converted to High capacity bombers and planes to drop paratroopers and light wieght tanks into battle. Also we are completely changing the engine specifications, in this we are goign to be using a pulse detonation/turbo fan hybrid jet engine, wiht an estimates 3 time the thrust of the stock engine this came with.
Agrigento
30-10-2003, 04:51
I woulda done it for ya but i dont know the price for the bare frames.


*money sent*

(just a note, these planes are going to the Ardorian military and are goign to be converted to High capacity bombers and planes to drop paratroopers and light wieght tanks into battle. Also we are completely changing the engine specifications, in this we are goign to be using a pulse detonation/turbo fan hybrid jet engine, wiht an estimates 3 time the thrust of the stock engine this came with.

ooc: Okay, well wasn't that much trouble.

W.e Floats your boat. You can make them into luxury houses for all intensive purposes.
Omz222
30-10-2003, 05:29
We would like 12 freighters, 6 passengers, and 6 bare airframes please.

Very well, the airframes are substaintially cheaper, and the freighters are slightly so.

12 x $120 Million USD = 1.44 billion
6 x $125 Million USD = 750 million
6 x $100 Million USD = 600
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Total: $2.79 Billion (USD).
Thank you, money is wired. The airframe should be a good platform for our cruise missile platforms.
Agrigento
30-10-2003, 05:32
Omz: Enjoy.
Agrigento
30-10-2003, 22:17
bump
Pablicosta
30-10-2003, 22:26
I'd like 20 please
Agrigento
30-10-2003, 22:35
I'd like 20 please

2.5 billion, enjoy.
Pablicosta
30-10-2003, 22:47
**money wired**
Andaman and Nicobar
30-10-2003, 23:02
(Hm, I was just thinking about these things the other day.. I was going to have ISAN start building our own.. but.. oh well, I am lazy, this is convenient :) )

Mr.Giles had just received an ear-full from President Brown, who was far from satisfied with the state of ISAN commercial aviation... nor military aviation.. nor commercial or military shipping.. well suffice to say that the president was not happy.

Giles prepared the order with a heavy sigh. No Christmas bonus likely this year for FBCo.plc's number 2.

FBCAirlines of ISAN would like to purchase eight aircraft in commercial passenger configuration, and two in freight.

-Mr.Giles, ISAN Office of Government, FBCo.plc Board.
Agrigento
30-10-2003, 23:31
Order Confirmed, enjoy.
Agrigento
01-11-2003, 06:27
bump-
01-11-2003, 09:53
im sure thatthis is the new Jumbo, i will buy 5 as a trail and will order more soon
Sebytania
01-11-2003, 10:04
I'll take 1. It's going to be president Ivan Nagunov's private vessel.
Agrigento
01-11-2003, 20:38
Orders Confirmed.
East Islandia
07-11-2003, 19:21
more airliners will be appreciated. Please modify them as we requested last time, another twenty please.

Money will be wired on confirmation
imported_Celeborne
07-11-2003, 19:30
we would like to purchase 2 of these craft.

Niven corp.
Celeborne

Funds wired upon acceptance of order.
Agrigento
07-11-2003, 21:05
Orders Confirmed.
Agrigento
30-11-2003, 22:15
bump
Agrigento
01-12-2003, 03:20
el bumpo