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Offline Chairboy

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« Reply #15 on: April 26, 2005, 04:38:37 PM »
Can they do a complete evac in 90 seconds on a fully loaded, max configuration 747?  I'm guessing not.
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« Reply #16 on: April 26, 2005, 04:39:50 PM »
I believe it has the same number of seats per exit as any other plane, and the exits are extra wide.

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« Reply #17 on: April 26, 2005, 04:43:16 PM »
I always wondered, how many times per year ( for example ) are the emergency procedures really used ?

I mean water landing in my cases are the ditches we know from AH or WB but rather cartwheeling crashes where slides do you no good.

Same goes for ditches on land..

So question: evac procedures, floating devices, offloading ramps, are they ever used for their purpose ?

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« Reply #18 on: April 26, 2005, 04:56:12 PM »
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So question: evac procedures, floating devices, offloading ramps, are they ever used for their purpose ?


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« Reply #19 on: April 26, 2005, 05:06:36 PM »
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I think they have to get it certified, don't they?


Yes

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« Reply #20 on: April 26, 2005, 05:08:49 PM »
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Why not?


Even though the chutes of the A380 can accommodate two people abreast, it's a daunting challenge. Counting the time it takes more than 850 passengers to find which of the jet's 16 exits are open -- only half will be, and the participants won't know which when the test starts -- they'll have to average about 1.2 people per second through each doorway.

It is all part of a drill that Airbus and The Boeing Co. have had to run over the years during certification of their new jets, including Boeing's 747. But never have so many people had to get off an airplane in only a minute and a half -- and never from two full-length decks at the same time

sorry linked from Mora's post.

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« Reply #21 on: April 26, 2005, 05:50:07 PM »
Whatever, it looks prety impressive!

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« Reply #22 on: April 26, 2005, 06:09:54 PM »
Hats off to airbus for showing guts and daring to build something inspiring, which  shamefully Boeing has not been doing for years in the civil market.

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« Reply #23 on: April 26, 2005, 07:10:30 PM »
Big tail.

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« Reply #24 on: April 26, 2005, 10:18:34 PM »
what time is that flight ?

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« Reply #25 on: April 26, 2005, 10:44:25 PM »
It will fly, this one is so ugly the Earth will repel it away.

Seriously, I kike the idea of this plane as a giant succesor to the 40 year old 747 but that tall doubledecker fuselage and big forehead make it look like some retared fish.  The whole thing is short and out of proportion, I hope they do an extened fuse model - that will make it look better imo.

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« Reply #26 on: April 26, 2005, 11:59:16 PM »
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The whole thing is short and out of proportion, I hope they do an extened fuse model - that will make it look better imo.


Like the 737-600 versus 737-800 :cool:

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« Reply #27 on: April 27, 2005, 12:04:05 AM »
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the forehead?
what about the forehead? sloping back like some type of animal / person you have in mind? what are you trying to say?
I don't know what to put here yet.

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« Reply #28 on: April 27, 2005, 12:18:05 AM »
Another misproprtioned Airbus:



This one is 7 feet longer than even the A380...
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« Reply #29 on: April 27, 2005, 01:09:03 AM »
I saw a special recently showing the building process for this monster. What interested me was the way that during the manufacture, the fuselage is freighted through several French towns with heavy police escort and effectively shuts down all commerce and traffic for over a day in a way that would never (pardon the pun) fly in the USA.

PS: Regarding the wing droop, the wings and engines are made in England, could be depression... ;)

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