[Paleo Conservative]

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[Moonman62]

What else is to be expected from a company that is funded and regulated by a political entity that thinks of the state as glorious, but the people little more than cattle?

[Pukin Dog]

Well, its very simple. The 747 was built by men with imagination a slide-rule. The A-280 was designed by two versions of incompatible software. There is no style to the A-380, no elegance. The thing looks like one of those large Russian cargo planes, while the stuff out of Boeing look like cruise-liners.

There is the old adage that suggests that what looks good will fly good, and in this case it appears true, as every A-380 landing I see, comes with a moment of yaw suggesting that the vertical tail loses authority at high alpha conditions. Anyone can watch how much the rudder is working to see that the ILS is working hard to keep it on centerline.

747s and especially 777s are rock solid in all flight aspects, but I think it is a good bet that one of these A-380s is going to have a really bad landing someday and kill a lot of people.

[phantomworker]

One of my favorite videos:

747/777 Crosswind

Something just doesn't look right here:

A380 Crosswind

Or here!

LAX Landing