Posted on 07/17/2006 10:04:57 AM PDT by lowbuck
It seems to me that some European pilots complained about the lack of power in a certain model of Airbus. Supposedly, the aircraft was dangerously underpowered if the aircraft encountered any type of severe weather. From what I remember, the problem was due to smaller engines being installed due to fuel efficiency standards.
Do you recall anything like that?
Sorry, I'm not a pilot, nor do I play one on TV (though in the interests of full disclosure, I DID work for Boeing as an engineer 20+ years ago...) If that were true, it should be reflected in poor climb performance compared to other manufacturers' climb performance. But this is the first I've heard of this....
"It's an entirely different kind of flying.......altogether."
Then, I'll mark it down to faulty memory and forget about it. I've yet to run across any confirmation of what I (think) read.
Just to be clear, I'm not saying you are wrong; just that I've never heard it claimed before.
At 120-150 planes per year, there will be 600 to 750 787's before the first 350 tucks its flaps in.
Best of all Boeing will be able to undercut them in price, have millions of hours of airtime, spare parts distribution, trained service mechanics. What a hoot.
Make sure yyou keep her in line.
Oh, I realize that you're not saying I'm wrong, however, I've yet to run across any confirmation, so, I have to regard it with a fair degree of skepticism.
Granted, being as it is Airbus and the EU, it wouldn't surprise me if I were to find out it was correct.
I hope Boeing is carefully guarding all their information and physical assets. I'm the sure the frogs have spies trying their best to steal from or sabotage Boeing.
http://www.airbus.com/en/aircraftfamilies/a350/a350_xwb/
The A350 XWB is now officially a 787 clone, with a funky new nose and upturned wingtips.
From the Airbus web site, it is hard to determine if the A350 XWB is a replacement of the original A350 project, or a follow-on. I assume the former, which means this "do over" of the A350 has slipped airline the entry date from 2010 to 2012. What will the impact be to 100 firm orders airlines placed for the original A350, expecting deliveries in 2010?
By 2012, Boeing should have shipped several hundred 787s, the learning curve will have reduced the cost of manufacture. Therefore, Boeing should be able to compete for 2012 delivery slots very effectively.
My thoughts exactly. They copied the 787.
Arrgh. HTML issues. Landings < takeoffs.
Hmmmm. Lets's see:
"...its cabin, which is 5 inches, or 12.7 centimeters, wider than the cabin of the Boeing plane."
"An aluminum fuselage.... a foot wider than that in the old A350,"
"The new plane will cost $10 billion to develop, roughly double the budget of the original A350."
Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. /s
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