Has anyone heard about the premature failure of the A380 wing, during destruction testing.
Apparently the wing ruptured 3% before the 150% load test of the wing flex.
If this is true All I can see is that they are going to have to reduce its MTOW or modefy the wing.
What would this mean for the aircarft fitter with wings that have already been assembled ?
Sounds like the A380 might not be the success story that Airbus was hoping for it to be.
What with the separation and fuel burn issues, and now the MTOW issue.
Sounds like they got it wrong on the A340 redesign also. not much interest in the 'Four Engines For Long Haul' logic.
Boeing's twins are kicking the proverbial butt. Longer Range, Less Fuel, Quieter.....
EDIT: No point in opening up a topic, GS, which has already been extensively aired on PPRune. I have merged your two posts (4 minutes apart) as well.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...ghlight=Airbus