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Old 30th Oct 2012, 10:39
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What is the thrust angle relative to the horizontal at take off?

Google suggests that the A380 engines produce a total thrust of 130,000 kg roughly. If the thrust angle was 20 degrees the vertical component would be

130,000 * sin(20) = 44,000Kg

The aircraft max TOW is around 560,000kg so the vertical component of thrust is about 10% of the total force required to lift off.
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