Delayed QF A380 delivery - and great reporting!
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Delayed QF A380 delivery - and great reporting!
Today's Sydney Morning Herald's Business Day section has a short piece on the delayed delivery of two more A380s to QF due to a problem with one of the aircraft:
Wow - I'm glad they're gonna fix that before QF takes delivery! Just imagine trying to fly an aeroplane that had lost its CofG. You'd wanna be space shuttle endorsed and current, I s'pose
The problem relates to the "flight trim", which involves the aircraft's ability to keep its centre of gravity while in the air.
I believe there is a real problem with this. They are running out of ideas to fix it and are tossing up if they will except delivery or not.
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LOL!
I owned a Peugeot once and within a year of manufacture the electronics were going haywire (immobiliser and ABS) and shortly after that bits kept falling off it!!
I owned a Peugeot once and within a year of manufacture the electronics were going haywire (immobiliser and ABS) and shortly after that bits kept falling off it!!
NAMPS, I have a 207GT - and its full of personality, beeping and clacking away like R2D2 - who knows what its trying to say - I figure its like a canary - probably means it's happy??
How come this trim problem would only be cropping up now rather than with the early builds?
If Qantas doesn't accept delivery of these where does that leave the A380 aquisition?
If Qantas doesn't accept delivery of these where does that leave the A380 aquisition?
Posted by mcgrath50
How come this trim problem would only be cropping up now rather than with the early builds?
How come this trim problem would only be cropping up now rather than with the early builds?
Aircraft from MSN26 on are classified as "Wave 2", in that the production process is more standardised in comparison to the earlier aircraft which had to be partially re-manufactured due to earlier production problems.
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Originally Posted by Going Boeing
It was apparently picked up during pre-delivery test flying.
Anyone remember the early 747 nacelle "yolking" problems, just in case we were contemplating a Boeing v. Airbus stoush?
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Originally Posted by NAMPS
I owned a Peugeot once and within a year of manufacture the electronics were going haywire (immobiliser and ABS) and shortly after that bits kept falling off it!!
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Wave 2
As G.B alludes this aircraft is wave 2 production and part of the changes revolve around wiring and computer networking changes.
Apparently there are some software issues regarding the networking changes that are proving troublesome, or so I'm reliably told.
Apparently there are some software issues regarding the networking changes that are proving troublesome, or so I'm reliably told.