A400M engine - hey, it works!
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Just that they restricted the "wonder-engine" to matching the T56s' power levels.
This makes sense... work out how the big nacelle changes handling, and how the big prop affects airflow over the wing (and along the fuselage) before trying higher (and asymetrical) power settings.
Wind tunnels & computer simulations (which are totally dependant on the data [guesses] entered) only tell you so much... flight tests always tell you things the other methods didn't.
This makes sense... work out how the big nacelle changes handling, and how the big prop affects airflow over the wing (and along the fuselage) before trying higher (and asymetrical) power settings.
Wind tunnels & computer simulations (which are totally dependant on the data [guesses] entered) only tell you so much... flight tests always tell you things the other methods didn't.
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Photos......sorry on holiday now 
will see what I can get when I return! There seem to be quite a few out there already though!
Congratulations to all at Marshall! To whoever it was that postulated it was just a token flight....get a grip - we've been waiting months for it and need 50 hrs before MSN1 can fly, so not a token flight by any means!
Merry Christmas and let's hope 09' is a good one
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will see what I can get when I return! There seem to be quite a few out there already though!Congratulations to all at Marshall! To whoever it was that postulated it was just a token flight....get a grip - we've been waiting months for it and need 50 hrs before MSN1 can fly, so not a token flight by any means!
Merry Christmas and let's hope 09' is a good one
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Update anyone??
Does anyone have any idea as to how the test flying is going? For instance, how many hours have been accumulated on the new engine/prop, how long will it take to analyse all the data collected and when might a first flight of the A400M be expected?
Marshalls must be making some progress now given the good wx......
MB
Marshalls must be making some progress now given the good wx......
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From The Economist: Airbus's troubled military transport | Heavy going | The Economist
Interesting stuff.
T
Interesting stuff.
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I bet the Americans are watching this closely. The path that Airbus is walking is into the unknown, where delays and setbacks are common. Who in their right mind would
want to walk that path, we are certainly seeing all the costs blow out.
However we can hope for the best, but at the end of the day the politics will rule. In the mean time the air forces of the world wait, just hope they are not waiting in vain.
The giant leaps in progress seem to come at a great cost of money and time.
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want to walk that path, we are certainly seeing all the costs blow out.
However we can hope for the best, but at the end of the day the politics will rule. In the mean time the air forces of the world wait, just hope they are not waiting in vain.
The giant leaps in progress seem to come at a great cost of money and time.
Regards
Col
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Of course the Americans are watching closely. You can imagine the companies with alternative options rubbing their hands with glee as they wait for A400M customers to voice concerns or that they are considering buying something else. Take the example of Lockheed Martin, as soon as something else is printed about the A400M in the mainstream media, their PR dept issue a press release out of the blue saying how wonderful the Super Hercules is.
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A400M Engine Testbed Faces Tight Schedule | AVIATION WEEK
EADS before July is hoping to reach its 50 flight hour target on the Marshall Aerospace C-130 serving as the flying testbed for the A400M's TP400D turboprop engine.
The goal to reach that milestone in the second quarter is not easy, though. So far the testbed has flown about 15 hours since its first flight in mid-December. Improving weather should allow the pace of flight testing to increase, however
EADS before July is hoping to reach its 50 flight hour target on the Marshall Aerospace C-130 serving as the flying testbed for the A400M's TP400D turboprop engine.
The goal to reach that milestone in the second quarter is not easy, though. So far the testbed has flown about 15 hours since its first flight in mid-December. Improving weather should allow the pace of flight testing to increase, however
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Handy place too add additional sensors for the flight test programme. I believe that you can also see a “basket” be dragged along in the same photo, again, part of the flight test fit. (some one more technical would know what sensors)
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Note also the external tank under the starboard wing, but not the port (presumeably something to do with the extra prop wash from the test donk - or maybe to counterbalance the bigger motor - over to you, techno-persons?!) Also the airframe was extensively wired for many external sensors when she was Snoopy.
Note also the external tank under the starboard wing, but not the port (presumeably something to do with the extra prop wash from the test donk - or maybe to counterbalance the bigger motor - over to you, techno-persons?!) Also the airframe was extensively wired for many external sensors when she was Snoopy.
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Possibly the probe is not an AAR probe, if its the same one that was fitted to the Tri-Star, it houses Alpha and Beta vanes, + pitot and static sensors.
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I suspect it isn't an AAR probe but probably for measuring air data like this http://www.edwards.af.mil/shared/med...-9999X-012.jpg
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Snoopy had none of the AAR probe plumbing in place so it wont be useable. It will be an AAR probe being used for sideslip vanes and other fti sensors. It has been done many times before