Airbus A350 first flight video link
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that ac was very, very quiet...
One of the rare win-win situations in aviation, if you want to save fuel, you become quiet. Unless you switch back to propellers...
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faster approach..?
I would assume that on the first approach on the first flight they probably added 20 - 40 knots to a theoretical Vref, just to make sure, which would explain the slightly nose down or "flat" attitude during the final approach and the pronounced flare..they may have found some stuff during the slow speed trials up in the air where the control laws probably need some finetuning...
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First flight roughly on schedule?
No one said anything about how many months/years late the first flight was, which I take to mean it was approximately on schedule. If so, that's a big cheer from me - being horribly late aka 787/380 puts circus-clown faces on management and costs the company hugely, and both over-budget and late just might trickle down to influence how last-minute design 'adjustments' are implemented and thus design quality.
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I think that the interior was with its cables and tubes in sight...I would assume that they needed to check pressure and temperature of fuel, oil, hidraulic, pressurization, air conditioning etc...as well as the electric system.
Is there a test pilot to explain how is developed this kind of flight?
Is there a test pilot to explain how is developed this kind of flight?
No one said anything about how many months/years late the first flight was, which I take to mean it was approximately on schedule.
