Dreamliner going into Nightmare?
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Link to A380 clip, landing at Heathrow:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4990780.stm
(Click on the video button below the picture)
The A380 looks shakey, but there are many reasons for it. Firstly, it was light on fuel, having come to Heathrow from Germany - hence it would be a bit "bouncier" when light.
Secondly, the weather was quite windy and most other aircraft landing were having the same problem / getting pushed around a little.
Lastly, The A380 is quite a short aircraft - look at the size of the tail! If you look at other aircraft which are also quite short (A318 and 737-500 are good examples) on approach, in a draggy configuration, you'll notice they do twitch around alot more then longer aircraft... ie a 747 or 777.
There is an A380 thread with LOADS of info on all this, its a good read
Link to A380 clip, landing at Heathrow:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4990780.stm
(Click on the video button below the picture)
The A380 looks shakey, but there are many reasons for it. Firstly, it was light on fuel, having come to Heathrow from Germany - hence it would be a bit "bouncier" when light.
Secondly, the weather was quite windy and most other aircraft landing were having the same problem / getting pushed around a little.
Lastly, The A380 is quite a short aircraft - look at the size of the tail! If you look at other aircraft which are also quite short (A318 and 737-500 are good examples) on approach, in a draggy configuration, you'll notice they do twitch around alot more then longer aircraft... ie a 747 or 777.
There is an A380 thread with LOADS of info on all this, its a good read
As I posted elsewhere today, Boeing seems to be changing its stance re a bigger aircraft. The 747-800 might well have a stretch put into it to allow nearly 500 pax on board. So to all those posters who have said 4 engines and large aircraft are dead because Boeing isn't building one might have to take back their Boeing supplied mis information and eat some humble pie.
