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hinch · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject: stupid?

the new a340 worries me, it looks stupidly long - which while very good for extra passengers a) sure it is going to get scraped everytime there is wind and b) if it did scrape the floor - how strong is the fuselage?

i mean i know it has been designed for years and all that, but...c'mon; it's just too much.
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mrtazzy · Trainee Joined: Apr 17, 2006 Posts: 66

Maybe the landing gear is just really incredibly tall! Cool

How much longer then a Boeing 777 is it?

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Solotwo · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 5:49 pm Post subject:

It's really not that bad...

Probably easier to land and takeoff then my ATR which is VERY low to the ground, can't land with more then 4degrees of pitch.

Can't be much longer then the old DC-8's...

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Bindolaf · Captain Joined: Jun 02, 2004 Posts: 714

I think the A340-600 is the longest aircraft ever made, longer than the DC8. That having been said, don't worry. The pilots are actually rated for it and able to fly it well enough Razz

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Solotwo · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject:

Wow, the Airbus is about 30 meters longer then the DC-8.

Also learned that the A340-500/600 are the longest range airliners ever.
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pilotwannabe · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:08 pm Post subject:

Over the next generation, airliners are going to be bigger, longer and faster than ever before. Unsafe??. Well there havn't been any incidents so far so we just have to trust that maufacturers have got their calcualtions right. Read

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CrashGordon · Chief Captain Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 4709

Interesting that we can make bigger, longer, faster planes, but that Luggage for Dusseldorf still winds up going to Tashkent. Rolling Eyes

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NoWorries · Captain Joined: Jul 22, 2005 Posts: 639

cheekytrolly · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:45 am Post subject:

Wow that is seriously OTT long! Shocked

Is it really gonna be that much longer than the A380 or is it just the angle of the shot, with the A380 quite a distance away that makes it look so long?

It would be interesting to read if someone could post a list of fuselage lengths (including the new a340) so we can compare them...?
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Solotwo · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:22 am Post subject:

The specs are...

A380-800 - Wing span 79.8m (261ft 10in), length 72,75m (238ft 8in). Height 24,08 m (79ft)

A340-500 - Wing span 63.70m (208ft 11in), length 67.80m (222ft 5in), height 17.80m (58ft 5in). Wing area 437.0m2 (4704sq ft).
A340-600 - Same, except length 75.30m (247ft 0in).

So the 600 is 8ft longer.
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pilotguy44 · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:26 am Post subject:

lol, if you ask me.. the A340-600 looks like someone took the top off a 747 and added it to the back of the bottom floor.

i find the A340 to be a very appealing aircraft, but there's something about the A340-600 that I don't find attractive. I'll stick to the -200 and -300 series Wink

also.. according to operational specifications, the 777-200LR actually holds the record for the longest range aircraft in the world.. beating the A340-500 by 365nm with a total range of 8,865nm.

...but either way, all these ships can stay aloft for a very long time without stopping to re-fuel..

..the wright brothers would be so proud! Wink

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99jolegg · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:26 am Post subject:

The length of it is one of the things that makes it ugly to me, which is why I never fly it.

The 777-200LR can actually go 9,420 nautical miles. I flew real time from London to Darwin in it last week.

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mrtazzy · Trainee Joined: Apr 17, 2006 Posts: 66

I would like to humbly ask again - How much longer then a 777-300 is it?
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pilotwannabe · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:44 pm Post subject:

A340-600= 75.3 metres
777-300 = 73.9 metres

Difference = 1.4 metres

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