Brenintw From Taiwan Region, joined Jul 2006, 746 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (2 months 2 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 28232 times:
So Airbus is (apparently) going with blended winglets on the A350, and not swept wingtips -- any reason for this? I was under the impression that the swept wingtips were more efficient than winglets for the kind of missions the A350 is targeted at (long-haul applications).
I love taking off, I love landing -- I'm not wild about the bit in between
Scouseflyer From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2006, 2226 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (2 months 2 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 28182 times:
Quoting Brenintw (Reply 3): So Airbus is (apparently) going with blended winglets on the A350, and not swept wingtips -- any reason for this? I was under the impression that the swept wingtips were more efficient than winglets for the kind of missions the A350 is targeted at (long-haul applications).
I think that this render is just to demonstrate the nose design - it may be that the wing-tips have yet to be frozen .
Lightsaber From United States, joined Jan 2005, 3577 posts, RR: 67 Reply 10, posted (2 months 2 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 28181 times:
Interesting. I was looking forward to seeing how they were incorporating the landing gear and the crew rest! Those little details were among the inovations I thought were the most interesting with the A350's nose.
Moo From Falkland Islands (Malvinas), joined May 2007, 2173 posts, RR: 7 Reply 12, posted (2 months 2 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 28079 times:
Quoting Lightsaber (Reply 10): Interesting. I was looking forward to seeing how they were incorporating the landing gear and the crew rest! Those little details were among the inovations I thought were the most interesting with the A350's nose.
The landing gear is vastly similar to the A380, so I don't think they are departing too much from what they have experience with there.
The crew rest was moved to above and behind the flight deck late last year.
JoKeR From Serbia, joined Nov 2004, 1676 posts, RR: 5 Reply 13, posted (2 months 2 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 28069 times:
Quoting PM (Reply 4):
Truth be told, I think it's a more attractive plane than the A330.
The A330 has one of the most elegant airliner designs... the new A350 looks like it will steal this limelight from its sibling. Very good looking plane.
Geo772 From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2004, 434 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (2 months 2 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 27490 times:
The bit that I noticed was that Airbus are doing away with the DV windows. This in my view is a step backwards, as they had so much more purpose than an escape route. You could use them to chat to the guy on the ground, lean out and clean the windscreen and of course let in a bit of fresh air.
Flown on A300B4/600,A319/20/21,A332/3,A343,B727,B732/3/4/7/8,B741/2/4,B752,B762/3,B772/3,DC10,L1011-200,VC10,MD80,1-11
BlueSky1976 From Poland, joined Jul 2004, 1028 posts, RR: 3 Reply 21, posted (2 months 2 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 27374 times:
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Makes 787's nose look like a square brick. Definitely the most attractive and elegant "next generation" widebody plane. Yes, more beautiful than 787. And those winglets.... yummy!!!
With the 787-10 pushed back until around the time that President Obama is completing his second term and small prospect of a significantly improved 777W on the horizon, I'd say you may not have long to wait!
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and small prospect of a significantly improved 777W on the horizon, I'd say you may not have long to wait! 