Just How GOOD Is The Airbus A350 Shocked Everyone Actually! Here’s Why
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00:00 Intro
00:25 How good?
05:16 What does it achieve?
09:44 Concluding
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Just How GOOD Is The Airbus A350 Shocked Everyone Actually! Here’s Why
In the vastness of the sky, where planes are soaring birds, the appearance of the Airbus A3 50 has marked a major turning point in the world aviation industry. Is it for nothing that people say that the A3 50 is not only a means of transportation but also a symbol of human creativity and progress? Let’s find out in today’s episode how good this plane really is. Why are airlines so obsessed with it? Now let’s dive in!
How good?
Seventy percent of the A3 50 airframe is made of advanced materials, including 53% composites, making it lighter and stronger than previous aircraft designs. Airbus uses something called CFRP, short for carbon fibre reinforced plastic, which is made from carbon fibres bonded to a resin. It is lighter than aluminium, stronger than steel and more corrosion resistant than both. CFRP is used for the wings, centre box and spars, tail cones, fuselage panels, frames and doors, while titanium is used around the doors, landing gear, engine mounts and high-load frames. All of this makes for a light and fuel-efficient aircraft that is much less susceptible to fatigue and corrosion, and easier to maintain.
Just How GOOD Is The Airbus A350 Shocked Everyone Actually! Here’s Why
The wings, manufactured at Broughton in Wales, are 32 metres long and six metres wide, and are the largest single aircraft component made from carbon composites. Speaking of wings, they play a huge role in improving the aerodynamics of the airplane’s design. What makes them special is the way they are designed to morph in flight, changing shape for maximum aerodynamic efficiency during different phases of flight. Airbus calls this biomimicry, an innovative design approach that takes cues from nature, as birds’ wings have evolved over millennia, changing shape to create maximum lift and minimum drag. The wing design includes some other sensible features (warning, this gets a little technical) like swept leading edge devices and new adaptive drop-hinged flaps, which help improve efficiency at low speeds.
Just How GOOD Is The Airbus A350 Shocked Everyone Actually! Here’s Why
To improve efficiency at higher speeds, the A3 50 XWB can deflect its flaps differently, optimizing the wing shape and providing better load control. Further gains are made through a number of small improvements such as tweaking the shape of some of the panels, using curved windscreens and low-drag engine nacelles. These, along with other small design improvements such as filled flaperon edges, help the wings cut through the air better and reduce noise.
The aircraft’s engines also contribute greatly to its efficiency. Many might assume that its engines will be more fuel-hungry, as the Rolls Royce Trent XWB that powers the A3 50 is huge. In fact, it was so big that the fuselage of a Concorde could fit inside one of them. However, the Trent XWB is the latest version of the Trent engine family that first appeared in 19 90 and has flown millions of hours in various variants since then. In addition to borrowing from the Trent family’s heritage, it also incorporates the latest engine technology for cleaner combustion, better reliability, and lower fuel consumption.
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