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  • Check-out the split Ailerons at the end of the wing and those huge flaps and spoilers. The A380’s wing span is 80M with a surface area of over 840M2, meaning it can land 20kts slower than a 747. Listen as the gear doors ‘slam’ shut! @BritishAirways
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  • @peterkeenan8938
    @peterkeenan8938 Год назад +425

    For those who didn't know, the wing was designed at the Airbus site at Filton, Bristol and was built at the Hawarden (near Chester) site. Once the wing was assembled, it then went to Bremen in Germany for the installation of the flight controls including the high lift systems and then was delivered to Toulouse for the aircraft final assembly.

    • @Jorgeola757
      @Jorgeola757 Год назад +8

      Excellent information. Thanks for sharing.

    • @pennybaxter4
      @pennybaxter4 Год назад +5

      The winglets are huge

    • @dospalmascb
      @dospalmascb Год назад +15

      Delighted to say my school friend is one of the Engineers in Toulouse. 😊

    • @Twin_Peaks_Outdoors
      @Twin_Peaks_Outdoors Год назад +3

      Why didn’t you just say Hawarden in North Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿?? 😅😊

    • @moboluwarinmaku2071
      @moboluwarinmaku2071 Год назад

      Now we know! Thanks for the information 😁👍🏾

  • @richardstubbings6962
    @richardstubbings6962 Год назад +170

    I work for Airbus. This wing through it’s design and development process was constantly tested in a remote Jig to flex and deflect 365 days a year on year to ensure that it was fit for purpose.

    • @Rsantana380
      @Rsantana380 Год назад +13

      you gyus makes the best A/C, The Mighty A380 is an engineering marvel

    • @Conservator.
      @Conservator. Год назад

      That’s reassuring. Tx!

    • @GratDuForloradeArgumentet
      @GratDuForloradeArgumentet Год назад

      Good job. Im amazed you can build such amazing big machines!

  • @nigelboycenigeb1374
    @nigelboycenigeb1374 Год назад +12

    I fly the A380 as a pilot you may not know from this but just after t/o the FQMS transfers 8.5 tons of fuel out to each of the tip tanks which oppose lift and so helps
    reduce the stresses on the wings as weight opposes lift. that stays in the tip tanks until near top of descent when it auto transfers back to the feed tanks unless it hits -37 C as the tip tanks cool first being the smallest capacity in which case it transfers early into the feed tanks

    • @alexauga
      @alexauga Год назад

      How can I become a commercial pilot?

    • @allanroney
      @allanroney Год назад +1

      Didn’t Concorde have a fairly complex fuel management system, with it shunted around the plane during various phases of the flight?

  • @r12004rewy
    @r12004rewy Год назад +91

    It's not until you fly on a 380 and occupy a window seat you appreciate just how wide the wing is where it meets the fuselage it's just bloody massive.

    • @removefromme
      @removefromme Год назад +1

      I cannot wait for the opportunity to fly on that magnificent aircraft.

    • @Planeboi69
      @Planeboi69 Год назад +2

      It’s way bigger than you think

    • @nightflight6877
      @nightflight6877 Год назад

      Probably 25 rows

  • @Csichicigirl
    @Csichicigirl Год назад +7

    Love the sound can't get enough of it!.....................................That was AWESOME!

  • @stuartwatson3959
    @stuartwatson3959 Год назад +128

    Excellent display of the aerodynamic forces at work on the wing, and especially how the ailerons compensate...watching them I was reminded of a keyboard being played. Very graceful, even in turbulence. Good show, y'all!

  • @nickszell6069
    @nickszell6069 Год назад +7

    2:40 love the shot that shows the shadow on the ground. ✈️

  • @jaygeff
    @jaygeff Год назад +7

    Nice how you caught the plane's shadow on the ground as you start your turn into MIA.( @2m 40sec.)

    • @telepater
      @telepater Год назад

      Well done I missed that - quite amazing

  • @MKINDYR107
    @MKINDYR107 Год назад +48

    Amazing to see 1st hand how the shape of the wing changes from take-off to cruising and landing. I love seeing the flaperons 'dancing' like piano keys, the amount of R&D and testing to perfect this automated wing response must be colossal. Great footage - thank you.

  • @geankaren
    @geankaren Год назад +58

    This plane remains an engineering magical masterpiece. This is a brilliant vid Jerry, thank you!

  • @Jorgeola757
    @Jorgeola757 Год назад +19

    Wow ! That wing is really working. The flex is unbelievable. The sure size of the 380 wing is a modern marvel. Thanks for sharing.

  • @flyingdentist
    @flyingdentist Год назад +15

    A masterpiece of modern engineering.

  • @himat
    @himat Год назад +5

    No words needed, excellent display

  • @rabh6746
    @rabh6746 Год назад +43

    Incredible piece of engineering, like a bird flapping its wings! Quite a view you had there Jerry👌

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 Год назад

      It seems like we get closer and closer to actual bird wings for planes

  • @kenalloway1509
    @kenalloway1509 Год назад +29

    Excellent video Jerry👌 Didn’t realise the A380 wings flexed to that extent! “Slight turbulence at 38k”😮 You’ve perfected the sound of the hydraulics too…almost sound for real😉 Loved the plane’s shadow on the ground on approach to MIA. Great to see up close the flaps/rons doing their job on finals & landing👌 Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻 Onwards to Louisville👍🏻

  • @peterkeenan8938
    @peterkeenan8938 Год назад +36

    As the landing gear doors close, they are twisted into shape to make sure that they maintain the correct external profile once they are locked into place by the door uplocks. This is why you can hear the doors being closed - there is a lot of energy being absorbed by the uplocks and the adjacent structure.

    • @hagdore
      @hagdore Год назад +2

      Gotta love engineering 👍👍

  • @Nae395
    @Nae395 Год назад +14

    I'm amazed that over the generations and in particular modern day, that there are humans capable of designing and operating safely these massive birds.

  • @BEGGARWOOD1
    @BEGGARWOOD1 Год назад +7

    I have flown on the A380 a few times . Sitting on the lower deck by the wing the visual is even more amazing, the wing lifts above the view of the window 😮

  • @LeeAviation
    @LeeAviation Год назад +4

    Amazing how much the wing drops upon touchdown. It completely just relaxes 😂

  • @turbofanct6679
    @turbofanct6679 Год назад +4

    Sublime.
    I love the “pianist ailerons”.
    Thanks for sharing!

    • @arianalbazi3315
      @arianalbazi3315 Год назад +1

      Spot on! I have always compared it to a pianist playing the piano 🎹. Now I know for sure I am not strange in the imagination 💭😂🫡

  • @mirrorsmsm
    @mirrorsmsm Год назад +4

    Great shot of the wing flex on Rotate & Ribbons

  • @michaelplanchunas3693
    @michaelplanchunas3693 Год назад +3

    At :54 you can see the classic airflow of moisture over the wing. Beautiful illustration of airflow.

  • @LadyJoolree
    @LadyJoolree Год назад +2

    You almost sat in my favourite seat hun! Such a gorgeous wing, and bloody HUGE!! I wonder what tune the pilot was playing with the end of the wings - reminds me of seeing an organist use the foot pedals.

  • @bobby1970
    @bobby1970 Год назад +4

    I just flew in a British Airways A380 (upper deck) from Miami to London LHR airport last month. It was amazing. Like a flying house. My plane's tail number was G-XLEB (LEB).

  • @vorlonb3
    @vorlonb3 3 месяца назад

    I cant quite echo the two previous posters who have inside knowledge of its inception and design, however its a testament to its design that it works and works well, reliably and safely. I was in awe when i first flew on it to see this happen for real, the massive motors turning that wing flaps slowly out and further down. Proper wing and ahalf id say and thanks big jet for filming it in action

  • @marioharada
    @marioharada Год назад +4

    Love to see those segmented ailerons working! Almost like a bird!

  • @stanstanly3812
    @stanstanly3812 Год назад +3

    Having worked for Boeing for 20 years I can tell you...wings are freaking amazing!

  • @henrys.6864
    @henrys.6864 Год назад +2

    Those wings flex to take up the weight of the jet, fuel and passengers. Have good flight. Cheers! ✈️

  • @harrycarruth2806
    @harrycarruth2806 Год назад +1

    You can’t beat a good wing watcher video, I always video both takeoff and landings when I fly commercial.

  • @colinboneham7387
    @colinboneham7387 Год назад +12

    Great video Jerry, I know all the theory behind how and why but it still amazes me that it actually works & that upward flex on rotate was stunning.

  • @Wal48
    @Wal48 Год назад +7

    Interesting to see the different actions of the wing take-off and landing. Thanks for sharing your flight with us!

  • @davel101
    @davel101 Год назад +13

    I used to fly Manchester to JFK and back twice a month, and I always used to love the winter flights as if the Jet Stream was in the right place and a fun captain, we could do the JFK - MAN in 4 hours instead of the usual 6. That said, the seat belt sign was on for the whole flight as the plane was being pushed at an incredible speed and moved up and down accordingly. The captain did drop down out of the jet stream around halfway to allow people to pee :)

    • @northernorganist7074
      @northernorganist7074 Год назад +1

      I’m calling bs. The fastest non-concorde transatlantic flight is 4h56. It made the news some years ago.

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 Год назад

      @@northernorganist7074 that was JFK to LHR, right? Wouldn't Manchester be a bit shorter then?

    • @northernorganist7074
      @northernorganist7074 Год назад +2

      @@counterfit5 yeah. 10 miles shorter. Or in Concorde speak, about 25 seconds… even at a snail’s subsonic airliner pace, 10 miles is nothing on that sort of distance.
      JFK to MAN is not possible in 4 hours, except by concorde.

  • @markthomas6045
    @markthomas6045 Год назад +2

    BOSH! Those landing gear doors! More excellence from BigJetTv, Thanks guys!

  • @hilman94
    @hilman94 Год назад +3

    2:37
    It's pretty rare you can see your plane's shadow while onboard...

  • @bcalpam5802
    @bcalpam5802 Год назад +6

    Great video J and G! As somebody who has yet to fly on the 380, I found it a brilliant watch! 👍👍✈️

    • @victoriaedwards1220
      @victoriaedwards1220 Год назад +1

      me too! you can see the wing profile lift on take off from outside, but its another thing to see it close up. Also the flaperons at work - wonderful

  • @lizmatthewman4039
    @lizmatthewman4039 Год назад +5

    Wow totally love way clouds pass through wings somehow seems heavenly 🥰✈️☁️

  • @TC.C
    @TC.C Год назад +4

    This video really made me focus as I have never been on the A380. The passengers on the plane behind could really hear those flaps extending 😅

  • @CapizFlier
    @CapizFlier Год назад

    I like the fact that the FA immediately assured the passengers that there is nothing to worry about and that its just turbulence. Thats very important to nervous passengers and I really commend the FA for doing that.

  • @laneyjames2946
    @laneyjames2946 Год назад +3

    Stupendous! Just amazing! Thanks for sharing ♥️

  • @phileagle8432
    @phileagle8432 Год назад +4

    Great video! Wow those gear doors really make a clump don’t they? Also that gap with the flaps!

    • @ryeb_
      @ryeb_ Год назад +2

      They really do! Was going to land at Gatwick with Emirates, the landing gear made quite the bang when they extended!

    • @offshoretomorrow3346
      @offshoretomorrow3346 Год назад

      Isn't that bang the spinning wheels hitting the braking blocks in the wheel well?

  • @paulskilling6637
    @paulskilling6637 Год назад +4

    Fantastic video Jerry love seeing have the wing works on different parts of the journey.

  • @Zee_Zg
    @Zee_Zg Год назад +6

    Great video, Jerry 😊 I see now how much I really miss the planes. Haven't been on a flight since pandemics 😔

  • @dennis12dec
    @dennis12dec Год назад +6

    The BA A380s underwent extensive maintenance and repairs at the Lufthansa Technik Philippines in Manila. My cousin is one of the engineers and technicians who worked on this massive aircraft not just British Airways but also for A380s operated by airlines around the world including Korean Air, Asiana Airlines, Qantas and others.

  • @JetVisionLucas
    @JetVisionLucas Год назад +2

    Love watching the flaps go full amazing engineering

  • @gordn_ramsi
    @gordn_ramsi Год назад

    That wing's doing some heavy lifting!

  • @zberg0101
    @zberg0101 Год назад

    "Ahhh that's a terrific wing, I love the shape..."
    - Irwin M Fletcher

  • @sailormike1089
    @sailormike1089 Год назад

    Good Lord that wing is huge. Takes up 2/3rds of my pc screen, LOL!. And the gear doors closing would have woke me up. The sound of the flap motors sounds like it hasn't changed since the last time I flew over 30 years ago. They got that distinct sound. Great video none the less.

  • @theroving1
    @theroving1 Год назад +1

    Absolutely fascinating!! Thanks Jerry.

  • @qatsi4897
    @qatsi4897 Год назад +2

    Beautiful! Reminded me of a birds wing, with all those flaps look like feathers.

  • @gilessb
    @gilessb Год назад +1

    Very cool. I have been seated right over the wing on the A380 - it is just enormous!

  • @andrewmcinnes7576
    @andrewmcinnes7576 Год назад +9

    Excellent capture ! That wing sure goes through a lot of work each and every flight.

  • @carolinewoods830
    @carolinewoods830 12 дней назад

    Until I started watching BigJet TV I didn't realise that the Aeroplane wings had moving parts to assist in flights,take off and landing.
    Amazing video.

  • @ceanothus_bluemoon
    @ceanothus_bluemoon Год назад +1

    Super vid...just watched it three times :)

  • @Jethz
    @Jethz Год назад +4

    Some day I'll be able to fly on an A380. There's still hope as they aren't out of service yet.

    • @PragueImport
      @PragueImport Год назад +1

      BA has brought them back to service; Lufthansa has promised to bring them back for summer 2023. Of course, the Emirates has the largest fleet. You have ten or so years left. Try the upper deck if you can.

  • @markherzog9484
    @markherzog9484 Год назад

    Watching the minute movements of the flaps to counter and correct the stability of a 500 tonne aircraft, one should always remember what inspired aircraft designers. Birds wings…..and the feathers at the wing tips making exactly the same subtle movements to achieve the same effect.

  • @beyondbiking
    @beyondbiking Год назад +1

    Excellent footage!

  • @Steve-xf4uv
    @Steve-xf4uv Год назад

    Awewsome ! I love it. Gotta fly on this one soon. Great shots, Thanks.

  • @johnjrambo1054
    @johnjrambo1054 Год назад +1

    well done ladd! amazing wing

  • @adamtrewella
    @adamtrewella Год назад +1

    Stunning tech u can stick ur queen of the skies...a380 is the ultimate IMHO lol
    Fab video j and g 👌

  • @all-yw2yr
    @all-yw2yr Год назад

    Excellent video thanks for sharing

  • @vedymin1
    @vedymin1 Год назад +4

    A mountain wake/wave/rotor at those altitudes would be terrifying to experience, its one of the worst kinds of turbulence types in aviation if i heard it correctly. Good thing it wasn't that :)

  • @krikol_77
    @krikol_77 Год назад

    Stunning footage !

  • @Greippi10
    @Greippi10 Год назад +1

    Makes me a little sad jumbos weren't really the future of flying, there's just something amazing about having a plane the size of a small town flying around!

  • @Nicehousecrappycar
    @Nicehousecrappycar Год назад

    That's the Devotion that we've all come to love.

  • @avgeek6126
    @avgeek6126 Год назад

    I love that wingflex

  • @SallyGreenaway
    @SallyGreenaway Год назад +1

    The A380 is my absolute favourite plane to fly on! I'm a so sad that they're not being built anymore. Maybe it will change as things open up further in aviation around the world

  • @jellybertdelattiba7603
    @jellybertdelattiba7603 Год назад

    The exact kind of Action Movie j love ! With the right dose of suspense, wonder and accuracy ! Thanks !

  • @BrianAchterberg928
    @BrianAchterberg928 Год назад +1

    Amazing video! 👍

  • @seamuscashin2606
    @seamuscashin2606 Год назад

    thanks i am always looking up at the big jets now i enjoyed looking down super wing with no visible means of support love the multi ailrons

  • @angelgabrielvargas2807
    @angelgabrielvargas2807 Год назад +1

    Esta super este video; me gustó mucho porque se aprecia la función de los flaps y al inicio, cuando la aeronave va en su carrera de despegue, al iniciar la fase Rotate, se observa claramente la función de las aletas a lado y lado del motor, se aprecia el flujo del aire que circula sobre el plano...disminuyendo la velocidad de perdida...es grandioso!! Gracias, un saludo desde Palmira, Valle del cauca, Colombia.

  • @g.johnson3119
    @g.johnson3119 Год назад

    hi Jerry. listened to you on today programme recently. hugely interesting info on jumbos and i thought you gave a good account of yourself. well done mate👍

  • @deborahsherwood3406
    @deborahsherwood3406 Год назад +1

    This is amazing thank you

  • @MadeiraAirport
    @MadeiraAirport Год назад

    Stunning images!

  • @I7435IC
    @I7435IC Год назад

    ''Very cool'' !! .. Greased that landing !!

  • @mrkc10
    @mrkc10 Год назад

    Very cool video. MIA Shows we’re great!

  • @twyscape
    @twyscape Год назад +1

    Go look at some RUclips videos on how the manufacturers test the wings. Over engineered to make sure we stay safe in the sky’s.

  • @tandang310
    @tandang310 Год назад

    Love the way aileron dancing

  • @roadracer1584
    @roadracer1584 Год назад

    Every time I fly, I look out the window at the cities below and wonder who is humping right this minute!

  • @toobydude41
    @toobydude41 Год назад +2

    Absolutely amazing. I have to admit, if I was on that flight, I'd probably be curled up in my seat with my eyes closed during that turbulence waiting for it to be over ! 😬

    • @ctlt-pg4tm
      @ctlt-pg4tm Год назад

      OMG. What if the pilots and cabin crew did that ? It's just TURBULENCE !

    • @toobydude41
      @toobydude41 Год назад +1

      @@ctlt-pg4tm Yes I get it. Just saying some of us can't handle that stuff as well as others. It can be super scary

    • @mikipav1064
      @mikipav1064 Год назад +2

      @user-kd8ui9xd7u Yea... and because the cabin crew and the pilots are people who aren't afraid of flying, they have these jobs. It is a necessity for them not to fear flying, but it's not a necessity for passengers not to fear flying. So your comment makes zero sense and was absolutely uncalled for. Since he's not part of a cabin crew and he's not a pilot, he's free to be afraid of turbulences as much as he wants.

  • @77jazzbass
    @77jazzbass Год назад +1

    Stunning engineering

  • @stewiepid4385
    @stewiepid4385 Год назад

    @2:37 Great capture of the shadow with sundog!

  • @thebobloblawshow8832
    @thebobloblawshow8832 Год назад +1

    We build some really cool stuff.

  • @alohatvj
    @alohatvj Год назад +1

    Excellent video 📹 👏

  • @danielbanks9000
    @danielbanks9000 Год назад +1

    Insane how much a wing flexes. Nice smooth landing.

    • @TheBootleLad
      @TheBootleLad Год назад

      That amount of Wing movement is mind boggling 😵‍💫

  • @djbmidge
    @djbmidge Год назад

    Love this, great video. Niiiiice! 😊

  • @joebrown1382
    @joebrown1382 Год назад

    Very interesting, loved it.

  • @rostyrrell7
    @rostyrrell7 Год назад

    The was amazing!

  • @peterlee6745
    @peterlee6745 Год назад +1

    Like Most We Just Sit Eat Drink . But Don't No What Goes On With These Wings at Work . Nice One Jerry

  • @andreaproli5399
    @andreaproli5399 2 месяца назад

    grazie, sto facendo EIA2 e mi hai ispirato!!!!

  • @egpx
    @egpx Год назад +1

    It’s a remarkably quiet aircraft from a passenger point of view.

  • @jamesthedrummer4423
    @jamesthedrummer4423 Год назад

    Awesome!

  • @eshanmoses4433
    @eshanmoses4433 Год назад +1

    Still can’t believe how a beast of a plane is controlled by a small Joy-stick

  • @707liner8
    @707liner8 Год назад

    Amazing engineering

  • @debbieayre8785
    @debbieayre8785 Год назад

    New to all this
    Fascinating

  • @troyeberhard2086
    @troyeberhard2086 Год назад

    What an aircraft!!!!

  • @krisporter4442
    @krisporter4442 Год назад +3

    As a person that is scared of flying I appreciate the pilot talking through the turbulence. True professional!

  • @felixcat9455
    @felixcat9455 Год назад

    AIrplanes are so amazing

  • @toyotatim2521
    @toyotatim2521 Год назад +2

    I did wonder how much the wings lift at the tips when airborne, on my recent trip to NZ on a couple of 380s and various 350s the wing tips seem to be higher than the top of the fuselage when flying.

  • @KenoBeatZ
    @KenoBeatZ Год назад

    One of my proudest f(l)ap !

  • @Mr.Das1983
    @Mr.Das1983 Год назад

    I flew Emirates A380 back in 2011 from JFK to Dubai. It was impressive and how huge the wings are of this plane!! I had the window sit, so I saw the whole wing in action 😊. You won’t get any idea until you see the wing in real life!