8 WEIRD Airbus Features That NO ONE KNOWS

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  • Опубликовано: 23 апр 2022
  • Airbus is a Franco-German-based global aeronautics company that grew out of a European consortium designed to compete with the dominant American companies of the 1960s; Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, and Lockheed Martin. Airbus has been able to dominate the aviation industry for years, and the aero makers are still at the top of their games with notable and unique aircraft manufactured. Over the years, Airbus has manufactured extraordinary aircraft, and in this video, I'll be sharing with you eight unique features of Airbus jets, and some other interesting facts about Airbus. Let's check it out!
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  • @justrelaxmore
    @justrelaxmore Год назад +140

    OK - so what are the features that nobody knows???????

    • @Osprey980
      @Osprey980 Год назад +3

      Yea

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад +20

      The 8 features claimed as weird and/or unique are :
      8) A320 was the first fly-by-wire commercial aircraft.
      7) A380 is the only commercial aircraft with a full-length upper deck.
      6) A380 is the only commercial aircraft which allows you to experience something near to a private jet. This because it has an on-board shower.
      5) A340 can fly at higher altitude than "many others of its' class". [This is untrue.]
      4) A380 has two loading belts in its cargo hold.
      3) Secret crew rest compartment.
      2) Development of liquid hydrogen powered aircraft.
      1) Most Airbus aircraft are flown with sidesticks.
      "NOBODY KNOWS " is a false and ridiculous claim.
      I consider NONE of these features to be weird. The full-length upper deck and twin loading belts on the A380 are unique, but none of the other features can reasonably make that claim.

    • @bikersoncall
      @bikersoncall Год назад +4

      lol, I quit this lame video as soon as the MIDROLL ADS
      started, that no one watches.

    • @madaboutsnooker147
      @madaboutsnooker147 Год назад

      @@hb1338 because the guy with the channels, know less about planes that dj's aviation and 74gear and all the other guys who love that job. He might still love what he does. But ive seen 2 or 3 vids, and nothing seems special. too bad as the voice is good :)

    • @Boss_Tanaka
      @Boss_Tanaka Год назад

      It s because you are aviation enthusiasts.
      His channel is designed for people who know literally nothing about aviation.

  • @jackf1841
    @jackf1841 Год назад +70

    Airbus is not "Franco-German". Airbus is European.

    • @Subgunman
      @Subgunman Год назад +5

      Let’s not forget that the UK has a lot to do with production considering they use Rolls Royce engines on most aircraft.

    • @mikesaviationvideos
      @mikesaviationvideos Год назад +9

      @@Subgunman and the wings too 🙂

    • @nishiharae
      @nishiharae Год назад

      germany and france are european

    • @DerkDerglass
      @DerkDerglass Год назад +5

      @@nishiharae but Europe isn’t France and Germany alone. Airbus was founded by the British, the French, and the West Germans and remains an airline based heavily in these nations, plus Spain.

    • @drtalkboxsa9412
      @drtalkboxsa9412 Год назад +2

      Spain with the tail components

  • @stephenjacobs5640
    @stephenjacobs5640 Год назад +145

    did he just say the a340 was popular?

  • @cjmillsnun
    @cjmillsnun Год назад +43

    A correction. The A320 was the first commercial airliner with a DIGITAL fly by wire system. Concorde was also controlled by fly by wire but in this case it was electrical signals direct to the hydraulic actuators rather than through computers like the A320

    • @petep.2092
      @petep.2092 Год назад

      Concorde's flight control signals also went through computers, but they were analog computers, not digital. The engine controls used digital computers in the fly by wire scheme.

  • @elliott7268
    @elliott7268 Год назад +24

    This video is like if you took a few random Airbus trivia and threw in some dodgy ones and asked an AI to write the script

    • @DonalMountain
      @DonalMountain Год назад +3

      “The airbus a380 has over 20 interesting facts about its uniqueness” 😂

  • @nojoda87
    @nojoda87 Год назад +13

    Funny how all those facts that "NO ONE KNOWS" are pretty much known by everyone with a slight aviation interest.

    • @thisaccounthasbeensuspended
      @thisaccounthasbeensuspended Год назад +2

      true

    • @Osprey980
      @Osprey980 Год назад +3

      The a340 one is wrong from what I understand, but yes they are lol

    • @mikoto7693
      @mikoto7693 Год назад

      Oh yeah, I was disappointed. But then again I’m an aviation enthusiast and I work as a ground handler so I know quite a bit about aviation and the industry and all these features I already knew except for the longest and shortest routes. I can say with complete confidence that from a ground handler perspective Airbus aircraft are easier to work with. Easier doors, GPU plugs and hatches/controls for the water and lavatory trucks.
      I can’t comment on flying it because I’m not a pilot, but one once mentioned that the engine thrust levers don’t move between each setting so they can’t just reach down and feel what the setting is like it’s done on a Boeing. To give me context he mentioned how when driving a manual car, the driver can just feel which gear it’s in and yeah I agree having to look at what gear I’m in would be irritating.

  • @ndr2190
    @ndr2190 Год назад +12

    6:16 It's a SIDESTICK!!!!

    • @Boss_Tanaka
      @Boss_Tanaka Год назад +1

      My ears were bleeding

    • @davemiller6055
      @davemiller6055 Год назад

      It's a joystick. Literally. Just an oddly placed joystick.

    • @ndr2190
      @ndr2190 Год назад

      @@davemiller6055 If you are not an aviation enthusiqst like I am, I get it. No problem. But pls use the term "sidestick".

    • @davemiller6055
      @davemiller6055 Год назад

      @@ndr2190 The only reason they call it a sidestick is because joysticks are commonly used in video games. But it literally is a joystick. It's the same thing. Calling it a sidetsick doesn't change what it is.
      I'm sorry, I just think it's funny how so many people take the term sidestick so seriously.
      I worked in retail for years. I stocked shelves. We were called stockers. Then one day the company announced we would be called Customer Service Associates (CSAs). The job didn't change. Just the title.
      They said it portrayed a better image.

    • @ndr2190
      @ndr2190 Год назад

      @@davemiller6055 I'm sorry if it is a joystick to you, but do not hate on the people who call it it's name. It is not a game to fly an A320 or an A380

  • @daddelzockt7092
    @daddelzockt7092 Год назад +47

    Thanks for this rly interesting video. Although I’m not quite sure if I can agree with your fact, that the A340 has sold itself easily. Since planes like the B777 became a way more efficient alternative soon after the 340s release. The plane still is a great engineered Aircraft but the ETOPS regulations really hurt its purpose of existence.

    • @madaboutsnooker147
      @madaboutsnooker147 Год назад +4

      his facts are so off. a340 was largely a failure with companies but still liked by pax. But it failed when ETOPS was changed as you mentioned. A346 flew so nice! what a bird.

    • @alexclement7221
      @alexclement7221 Год назад +3

      The A340 was a money-losing failure. Pilots hate it. It's under-powered, yet fuel-thirsty. It's a 4-engine plane competing against 2-engine planes. Maintenance costs are also high. Even on the used market, NOBODY wants A340's

  • @Shahrdad
    @Shahrdad Год назад +7

    The A340-500 also has a corpse drawer for when a passenger dies on one of its super long flights.

    • @henriklmao
      @henriklmao Год назад +2

      That's such a cool fact that literally not a lot of people know.

    • @siddhshah2024
      @siddhshah2024 Год назад +3

      this is the type of stuff this video should've had

  • @kevinmic6740
    @kevinmic6740 Год назад +7

    When I was a young man I was very impressed with boeing airplanes but with the rise of airbus, I have to admit to myself it has to be Europe's most successful project that produces the best planes in the world not equalled by any other company.

  • @aerobobby
    @aerobobby Год назад +2

    There are so many inaccuracies in this video, I don’t know where to start.

  • @kimkima1957
    @kimkima1957 2 года назад +30

    I always prefer Airbus than Boeing eventhough the tickets are higher among airlines🛩️❣️

    • @untoldaviation
      @untoldaviation  2 года назад +6

      Lol. airbus is great. Thanks for watching

    • @CodPix
      @CodPix 2 года назад +5

      I prefer boeing than airbus but I respect airbus :)

    • @peteconrad2077
      @peteconrad2077 2 года назад +2

      They’re not.

    • @Whatwillgowrong
      @Whatwillgowrong Год назад +1

      @@CodPix same

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад +1

      Airline ticket prices are set by agreements made between governments - the type of aircraft operated on the route is irrelevant.

  • @austinkub2337
    @austinkub2337 2 года назад +18

    Concorde was the first fly-by-wire airliner

    • @huskkyy
      @huskkyy Год назад +3

      The A320 had the first fully digital FBW flight controls in an airliner

    • @diegoramirez8674
      @diegoramirez8674 Год назад

      @@huskkyy first in a plane was actually the f16

    • @huskkyy
      @huskkyy Год назад +1

      @@diegoramirez8674 I said airliner

    • @aerobobby
      @aerobobby Год назад +1

      He didn’t say digital though did he.

    • @HarryWhittle2019
      @HarryWhittle2019 Год назад

      Yeah that's what I thought

  • @theblueiguana8522
    @theblueiguana8522 Год назад +7

    I would like to see more outdoor cameras for the pilot to be able to see what happens outside the plane while taxiing and/or in flight (and, if possible, with a better image quality then what we see on our screen as a passenger).

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад

      Extensive tests show that cameras deliver virtually no useful information to anyone, hence their absence on commercial aircraft.

  • @lardyify
    @lardyify Год назад +3

    Hydrogen is zero emissions only if you forget its manufacture and cryogenic storage.

  • @andreasgasser5823
    @andreasgasser5823 Год назад +4

    These are sidesticks and in no way joysticks

    • @wickedcabinboy
      @wickedcabinboy Год назад

      you A320 pilots are pretty sensitive about that.

    • @Subgunman
      @Subgunman Год назад

      @wickedcabinboy was talking with an airbus pilot about the controls when a non aviation enthusiast chimed in and called it a joystick to which the pilot corrected him and said it was a side stick, the joy stick was reserved for his wife.

    • @davemiller6055
      @davemiller6055 Год назад

      It's a joystick. Literally. Just off to the left or right.

  • @thomascoffin3273
    @thomascoffin3273 2 года назад +5

    The UK is also a 20% owner of Airbus, in addition to Germany and France.

    • @HellStr82
      @HellStr82 Год назад

      Who?

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад

      Erm, no. UK government has never had a stake in Airbus. At one point, BAE Systems owned 20 per cent, but sold off its holding a long time ago (2006) when it became clear that its' involvement in the project was never going to go beyond the manufacture of some wings.

    • @Subgunman
      @Subgunman Год назад

      Rolls Royce still supplies engines for many of the Air Bus models. They are a UK based company. Engines are still manufactured in the UK. There also has to be a hidden Special Agreement between the Idiots who pushed for Brexit that allows RR to continue to produce and supply the industry with its engines. No one talks about it otherwise everyone who now finds brexit a mistake would be rioting in the streets. Stupid Tories…..

  • @hb1338
    @hb1338 Год назад +1

    "... the Airbus A380 has over 20 interesting facts about its uniqueness." Oh dear.

  • @martinsutherland5502
    @martinsutherland5502 Год назад +2

    The A340 flies higher than others? Really😂. This video needs more research, quite a few inaccuracies.

  • @selrayes2
    @selrayes2 Год назад +2

    the a340 is failing miserably. idk what ur talking about in minute 3

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад

      The A340 ceased production in 2011, but more half the aircraft built are still in service. In what way is it failing miserably ?

  • @stevenlemieux7220
    @stevenlemieux7220 Год назад +2

    I would love to see a large modern zeppelin ship with a cruise line luxury with jet engines (doesn't have to go too fast) to go anywhere on Earth within a day and a half to two days at the most. (32 - 48 hours)
    go

  • @peterjohnclayton
    @peterjohnclayton Год назад +3

    '8 WEIRD Airbus Features That NO ONE KNOWS...' Then lists a load of things that, literally, everyone knows.

  • @warrenmills7935
    @warrenmills7935 Год назад +1

    Fhe a340 was not its first long haul aircraft! Also you don't mention any unknown info.

  • @mrrolandlawrence
    @mrrolandlawrence Год назад +1

    a340 and a330 have the same fuselage. this was to save costs in designing. they also considered a 3 engine layout.

    • @simonm1447
      @simonm1447 Год назад

      And the 330/340 fuselage has previously used on the A 300 (of course the systems, the wings and the other stuff is new, they just used the fuselage like the 737 is using the 707 fuselage and cockpit

  • @Greatdome99
    @Greatdome99 Год назад

    Maybe a bit more definition: "fly by wire" eliminates control cables that extend from the flight deck to the engines (throttles and thrust reversers), wings and tail section. These cables run thru countless holes in the fuselage frames and are guided by pulleys--all very complex and difficult to maintain. Fly by wire uses digital data buses that communicate with digitally-controlled hydraulic actuators located around the airframe.

  • @ryan1111111555555555
    @ryan1111111555555555 Год назад

    The title should be called: The 8 most common features people already know about Airbus aircraft

  • @zapszapper9105
    @zapszapper9105 Год назад

    Britain and Spain also have big tie ups with Air Bus. The wings are made in Wales, Military transports are made in Spain. The A200 line is made in USA for US domestic market and Canada for the rest of the world. Politics decides sales more and more.

  • @Lozzie74
    @Lozzie74 Год назад +1

    “… features that no one knows”. If nobody knows, how was this vid made?

  • @heidelbergaren5054
    @heidelbergaren5054 Год назад

    “No one” are big words - I’m sure Airbus employees knew

  • @mikhailjairnisbett441
    @mikhailjairnisbett441 Год назад +1

    1:29- Completely false, the Breguet Deux-Ponts was the first full-length double deck passenger aircraft. Air France flew them.
    6:29- Airbus delivered the last A310 in 1998, so they were still making planes with yokes up to that point.
    6:33, 0:48- Concorde was the first airliner to use fly-by-wire, not the A320.
    2:58- There are only a handful of operators still flying the A340, it's a rare breed now.
    I'm not sure this video can be taken as completely true.

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад

      More than half the A340s built are still in service, some 210 aircraft operated by more than 60 airlines. It is not remotely rare.

    • @mikhailjairnisbett441
      @mikhailjairnisbett441 Год назад

      @@hb1338 Only 79 are operating, you're counting parked and stored planes.

    • @Subgunman
      @Subgunman Год назад

      The economy and preformance of the 340 led to its demise. Most pilots call it an aircraft with four hair dryers under the wings since the engines are greatly underpowered. If you look at the production history of the aircraft it was destined to be powered by engines that were way more powerful but the manufacture could not meet the specifications needed to produce these engines so Air Bus had to go for available less powerful less efficient engines to get the aircraft to market.

    • @Boss_Tanaka
      @Boss_Tanaka Год назад

      @@SubgunmanA345 and A346 had more powerful engines. They may have been released too late.

  • @raulko4898
    @raulko4898 Год назад

    Why everybody tells the A320 was the first commercial aircraft to equip the fly-by-wire system? That system was literally developed for/with the Concorde, and the Concorde was the first commercial aircraft to equip it...

  • @teddytheyorkielowellpenner777
    @teddytheyorkielowellpenner777 Год назад +1

    Love then especially if flying an a320 series they are soooooo much better than a737

  • @jonathancharlton3803
    @jonathancharlton3803 Год назад

    What are the "8 WEIRD Airbus Features That NO ONE KNOWS"??

  • @Kiwiaviatornz
    @Kiwiaviatornz Год назад

    It was the first to have DIGITAL fly by wire system

  • @alfonso8155
    @alfonso8155 Год назад +2

    Wrong from the beginning! Airbus is a French, German AND Spaniard base global European aeronautics consortium. So I have stopped the video in that point.

    • @matthewfranklin7541
      @matthewfranklin7541 Год назад +1

      ... and the UK, who make the wings

    • @alfonso8155
      @alfonso8155 Год назад +1

      @@matthewfranklin7541 and UK

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад

      Why not explain things much more clearly ? Airbus is a European company; it manufactures aircraft in France, Germany Spain, and the UK and sells them around the globe.

  • @Subgunman
    @Subgunman Год назад

    They need to increase their airspeed. Time is money to many travelers. 747-400 could do the Athens to New York in about 10 hours while the A-330 takes about 12 hours. This extra hour lost messes with connecting flights around the USA.

  • @jerryenglehaupt
    @jerryenglehaupt Год назад +1

    Side stick… not joystick…

  • @Trump145
    @Trump145 Год назад

    I knew most of that.

  • @nicholasrv8834
    @nicholasrv8834 Год назад

    The only thing I find odd about the joy stick is one needs to be ambidextrous if changing from left to right seat. On long hauls, it is not unusual to have 2 captains in the cockpit at one time.

    • @francoisunger6466
      @francoisunger6466 Год назад

      In reality it’s also true for yokes because the thrust is always in in the center and pilots have a hand on both for landing for example

    • @nicholasrv8834
      @nicholasrv8834 Год назад

      @@francoisunger6466 you make a good point, i have flown a single engine prop a few times, never a commercial jet, i just find the idea of yoke being more substantial than a small joy stick and being more reassuring and comfortable

    • @Boss_Tanaka
      @Boss_Tanaka Год назад

      @@francoisunger6466l have driven manual transmission left hand drive cars all my life. When l went in Malta l rent a right hand drive car so the gear selector was on my left. I got used to it real fast.
      I don’t see how it would be more difficult to a pilot to change side

  • @ygt-cd3mg
    @ygt-cd3mg Год назад

    A380 has shower on board is a feature “no one know”? All BBJ version have shower. A shower on A380 does mean it is the a380 model only feature.

  • @whiz3528
    @whiz3528 Год назад

    They bounce on the ground a lot.

  • @ambassadorkees
    @ambassadorkees Год назад +1

    NO ONE KNOWS...
    Yeah...

  • @MrCaptainDietrich
    @MrCaptainDietrich Год назад +2

    i love airbus i unlove boeing after bad stuff happind

    • @Subgunman
      @Subgunman Год назад

      Yeah, production of its curly composite aircraft in the Carolinas by unskilled labor who have been found to be on drugs while at work, mid level management that doesn’t give a rats ass as to QC. Let’s not forget the fiasco of one of the earlier 737 production runs. Hand drilled alignment and rivet holes in key joints of the three sections of the aircraft. This led to structural failure in minor accidents which led to several fatalities when the aircraft split apart at these ribs. I believe Turkish Airways purchased a number of this variant and have lost at least two airframes.

  • @DerkDerglass
    @DerkDerglass Год назад +1

    Franco fricken German

  • @burnsalis3722
    @burnsalis3722 Год назад

    Even the egineer didn't know about these 8 uniques features

    • @Boss_Tanaka
      @Boss_Tanaka Год назад

      He forgot about the landing gear which is retractable on the A350.
      The autopilot can fly the plane on the same heading for hours if you need.
      You can talk to the control tower directly from the aircraft.
      True facts.

  • @geoffreycodnett6570
    @geoffreycodnett6570 Год назад

    Airbus is a joint stock company meaning it isn't owned by individual countries since 2020.

  • @manuelschedler2704
    @manuelschedler2704 Год назад

    Good morning, it's the year 2022 and there is something called the SI units. Advertising an Aribus aircraft's maximum takeoff weight in pounds feels a bit provincial.

  • @darrendaines5244
    @darrendaines5244 Год назад

    how about a passenger converted freight aircraft rather than the other way round ,

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад

      Designing aircraft for passengers is a great deal more complicated than designing them for freight. It makes far more sense to design an aircraft for the passenger market, which is much larger than the freight sector, and then simplifying it should a freight version be considered worthwhile.

  • @AudieHolland
    @AudieHolland Год назад

    Nice commercial

  • @MrCaptainDietrich
    @MrCaptainDietrich Год назад

    i will love to see on airbus they must build a clean engines no more jet fuill

  • @hb1338
    @hb1338 Год назад

    The service ceiling of the A340 is lower than any equivalent Boeing aircraft (767, 777, 787), and the same or lower than the various A350 models. Your assertion that its' high service ceiling allowed the aircraft to "sell itself easily" is risible.

    • @Subgunman
      @Subgunman Год назад

      No kidding! The higher the aircraft flys the less wind resistance it encounters, thE less fuel is needed since the atmosphere is thinner to maintain proper fuel air ratios. Combined it means a savings for companies using Boeing aircraft. The initial cost might be a bit more since the pressure vessel of the aircraft must be stronger to maintain the proper "pressure altitude" for the cabin and comfort and safety of everyone on board.

  • @hellcattanker7406
    @hellcattanker7406 Год назад

    the a380 is the only full double decker design because the aviation industry has moved away from hub to hub i believe not because boeing cant slap an extension on the 747.

    • @davemiller6055
      @davemiller6055 Год назад

      Boeing was considering a full double decker at one time.

  • @teagan727
    @teagan727 Год назад

    Btw "Qantas" is pronounced like "quantas" but is spelt as "Qantas"

  • @manuelschedler2704
    @manuelschedler2704 Год назад

    After watching this video I'm wondering which 8 features I didn't know before. Can anyone tell me?

    • @madaboutsnooker147
      @madaboutsnooker147 Год назад

      its honestly not from Stefan Etienne building a pc. But he could still learn i think!

  • @droningwesternaustralia
    @droningwesternaustralia Год назад

    Sorry to correct you, but failure to do your research means mistakes.
    QANTAS PERTH - HEATHROW 9000miles 17hrs 20min.

  • @balazsbiro8091
    @balazsbiro8091 Год назад

    Oh boy. The dude just really said the a340 is a popular airliner? And joysitck? Bro, the A330 is far more the better selling version of that plane, and there are only sidesticks out there. And the A320 was the first all-digital fly by wire airliner. The concorde also used fly by wire.

    • @simonm1447
      @simonm1447 Год назад

      As you wrote Concorde had fbw too, but it was analoge. A digital Fbw adds the capability to install protections, for example against stall or too high bank angles or AoAs

  • @ablair37
    @ablair37 Год назад

    AIRBUS IS also British as the wings are made in wales airbus is owned by eads who also make ATR prop and euro fighter typhoon fighter jets

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад

      BAE Systems sold its stake in Airbus in 2006. EADS has not existed since 2014. Airbus owns 50 per cent of ATR and 46 per cent of Eurofighter.

  • @M11TS
    @M11TS Год назад

    IMHO a yoke would make more sense, cause both Pilots can actually see what is going on.

    • @Subgunman
      @Subgunman Год назад +1

      I do believe that Air Bus has addressed this issue on newer aircraft allowing whoever is second in command to feel the movements of the stick. It was only a matter of adding servo motors to the sticks that talked with each other thus allowing the other pilot to take over. There is also an emergency "take over stick switch" in case whoever is flying at the time freezes at the controls.

    • @Boss_Tanaka
      @Boss_Tanaka Год назад +1

      Active sidesticks already exist. The Gulfstream G500 has this feature

  • @ygt-cd3mg
    @ygt-cd3mg Год назад

    2:54 “A340 was able to sell easily in the aviation industry and its still immensely popular” 😂 Are you high?!

  • @matsv201
    @matsv201 Год назад

    "airbus is a franco German beast"... oum.. i guess people in the UK is crying, them who originally took the first step to form it back in the 70-tys. It was originally a cooperation between french and UK government, where UK was really the first initialize.
    Granted, Germany did ad a lot of funds, making it happen ... and really making the A300 happen. But most of the cooperation infrastructure was crated prior.
    2:10 "its the only aircraft flying today with a full length upper deck"
    Well.. apart from C5 and AN124, and probobly half dussin museum aircraft.

    • @happyslappy5203
      @happyslappy5203 Год назад

      In 1967 France, Germany and Britain agreed on the A300 project. But: NYT, April 11, 1969: *"Britain Abandons the European Airbus Project; Believes Building the Plane Is a Losing Proposition."*
      But the French wanted to continue the A300 project, so at Paris Air Show, May 1969 : France and Germany signed an agreement 50-50 for the A300B jet. The jet engines, first awarded to Rolls-Royce, finally go to GE in cooperation with French Snecma to develop the future CFM 56 engine.
      2001: the UK came back when BAE took 20% of Airbus' shares.
      Sept 2006: BAE resells its participation to Airbus.

  • @FORNICATOR1981
    @FORNICATOR1981 2 года назад +4

    Airbus all the way!

  • @hb1338
    @hb1338 Год назад

    Airbus SE is a specifically European corporation. "Franco-German-based global .. company" is incorrect and also meaningless. There was nothing in the video that was new to me (except the idea that the A340 "sold itself"), even though the airline I worked for was predominantly a Boeing house.

  • @smeshsmesh9695
    @smeshsmesh9695 Год назад

    Nothing said about the a340 was correct

  • @MinciHH
    @MinciHH Год назад

    Very interesting. But also well known. So the title is click-bait in my option.

  • @craigwiester9177
    @craigwiester9177 Год назад

    If nobody knows this, howcum YOU know it?

  • @LostsTVandRadio
    @LostsTVandRadio Год назад +1

    For many years I was wary of the Airbus fly-by-wire systems - indeed for that reason alone I preferred to fly on Boeings. When British Airways inherited its first batch of A320s following a takeover of another airline I went up onto the flight deck during a flight home from Scandinavia to London. The pilot and first officer told me that they encountered lots of software glitches! However it doesn't seem like my early concerns have been well-founded and for decades now I haven't given fly-by-wire a second thought. Presumably plenty of redundancy and fail-safes are built into the systems!

    • @Subgunman
      @Subgunman Год назад

      Remember that exhibition flight that was a flyover for spectators to see at the launch of the 320? They had it configured for a slow fly by which was exactly the configuration for landing. Well the computers did just that, they landed it into the trees at the end of the airfield.

    • @petep.2092
      @petep.2092 Год назад

      @@Subgunman Not true. When the sidestick is pulled aft to command a climb, the FBW computer will operate the elevators to increase the pitch angle, which increases the Angle of Attack (AOA, also called Alpha angle). At the Critical AOA (Alpha Max) the wing will stall, and the computer tries to avoid that condition by activating three levels of protection in succession:
      ALPHA PROT: (Alpha Protection) kicks in as the critical AOA is approached. The computer operates the elevators to reduce the pitch angle which increases the airspeed, which reduces the AOA needed, which maintains a safe margin to the critical AOA… PROVIDED the sidestick control is not being held in the full aft position (as may happen briefly when flaring to land, reacting to turbulence, etc.). In that case ALPHA PROT is skipped, the computer does nothing.
      ALPHA FLOOR: if the sidestick is continuously held in the aft position and the AOA deteriorates further, the computer concludes that the pilot is attempting a terrain avoidance maneuver or a go-around and uses the AutoThrottle system to push the throttle to max power. The AutoThrottle system must be engaged, otherwise the computer does nothing.
      ALPHA MAX: if the AOA reaches the critical AOA, the computer operates the elevator to reduce pitch angle and increase airspeed to the extent that the critical AOA is not exceeded. Any pilot input on the sidestick that would increase the AOA is ignored.
      In the airshow crash, the pilot was showing off the stall protection feature of the FBW system and wanted the airplane to be as slow as possible while passing in front of the spectators, so he reduced the throttle to idle to descend towards the spectators and turned off the AutoThrottle. As he reached the spectators the altitude was 50 feet above ground and he pulled back progressively on the sidestick to maintain that altitude while the airspeed bled off. With continuous back pressure on the sidestickx, ALPHA PROT was skipped and he continued trading airspeed to maintain altitude. After a certain amount of time ALPHA FLOOR would have kicked in but he had disabled the AutoThrottle. Then there was no more airspeed that could be traded to maintain altitude and the critical AOA was reached, at which point ALPHA MAX kicked in and lowered the nose to keep the AOA from increasing. The airplane had reached the forest on the perimeter of the airport and the altitude had decreased to 30 feet by the time the pilot manually pushed the throttles to the full power setting. However, the engines take 7 seconds to spool up from idle to full power and it takes a few more seconds for the airplane to build up enough airspeed to overcome the inertia of the descent and achieve a climb. The engines had spooled up to 90% N1 by the time the tail end began slapping the treetops, but the increasing drag from hitting the trees caused a reduction in airspeed and further descent into the forest.
      The computers performed exactly as they were supposed to, the crash was entirely due to pilot error.

  • @dinky9216
    @dinky9216 Год назад

    This is why RUclips needs a button to report BS clickbait

  • @lancehab9755
    @lancehab9755 Год назад

    I know the A320 is popular, but I wouldn't want to fly on one. With the amount of problems its had keep popping up with the landing gear. If they cant trouble shoot or say hey we keep having issues with this component let's fully fix it so it cant turn sideways, what else aren't they fixing, and will my flight be the lucky one they have to learn from again.

  • @stevenlarratt3638
    @stevenlarratt3638 Год назад

    A320 IS NOT A FLY BY WIRE. It is flown by computers via actuators, so not wired.
    Many military aircraft can double deck their holds for passengers.
    A340 reliability? Aren't all aircraft reliable?
    Most aircraft officianardos know about the break/rest areas.
    Joysticks vs yokes is very much an airbus vs boeing trend.

  • @thomaslay6757
    @thomaslay6757 Год назад

    A340 is definitely NOT the “most popular jet”

  • @ndlben7129
    @ndlben7129 Год назад

    The 787 IS an Airbus killer
    -> 787 1600 orders
    -> A350 900 orders only so far!
    Boeing IS the winner !
    787 launched in 2004
    A350 launched in 2005 and re launched in 2006

  • @TheOnlyAvailableUsername
    @TheOnlyAvailableUsername 2 года назад +1

    Airbus is love

  • @MENSA.lady2
    @MENSA.lady2 Год назад

    If no one knows how come you think you can tell us about it ?

  • @mikegeran8447
    @mikegeran8447 Год назад +1

    I had to quit watching early on as my BS meter was at the redline.

    • @mikhailjairnisbett441
      @mikhailjairnisbett441 Год назад

      It's almost completely wikipedia facts and speculation haha

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад +1

      @@mikhailjairnisbett441 A lot of simple things have clearly not been checked, even with Wikipedia.

  • @danjberg
    @danjberg Год назад

    A340 was not a popular plane - sales below projections, underpowered and a fuel hog. Nice ride but very few still flying. And say it correctly: KWAN-TAS.

  • @stevenlemieux7220
    @stevenlemieux7220 Год назад +2

    i Think Boeing learned a hard lesson, but both companies make great planes. I think it should be a more friendly competition where as safety isn't compromised. If you watch this one documentary ( forgot the title) that is about Airbus, some French guy despised Boeing and the monopoly it had in the aviation industry. Good thing the people who designed the A-380 did a great job because it was built out of hatred for Boeing..

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад

      No it wasn't. Airbus was founded in the 1960s, and the A380 program started in 2000.

  • @charfras4767
    @charfras4767 2 года назад +5

    the a340 only had 380 built (thats popular in your book) and only 130 flying todsy. Pretty much a failure like the a380, a310, and a300

    • @peteconrad2077
      @peteconrad2077 2 года назад +2

      The 300 certainly wasn’t a failure. They sold plenty by the standards of the day and it set the configuration for every successful future long haul airliner.

    • @explorelondon3695
      @explorelondon3695 Год назад

      The A340 was the right aircraft of that era, LROPS vs ETOPS. It cannot be called a failure at all just the same way one cannot call the 737 the best selling modern airliner, that title belongs to the A320

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад

      There are more than 210 A340s still in operation.

  • @iGaximus
    @iGaximus Год назад

    No one knows that the Airbus is fly by wire.

  • @Xmaricw
    @Xmaricw 10 месяцев назад

    Wow, surely no one knows them
    😂

  • @paulhodge9686
    @paulhodge9686 Год назад

    So where is at the A380 NOW!

  • @marclagalle1486
    @marclagalle1486 Год назад

    A340 immensely popular - yeah... no.

  • @davemiller6055
    @davemiller6055 Год назад

    "8 boring random facts about Airbus that many people know about"
    Fixed your title for you.

  • @GVASpotter
    @GVASpotter Год назад +1

    Hey there ! I see you took 3 video of mine without asking AND removed the watermark. Add a credit section to your video description in the next 24 hours or I will make sure to make a copyright claim on it. Thank you !

  • @cesarbonifacio8799
    @cesarbonifacio8799 Год назад

    Fly by wire is not an innovation anymore, you should know the fly by wire of the Embraer executive jets.
    These features are not exclusive from airbus.

  • @Xmaricw
    @Xmaricw 10 месяцев назад

    Lemme tell you the truth
    Fact8- wrong.....have you even search on google? Concorde is the one with fly by wire first

  • @FrancoisTX1974
    @FrancoisTX1974 Год назад

    Sorry. It A340 is dead…LH fly it because they do not have replacement. A380 max a.titube was 43000ft and Concorde 60000ft so way more than 340.
    380 has loading belt? What are you talking about? All long range planes have automatic loading system with power drive u it’s….
    380 crew rest is not in third deck but in cargo deck…and all long range planes have some…depending of the choice of airlines.
    Plenty of mistakes my friend…

  • @cooleroonimike
    @cooleroonimike Год назад

    This video is full of untruths

  • @Papaondas
    @Papaondas Год назад +1

    A lot of radish in this video 👎. by the time the A320 was born the Antonov 124 was already flying with fly by wire. The A340 was a comercial fiasco underpowered by 4 small engines leaving payload behind in hot temperatures, later was equipped with bigger engines with high fuel burn low milage per seat compare with the B777 neither the 500 and 600 variants keep up with the B777 they came to a sudden dead only 350 units were built , the A380 produced from 2007 to 2022 only 254 units were produced, the cargo variant was never produced 🤔 never attempt the brake even estimated 450 units another sudden dead, compare with B747 that was in production from 1968 to 2022 with 1574 units build the 380 was a fiasco financed by the European tax payers, to finalize what about the A330 Cargo, big fiasco only Qatar Airways purchased 5 units worldwide and they this have been replaced by B777 . we could continue with the never build A350/800 Qatar airways launcher customer for this variant made a few calculations and discovered that the airplane was to heavy, another sudden dead in this case prematurely , so Airbus dominating the aviation industry 🤔

  • @dombaker6210
    @dombaker6210 Год назад

    Well I just watched the video and didn’t hear a single weird feature that nobody knows. In fact I was waiting for the first fact to start and the video ended. The rest was all common knowledge stuff and no features at all.

  • @kendallevans4079
    @kendallevans4079 Год назад

    One long commercial for Airbus......don't waste your time!

  • @madaboutsnooker147
    @madaboutsnooker147 Год назад

    QUANTAS! QUUUUAAAANTAS!!!! fast speak , and it sounds like this : "Kwandaz". CAAANTAS.... no. ur welcome!

  • @Sp3llw0rk
    @Sp3llw0rk 11 месяцев назад

    There are quite a few false information in this video....

  • @skicrz
    @skicrz Год назад

    Nothing revealed that isn't already common knowledge. Click bait title.

  • @patrichatricproductions6904
    @patrichatricproductions6904 Год назад

    This information isn't very accurate

  • @ondrejkonopasek9363
    @ondrejkonopasek9363 Год назад

    Literally everything you said about A340 is not truth lol

  • @farhanabdulhamid4214
    @farhanabdulhamid4214 Год назад

    Wow wow wow good brother and sister TNX GOOD Family First good business ok thanks good Germany's ok good Family okay

  • @fart3757
    @fart3757 Год назад

    Joystick 😂 pilot are not playing a video game dude ..it's a side stick

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад

      Joystick is generally used to describe a rod which is positioned between the pilot's legs.

    • @fart3757
      @fart3757 Год назад

      @@hb1338 the thing in between the pilot legs in Boeing plane is called yoke and in Airbus it's called side stick

  • @studioxxswe
    @studioxxswe Год назад

    8 crappy clickbait titles everyone knew about.
    Not all A380's have showers, like with anything else its the airline who decides on the shower, in fact almost every airline flying the A380 does NOT offer a shower in first class.

  • @explorelondon3695
    @explorelondon3695 Год назад

    If no one knows, how comes the content creator knows?. The heading is insulting to aviators

  • @trainingw33ls
    @trainingw33ls Год назад

    ur pronunciation of qantas is strange