The A400M flies

Oh, by the way, French is NOT the native language of Airbus - even if my French colleagues would like to think so. There is a formal Airbus instruction that says it's English ;)
 
Hi,

More precisely a French - German - English speaking plane :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus

This is the flying prototype livery

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If I understand it correctly the delays were not Airbus' fault, but rather a result of problems during the development of the engines.

:)
 
I guess the real question is how long will it be before Captain Sim or PMDG make one!

And which developer would you prefer (bearing in mind you won't want to wait as long as the British Forces have for the real one)?

Who would do it justice??
 
6297J said:
I guess the real question is how long will it be before Captain Sim or PMDG make one!

And which developer would you prefer (bearing in mind you won't want to wait as long as the British Forces have for the real one)?

Who would do it justice??
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Wilco already did one ages ago.
 
Thanks for the HU, Chris.
A deeply troubled military project...sound familiar?
27 years in the making, and a ransom of 5 billion Euros to continue with it, and save the jobs spread across Europe.
Would it be too far off the mark to suggest a buy of C-17's, and then pay the Airbus workforce to dig holes and fill them in, for the rest of their lives? :kilroy:
 
Wing_Z said:
Thanks for the HU, Chris.
A deeply troubled military project...sound familiar?
27 years in the making, and a ransom of 5 billion Euros to continue with it, and save the jobs spread across Europe.
Would it be too far off the mark to suggest a buy of C-17's, and then pay the Airbus workforce to dig holes and fill them in, for the rest of their lives? :kilroy:
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Probably, but don't forget, we aircraft builders are a proud bunch - holes don't fly, so we were happy with the ransom.

Same as the NH 90, the Eurofighter, even the EH101...

Mind you, she does look damn good in flight - for a BUFF. I even caught myself smiling - even though I hold zero for a military machine made of plastics. That black stuff isn't sodjer-proof and not easy to repair in the field.
 
Admittedly, I don't know much about this airplane - but, it looks a hell of a lot like a prop-driven C-17.

Why would someone want one of those?
 
The A400M is considerably (well, OK, noticeably) smaller and fits a different market. To tell the truth, I don't like the idea of "plastic" planes for military uses, but a prop jobbie is easier on the purse strings for maintenance and can land on "dirtier" terrain than a C17. Anyway, I guess the plastic (i.e. carbon fibre) may prove its worth, despite a soldier's misgivings.

It's just "horses for courses" - the buying airforces don't need the capacity of a C17 and a Herc is not on their radar for various reasons.
 
Carbon Fibre

CBris said:
Anyway, I guess the plastic (i.e. carbon fibre) may prove its worth, despite a soldier's misgivings.
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After 20 years of playing around A-320's I can say that your concerns about carbon fibre are right. It easy to damage, hard to repair PROPERLY, and very hard to determime if defective some times(tap test?):wiggle:. The repairs can be very intricate requiring vacuum bags or autoclaves, and just about every material used is carcenigenic:running:.

Regards, Rob:ernae:
 
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