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Interesting A340-600 factoid
I was reading the current version of Wired this week. Seems the a/c
needs to get up to a speed of 180 knots ir mph (can't remember which) for takeoff so a tail strike doesn't occur. Smething to do with the 12m fuselage stretch over the A340-300, I guess. |
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Interesting A340-600 factoid
Not the Karl Orff wrote in message news:canwine-53E8F3.07345314112003@shawnews...
I was reading the current version of Wired this week. Seems the a/c needs to get up to a speed of 180 knots ir mph (can't remember which) for takeoff so a tail strike doesn't occur. Smething to do with the 12m fuselage stretch over the A340-300, I guess. The spec's I found for the A340 family don't show any difference in take-off critical speeds for the various versions. And, it is 180 mph not Knots. However, the A340-600 does have additional features to decrease the probability of tail strike on both take-off and landing due to the long fuselage that the shorter members of the family don't have. An additional pitch indicator and a force feedback on the flight controls to indicate danger of tail strike conditions. |
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Interesting A340-600 factoid
777-300ER has anti- tailstriek built into the FBW system. Apparently
the a/c will not tail strike no matter how hard you pull back the yoke. Boeing claims that's good for an extra 2-5 tons payload. I remember watching that PBS series on building the triple-seven. On one of the flight tests they bolted huge chuncks of wood to the tail and then "scraped" it down the runway. V. impressive. Cheers, Geoff Glave Vancouver, Canada |
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