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The A380 is offered with the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 (A380-841/-842) or the Engine Alliance GP7000 (A380-861) turbofan engines. [153] The Trent 900 is a combination of the 3 m (118 in) fan and scaled IP compressor of the 777-200X/300X Trent 8104 technology demonstrator derived from the Boeing 777's Trent 800 , and the Airbus A340-500/600's Trent ...
The Airbus A320 family was the first airliner to feature a full glass cockpit and digital fly-by-wire flight control system. The only analogue instruments were the radio magnetic indicator, brake pressure indicator, standby altimeter and artificial horizon, the latter two being replaced by a digital integrated standby instrument system in later production models.
The A320 is the world's first airliner with digital fly-by-wire (FBW) flight control system: input commands through the side-stick are interpreted by flight control computers and transmitted to flight control surfaces within the flight envelope protection; in the 1980s the computer-controlled dynamic system of the Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter ...
A380-843F NA Trent 977-84 Rolls-Royce 359.33 kN / 80,781 lb 29 October 2004 4 December 2006 NA Trent 977B-84 Rolls-Royce 372.92 kN / 83,835 lb 29 October 2004 4 December 2006 A380-861 14 December 2007 GP7270 Engine Alliance: 322.44 kN / 74,735 lb 19 April 2007 29 December 2005 A380-863F NA GP7277 Engine Alliance 357.15 kN / 80,290 lb
AFDX was developed by Airbus Industries for the A380, [3] [4] initially to address real-time issues for flight-by-wire system development. [5] Multiple switches can be bridged together in a cascaded star topology. This type of network can significantly reduce wire runs, thus the weight of the aircraft.
Emirates is the largest Airbus A380 operator Singapore Airlines was the first operator of the Airbus A380 All Nippon Airways was the last new customer of the Airbus A380. The following is a list of current and former operators of the Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft.
The most well-known is the system of normal, alternate, direct laws and mechanical alternate control laws of the Airbus A320-A380. [3] The other is Boeing's fly-by-wire system, used in the Boeing 777, Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Boeing 747-8. [4] [6]
The Airbus A320 is the first fly-by-wire jetliner. By the late 1980s, DC-10 and L-1011 models were approaching retirement age, prompting manufacturers to develop replacement designs. [16] McDonnell Douglas started working on the MD-11, a stretched and upgraded successor of the DC-10. [16]