The lufthansa cabin layout accomodates 306 passengers, some 85 more than its a340300 sister. Statistical modeling of aircraft takeoff weight yashovardhan s. Airbus a340300 specifications technical data description. Figure c33 illustrates a340 performance with and without derated thrust from 4% to 24%. Sample illustration a340 300 30 business 28 premium economy 221 economy. The first two major versions of the a340 are the basic a340 300 and the extendedrange a340 200. In july 2004 and december 2006, an airbus a340300 aircraft and a boeing. Reduce the takeoff performance limited weight when the takeoff performance is vmcg limited. While two brake pads per wheel are sufficient to stop a car, an aircraft needs a stack of disks rotors and stators and several pistons, which apply pressure on the stator disk of the. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
A340 300 caa china scandinavian airlines accident report takeoff data based on zfw. Air frances flightcrew techniques manual had specifically cautioned. Flex and derated take off are lost toga only what is the maximum tailwind for engine start. Airbus a340200300, pictures, technical data, history. Weight and balance calculations are valid for the fslabs airbus only. In the test flights carried out during the certification campaign and the calculations carried out in retrospect in the conditions of the event, a noseup input with an unusually high deflection is required to obtain the certified performance.
Civil aviation administration rules are made as follows only in rough relevant outline. Introducing the allnew tomaflex calculator designed to help you to determine takeoff maximums, flex reduced thrusts and vspeeds for airbus and soon boeing jetliners in microsoft flight simulator. To enable the assessment of takeoff performance, the low speed performance. Dec 27, 2010 hello,i know how to take off but a340 s are the ones im focusing now ater boeing 747400. A340 general performance with cfm565c2 powerplants, rated at 31 200lb slst a340 200 takeoff a340 300 takeoff 1. Im going to be travelling on an sas a340 300, and im looking forward to it. One month left before i leave sweden for australia. However, it was also found that the operators average a340300 rotation rate was less than would be achieved using handling recommendations which themselves would not achieve the expected performance produced by the airbus takeoff performance software that reflected type certification findings. Britannia have operated their 763ers and monarch their a332 off a 7000ft at ltn to the us and other long haul destinations without a problem.
Aviation geeks will know that the airbus a340 has a long takeoff roll. They are not limited to specific aircraft types or flight operations. I know you slowly pull the stick at about 140kts but on this a340 i slowly pull the stick on 140kts but it the nose doesnt go up but i kept on pulling up at about 180kts but the nose went up slowly but the aircraft over ran the runway and crashed into the building. Upon popular demand, tomaflex will expand to support other popular professional addons. These two operators, with similar average rotation rates, observed a significant difference between the theoretical takeoff performance and that obtained in operation at all the airports. The takeoff distance was nearly 990m longer than that defined by. This tocg did not correspond with the aircrafts cg at takeoff. Analysis of the flight revealed that the crew selected an erroneous takeoff pitch trim setting. Not only does this diminish the number of airports that the a340 can serve, but it also can lead to dangerous overruns on takeoff. The a340 300 provides the best economy in its class, reaching a 5 per cent lower fuel per trip compared to competing aircraft.
Airbus a340 flight deck and systems briefing for pilots this brochure is issued. A refurbishment program focused on new seats, new entertainment systems and new internet access systems. You may view the complete airbus industrie model line up of commercial, cargo and private charter jets, or you may compare this aircraft with the airbus industrie a380800 and airbus a340. The a340600 is the largestcapacity member of the a340 family.
For a300a310 and a330 a340 aircraft, 45m is the minimum runway width recommended as per icao. A300600ra310 300 a330 a340 a380, the loadsheet check. Airlines cut airbus a340 takeoff length with maths. Detailed information, specs, operating cost, seating chart, pictures, features and interior and seats of the airbus a340 500. On another note the take off lengths qantasa332 gave seem a little incorrect. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Welcome to the airbus a380 basic manual for virtual air cadet. A few incidents with long takeoff rolls have now led airlines to cut the a340. History on 27 november 1970, a dc863 operated by capitol international airways, crashed following. A343, bogota colombia, 2017 on 11 march 2017, contrary to crew expectations based on their preflight takeoff performance calculation, an airbus 340 300 taking off from the 3,800 metrelong at bogata only became airborne just before the end of the runway.
Anyway just to add my tuppence worth to the thread, i would add that the amount of derate would also make a big difference to the experience in taking off in an a340 600. The a340 300 demonstrates outstanding environmental efficiencies, including low fuelburn and reduced engine emissions, while the decreased noise signature comfortably meets international standards. Welcome to the airbus a380 basic manual for virtual air cadet airlines. Lucky enought to fly the a340 300 on a intereurope route. The a340 300 provides the best economy in its class. If, perhaps there was a tailwind for takeoff or if there had been reports of windshear then the crew may have elected to go off with toga max power. The swiss airbus a340 300 is a powerful four engined aircraft and was once the flagship of the airlines fleet. The report referred to a number of other performance related incidents and noted that in many of them the crew perceived the abnormal acceleration and took action. This aircraft has a three classes configuration and it flies with 40 business class seats, 28 sas plus seats, and 179 economy class seats. Airbus 11 performance and flight operations support. Planning ac manual is issued for the a340200 and a340300 basic versions to.
Sas operates the a340 300 on medium to longhaul flights, mostly intercontinental flights. Appendix 3 a340 200 and 300 cost index conversion 90. The present work focuses in the development of a computational application for takeoff and landing performance data generation and optimization. Certification of airbus a340 300 takeoff performance the certification regulations in force when the takeoff performance of the airbus a340 300 was determined, indicated that this performance should be obtained without requiring the use of. The pilots calculated performance using a chart for a different. The aircraft were given a new lease on life in 2020. Edelweiss air airbus a340 aircraft are used on longhaul flights. A340300 standard and enhanced performance out of jnb. Welcome to the airbus a380 basic manual for virtual air. Nevertheless, applying more energy on the brake will have a direct. For an airbus a340, it may be over 1 gj in the extreme case of braking during an aborted takeoff. A340300 standard and enhanced performance out of jnb and. Takeoff performance incidents are a special group within the takeoff incident and accident occurrences. I read in an other forum that someone rated the a340 300 s performance to be rather poor, due to its engines being underpowered.
At present, the software supports all pss a319320321, a330200 300 and a340 200 300. The operator considered that this might have been why the. Artificial runway lengths avert long a340 takeoff rolls news flight. The takeoff performance optimization entails the maximization of the regulatory takeoff weight rtow and the. This website uses cookies for the loadsheet display. A reduction of the vmcg can then permit a reduction of the asd for a given takeoff weight, and lead to better takeoff performance when the mtow without derate is asdvmcg limited. The airplane flight manual afm is associated to the airworthiness certificate. To benefit from better takeoff and landing performance the more forward the cg, the lower the takeoff and landing performance.
Pitch rate damping on all airbus fbw except a320 zin addition for a340 600. Hello,i know how to take off but a340 s are the ones im focusing now ater boeing 747400. In the mid1970s, airbus conceived several derivatives of the a300, its first airliner, and developed the a340 quadjet in parallel with the a330 twinjet. During preflight preparations, the estimated landing weight was used to calculate takeoff performance.
Takeoff calculation can be used with other flight simulator a320 products as well. Swiss a340300 beautiful takeoff out of zurich to dusseldorf. Of course they would be meeting the standard of safe operation, but noting more. A330200 cls a330 a340 operations manual, performance is outstanding in fs9 searches related to pdf airbus a330 manual. Takeoff performance calculator developed for the fslabs a320. For a car traveling at 200 kmh, the amount of energy to be absorbed and dissipated is in the order of 1 mj. This trim setting was based on a takeoff center of gravity tocg determined through a simplified load and trim sheet calculation method.
Dont let my username fool you, i really love the a340 family as a whole. Yes, it is awfully underpowered, takes the whole runway til rotation and doesn. The investigation found that the immediate reason for this was the inadequate rate of. They stand out because of the absence of a proper warning system and because the outcome of the majority of. Avoiding tail strike 4 17 aircraft design features zproperly designed direct law for to. The a340300 started rotating at 142kt some 2,760m from the threshold of runway. Airbus a330 300 and a340300 airbus a330 300 data 01 aug 2019 number of aircraft 9. Two versions of the longrange airbus a340 are in service with lufthansa.
Operational performance customer services safety first february 21 15. The a340600 has a range of 12,200 kilometers another figure attained by few other commercial aircraft. Energy as shown in figure 5, energy is theoretically not the primary parameter for carbon wear, whereas it is the most important one for steel brakes. Lately swiss has been flying them to geneva and hanover but now dusseldorf is fairly common, at least in the month of july. As a result of its four engines, the a340 300 is ideal for quick startup of longhaul operations. During the introduction of the airbus a340300 into the sas fleet a laptop computer was being used for takeoff calculation. The a340 600, however, is not able to use such a high proportion of its additional freightcapacity as the 777300er can. Takeoff rotation law automatic pitch trim setting, function of cg, after engine start and for touchandgo trim setting disagree ecam message at to config comparison of mcdu perf to trim value with. One of the latest models is the a340 600 with a longer fuselage for up to 410 and possibly 550 passengers and much more powerful engines.
The aircraft feature business class seats, each may be converted to a flat bed arrangement, standard economy class seating, and economy max seating which offers 15 centimeters5 inches additional legroom. Automatic performance logging so engineers can trace odd behavior in the past. Chati and hamsa balakrishnan department of aeronautics and astronautics massachusetts institute of technology cambridge, ma, usa email. Hi fly introduction a340 9hsol p2 airbus a340 with a service range of 7. The a340 and nearly related a330 were propelled in june 1987, with the a340 s first flight happening on october 25 1991 an a340 300. The stretched a340 600 carries 306 passengers, its little sister, the a340 300, carries 221. Takeoff and landing performance is computed not knowing what is the real aircraft cg position. The 777 which must be heavier aircraft a340 300 seems to climb at a far greater rate than a340 300. Find photos, information and specs for the airbus a340200300, a long range widebody airliner. The takeoff performance optimization entails the maximization of the regulatory takeoff weight rtow and the respective operational speeds v 1, v r and v 2. The method applied must be conservative computation at the most forward allowed.
A340 300 performance im going to be travelling on an sas a340 300, and im looking forward to it. The a340 200 and 300 are the starting variations of the fruitful quad engined a340 group of long term widebodies. May 15, 2009 swiss international airbus a34o 300 hbjmo departing chicago ohare bound for zurich. According to airbus, the a330 300 s typical oew is 267,200lbs274,500lbs. Figure landing gear maintenance pits maintenance pit envelopes. The airbus a340 is a longrange, widebody commercial passenger jet airliner that was developed and produced by the european aerospace company airbus. Each aircraft type has unique capabilities and limitations that dictate its optimum deployment within a carriers network. Airbus a340500 price, specs, cost, photos, interior. The a340 200 was a bit of a nonstarter for normal passenger ops but the rest are highly capable aircraft that get more of a bad rap than they deserve. Airbus a340200300 specifications, pictures, and data. In addition, for both the a330200 and 300, airbus points out that while the lower takeoff weights still exist as certi. Takeoff runway is other than dry headwind adjustment has been used to increase the allowable takeoff weight takeoff is made with a tailwind epr indications are inop a brake is deactivated the fmgs automatically computes reduced takeoff thrust when a flex temp higher than ambient temp is entered on the mcdu takeoff page. Nov, 2011 subscribe, like and add me as friend and be sure that youll never miss any of my latest videos. Performance engineers program pep software takeoff and landing optimisation tlo module flysmart with airbus performance applications to perf module general overview operators often ask what is the minimum runway width required in order to operate airbus aircraft.
In june 1987, airbus launched both designs with their first orders and the a340 300. The first a340 300e enhanced version, with an upgraded engine, new liquid crystal lcd cockpit displays and a more spacious cabin interior design, was delivered in march 2004 to launch customer south african airways, which has six in its fleet. This lufthansa airbus 340 300 is operated in a three class configuration with 30 angled flat bed business class seats, 28 premium economy seats, and 221 standard economy seats. A combined passengerfreight a340 300 model has also been developed. It joined the fleet in the early 1990s and was the first fourengine, widebodied jet produced by airbus.
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