It's a nasty sight to watch all that tail damage during the unstick test. They nearly destroyed the first 747 doing the same thing. All new planes go through it.
you have to prove you can take off dragging the skid. This guy screwed up and over rotated and hit the fuselage. I guess even Airbus test pilots know they are flying scary planes!
Guys, you cant call this a this test or a that test. Why cant it be that a test gives you both this and that. A test can give multiple pieces of information. This test's purpose is to see how well the plane would take off if it needed to with the nose pitched up like that. Part of that means checking to see if the tail would remain intact after take off.
It's the end of the fuselage and the special red/ orange skid (attached for this test) touching the runway. The video shows a tail strike test, also called VMU test, during take off of the A380. The test is to establish minimum take off speed for the airplane.
@killmerhonda There IS a such thing. Look it up. No, they're not primarily looking for the structural damage caused. They're looking to see at what airspeed, with throttles full forward, and controls all the way back (pitched up) will the aircraft lift off of the ground. This airspeed is especially critical for avoiding incursions on the runway.
There's no such thing as a "Minimum Velocity Take Off Test." That was simply a take-off attitude test - to see what kind of structural problems a butt bump would cause...
@landmark425 WHY? Don't tell me! you work for Boeing or you're an American. I think this is a fantastic Aircraft. The wing design in particular is very efficient. I am normally a very nervous passenger But I would not have any reservations about flying in an A380.
@mgsamps I do not work for Boeing but I am American. However I live in Germany and have lived in Europe for almost 11 years now so I fly both Airtrash planes and Boeing. Youtube or Google China Airlines Flight 006. It was a 747 that withstood the most extreme maneuvers. Engineers to this day still can't understand how it survived. It's all about Boeing.
@landmark425 Yes I remember the incident well, The 747 is also one of my favourite aircraft, and very well built. However 1 engine out should not have caused a near fatal accident in the first place. With the newer Avionics and design on the later Airbus aircraft, that could not happen because of all the safety systems in place. Had the 747 been 10,000 feet lower at the time of the engine failure the outcome would have been tragically different.
@mgsamps I'm pretty sure it was 100% pilot error and had nothing to so with an engine out. If I can recall, the pilots believed an engine shut down but it turns out they didn't do their routine systems check right. I will look over it again though. But besides, all aircraft were designed to fly with an engine out. This would not have caused it. I am going to convince you to come over to Boeing sooner or later :P
@landmark425 The key thing is that if China Airlines 006 was an A380 it would have never needed withstood extreme maneuvers as modern Airbus planes have system that prevents pilots from stalling and overbanking the plane, and because of that it would have never fell. Probably you fly nothing bigger than a Cessna.
@Pvjinflight Yup, I love GA aircraft :P Looking at your youtube channel, your just like me, FSX. hmm if I can recall, Air France 447, a modern Air Trash 330 went down because of pilot error because the pitot tube iced over. Systems malfunctioned and the pilots did not take the right steps to correct and yet the plane still stalled. No matter what you say you know Boeing is where it's at!!! Oh, 9/11 was an inside job :P
@landmark425 Yes if some major system malfunctions its possible to stall modern Airbus as it naturally cant prevent stall if it doesnt know speed data recorded by pitot tubes. Anyways if that had been Boeing 777 with faulty pitot tubes result would have been probably completely same. And also those pitot tubes were not made by Airbus and there has been problems with Boeing aircraft pitot tubes too.
@landmark425 No need to try and convince me to "come over to Boeing" mate. As an avionics engineer in the past I've worked on all types of aircraft and have first hand knowledge, and as I said before I also love flying on Boeing aircraft' so have nothing against them. Why don't you fly with Virgin or Malaysia airlines and see for yourself how good the A380 is. There is no need to call it " Airtrash" and I'm sure the 1000s of people who have will agree with me.
@landmark425 ..And How many Passenger aircraft have you seen that are able to fly so slow and still keep airborne. See "Airbus A380 extremelly slow fly-by" - very impressive. I know what aeroplane I would rather be in were 2 of the engines to fail.
That's the whole point of these tests, to determine the minimum takeoff speed. Each new plane has to pass this test to get certified. No tire blown btw.
But yes, on this test you basically pull back the stick and wait until the plane gets airborne so you can determine the minimum takeoff speeds at different loadouts.
@nimrod7690 NO....NO passengers on board...THIS is and was the testing for A380. IT has to do this TAIL STRIKING the runway...IT IS apart of certification that ALL planes must go through..NOTHING NEW HERE.....
Its never remote control, theres always a pilot, and he flys DUUH!
Everything is possible,
grounding the plane for such a tailstrike is a "Safety precaution" you talk in terms of it being possible.
Why wouldnt it be possible.
The question is, would the airline industry ground it or not. Its a billion dollar plane, no matter whats possible, they take the least chances when it comes to billion dollar machines.
Jumbojets are capable to cope with alot of pressure. Way more then we
It was just a question. Why is that duh? RC systems are advanced enough by now. They are obviously doing the test for concerns. I considered that maybe it would be risky to have people on the plane until they get their data and it's all good. Thanks for answering my question though.... Yea I used to watch mayday... usually when a plane like that goes upside down shit hits the fan. That's why it's on mayday lol
consider safe. Watching aicrash investigation episodes alone without having any experience will tell you that most jumbojets can fly upside down and cope with 5gs on the wings for one or more seconds. But when it fails, it cost you billions. And we want planes to fly for decades to keep funds low and casualties to obviously XD.
That doesnt mean a jumbojet cannot takeoff with a tailstrike at 120knots takeoff roll.
Its just very unwise and totally unnecessary concerning runway lenghts
I noticed a billion comments seconds before I just commented about the tail scraping ass on the takeoff, but I guess that's what they were testing so, congrats. it worked pilots.
this test as a whole, is stupid. when you are pitched up 10+ degrees for takeoff you expose more of the bottom of the wing to parasitic drag, therefore increasing overall drag and essentially slowing the plane down a little bit. That is why in my flight training my instructors taught me to keep the plane's nosewheel off the ground for as long as possible when in the landing roll.
@MrFeelingsofly That guy was a reckless idiot. I don't think "minimum velocity take off testing" goes quite that far. He not only largely exceeded the angle the rear skid plate protected he also appears to had clipped the left stabilizer. Guy should had been fired as a test pilot.
If you've ever had to do a short field takeoff, you'd know that this is pretty much bang on for what has to happen. Your nose goes way up in the air, and planes are engineered to be able to take a tail drag. And his left elevator (dunno what a stabilizer is) never touched.
@jayrod1186 You don't know what a stabilizer is? ITS THE BIG F#CKING PIECE THE ELEVATOR IS ATTACHED TOO... I could be wrong but I get the impression there are a bunch of flight simulator know it alls that would likely crash and burn in the first 3 months of any actual flight experience. There was so much drag at that AOA that the thing bearly accelerated to a speed of positive lift. There is NO reason to rotate at that angle, even in a criticle takeoff scanerio.
@aratidwell Now you sound like you dont know what your talking about. Ever heard of Tenerife ? Google it. In a situation like that, there likely be a panicking pilot behind the controls who would be pulling back as far as the controls will go. This is not just a test for short field performance. Its also for an emergency, for example debris on a runway. Hope that clears up your statement about "NO reason to rotate at that angle"
@aratidwell The plane can never be certified without passing this test, If the FAA and the ICAO didn't feel the test was nessessary than the plane would not have to be certified for a taildrag. but hey they do think it is nessessary. And your right it is not the best way to take off, but it has happened before and it will happen again. So it has to be done in certification
To find the minimum lift off airspeed the pilot pulls the yoke full back when there's enough airspeed for rudder control. This is long before there's enough lift to become airborne (V2) & longer still before the plane can begin to rotate (:06). Once the wings have enough lift the plane stands on its ass (:14). Once it reaches V2 it leaps off the runway (:25). At that point the pilot will ease the yoke forward (:28) to prevent over-rotation & nasty crash.
Awesome minimum unstick velocity test! Marked tail scrape is expected during this manoeuvre--what shocked me was the tips of that huge horizontal stab coming closer to the runway as the enormous machine seemed to roll at one point... BTW, back in the 1960s when the venerable B747 first underwent this particular test, they attached a massive slab of American Oak to its backside for protection :-)
That´s not a minimun velocity take off test, as you can actually see it´s a tail strike test...they test this to figure out how much angulo de ataque( angle of attack?) they can reach during take off and landings. Thats why it have that orange piece of metal attached under the tail.
@xigmar This IS a minimum velocity take off test. The point of these tests are to certify at what speed it will lift off the runway at its maximum pitch angle, which translates in to throttles foward, controls all the way back, and dragging the tail down the runway. This airspeed is useful to airlines and pilots to know at what minimum speed they can lift off, in case of, say, a runway incursion.
The a380 stalls at 100knots (with almost zero fuel and no cargo), meaning that at this speed the aerodynamical airflow pushes the plane down, at 85knots (fair weather) A a380 stalls to freefall, which means a stall will be ireversable. Unless you have 30000feet of altitude, enormous luck, and take this baby trough lethal earodynamic overstress, possibly leads to destruction of the plane in the first place.
0:24 Tailstrike! Better fix that properly, or else someday end up like China Airlines Flight 611! If this jet goes into passenger service and isn't used solely for testing, that is...
@Pvjinflight Ooops. I meant China Airlines Flight 006. The engine flame out incident like British Airways Flight 9. I got confused between 611 and 006.
@kierannn Apologies for the misunderstanding. I wondered if this individual airplane might be soley a testbed, or if it is now in revenue service. I know that the A380 as a type is very much in use, and will probably see decades of fine airline service to come.
Does anyone know what the minimum take off speed is for the A380? I think it is a BEAUTIFUL piece of equipment. The bigger they are, the better I like them! BTW... re: tail strike... I was watching Air Emergency or Seconds From Disaster or something not to long ago. The runway collision between 2 747s(KLM & Pan Am) at Tenerife - the KLM dragged it's tail trying to avoid the Pan Am. Interesting to me, though my family thinks I am twisted because I am interested in plane crashes. Oiy...
waw gevarlijk
abdeloujda1 2 days ago
i think boeing is paying people to say bad stuff about airbus.....The root cause: jeallousy
TheAirbusify 1 week ago
It's a nasty sight to watch all that tail damage during the unstick test. They nearly destroyed the first 747 doing the same thing. All new planes go through it.
PacificEdibleSeaweed 1 week ago
Co-pilot: I'm not paying for that scratch!! I payed for the 747's scratch and that was a long-ass scratch!!
ThatgamingdudeLoL 4 weeks ago
That's going to leave a mark...LOL
criind 1 month ago
you have to prove you can take off dragging the skid. This guy screwed up and over rotated and hit the fuselage. I guess even Airbus test pilots know they are flying scary planes!
greg08817 1 month ago
some good quality balls those pilots have :)
teramasz 1 month ago
Guys, you cant call this a this test or a that test. Why cant it be that a test gives you both this and that. A test can give multiple pieces of information. This test's purpose is to see how well the plane would take off if it needed to with the nose pitched up like that. Part of that means checking to see if the tail would remain intact after take off.
gadaffi94 1 month ago
Ok, so why we're the sparks at the back? There seems to be a lot of opiniated people here, all saying different
stjepanovic84 1 month ago
@stjepanovic84
It's the end of the fuselage and the special red/ orange skid (attached for this test) touching the runway. The video shows a tail strike test, also called VMU test, during take off of the A380. The test is to establish minimum take off speed for the airplane.
bluishdreamflight 1 month ago
@killmerhonda There IS a such thing. Look it up. No, they're not primarily looking for the structural damage caused. They're looking to see at what airspeed, with throttles full forward, and controls all the way back (pitched up) will the aircraft lift off of the ground. This airspeed is especially critical for avoiding incursions on the runway.
AeroMan889 1 month ago
There's no such thing as a "Minimum Velocity Take Off Test." That was simply a take-off attitude test - to see what kind of structural problems a butt bump would cause...
killmerhonda 2 months ago
you scratch it!
FblFko 2 months ago
No a je to odřený doprde....
KaresMartin 2 months ago
Air Trash 380
landmark425 3 months ago
@landmark425 WHY? Don't tell me! you work for Boeing or you're an American. I think this is a fantastic Aircraft. The wing design in particular is very efficient. I am normally a very nervous passenger But I would not have any reservations about flying in an A380.
mgsamps 3 months ago
@mgsamps I do not work for Boeing but I am American. However I live in Germany and have lived in Europe for almost 11 years now so I fly both Airtrash planes and Boeing. Youtube or Google China Airlines Flight 006. It was a 747 that withstood the most extreme maneuvers. Engineers to this day still can't understand how it survived. It's all about Boeing.
landmark425 3 months ago
@landmark425 Yes I remember the incident well, The 747 is also one of my favourite aircraft, and very well built. However 1 engine out should not have caused a near fatal accident in the first place. With the newer Avionics and design on the later Airbus aircraft, that could not happen because of all the safety systems in place. Had the 747 been 10,000 feet lower at the time of the engine failure the outcome would have been tragically different.
mgsamps 3 months ago
@mgsamps I'm pretty sure it was 100% pilot error and had nothing to so with an engine out. If I can recall, the pilots believed an engine shut down but it turns out they didn't do their routine systems check right. I will look over it again though. But besides, all aircraft were designed to fly with an engine out. This would not have caused it. I am going to convince you to come over to Boeing sooner or later :P
landmark425 3 months ago
@landmark425 The key thing is that if China Airlines 006 was an A380 it would have never needed withstood extreme maneuvers as modern Airbus planes have system that prevents pilots from stalling and overbanking the plane, and because of that it would have never fell. Probably you fly nothing bigger than a Cessna.
Pvjinflight 3 months ago
@Pvjinflight Yup, I love GA aircraft :P Looking at your youtube channel, your just like me, FSX. hmm if I can recall, Air France 447, a modern Air Trash 330 went down because of pilot error because the pitot tube iced over. Systems malfunctioned and the pilots did not take the right steps to correct and yet the plane still stalled. No matter what you say you know Boeing is where it's at!!! Oh, 9/11 was an inside job :P
landmark425 3 months ago
@landmark425 Yes if some major system malfunctions its possible to stall modern Airbus as it naturally cant prevent stall if it doesnt know speed data recorded by pitot tubes. Anyways if that had been Boeing 777 with faulty pitot tubes result would have been probably completely same. And also those pitot tubes were not made by Airbus and there has been problems with Boeing aircraft pitot tubes too.
I know that Airbus is more modern and better.
Pvjinflight 3 months ago
@landmark425 No need to try and convince me to "come over to Boeing" mate. As an avionics engineer in the past I've worked on all types of aircraft and have first hand knowledge, and as I said before I also love flying on Boeing aircraft' so have nothing against them. Why don't you fly with Virgin or Malaysia airlines and see for yourself how good the A380 is. There is no need to call it " Airtrash" and I'm sure the 1000s of people who have will agree with me.
mgsamps 3 months ago 5
@landmark425 ..And How many Passenger aircraft have you seen that are able to fly so slow and still keep airborne. See "Airbus A380 extremelly slow fly-by" - very impressive. I know what aeroplane I would rather be in were 2 of the engines to fail.
mgsamps 3 months ago
A right rear tire blew also.. it was over-speed on the take off roll, lift off below minimums.
TheMemphisSlim 3 months ago
@TheMemphisSlim
That's the whole point of these tests, to determine the minimum takeoff speed. Each new plane has to pass this test to get certified. No tire blown btw.
blablubb12345 3 months ago
what a nightmare to sit in this plane
TheShokker07 3 months ago
@TheShokker07
This is called "flight testing", you know what that means? If sitting in a A380 is a nightmare for you, then better avoid flying at all.
blablubb12345 3 months ago
@blablubb12345 only the situation would be a nightmare....that has nothing to do with the A380
TheShokker07 3 months ago
Tail is not crashed. There's a slide bar attached to the tail, you can see the red thing under it; This was meant to hit the runway.
bartdereu 3 months ago
@bartdereu
At 0:25, that was not the skid plate ;-)
But yes, on this test you basically pull back the stick and wait until the plane gets airborne so you can determine the minimum takeoff speeds at different loadouts.
blablubb12345 3 months ago
i can hear the plane cry ! TT
SingsongSG 3 months ago
It was all part of the aircraft certification process. That's all. Every other airplane would have had to have done the same.
hickspixx 3 months ago
was this aircraft full of passangers or empty?
thank for reply
nimrod7690 3 months ago
@nimrod7690 NO....NO passengers on board...THIS is and was the testing for A380. IT has to do this TAIL STRIKING the runway...IT IS apart of certification that ALL planes must go through..NOTHING NEW HERE.....
UFOSPACE1999 3 months ago
@UFOSPACE1999 its not good enough.....i want my ticket money back
RobertsDigital 2 months ago
tail is crashed... so bad!
kolaymail 4 months ago
Is that supposed to scrape like that? Looks scary.
deeks1970 4 months ago
@deeks1970 It's not, but this is a test just to be sure it could (with some problems) take off even at very low (limit) speed.
osk16low 4 months ago
was this remote control? Would the plane be able to fly high altitude after a strike like that?
1step1up 4 months ago
@1step1up
Its never remote control, theres always a pilot, and he flys DUUH!
Everything is possible,
grounding the plane for such a tailstrike is a "Safety precaution" you talk in terms of it being possible.
Why wouldnt it be possible.
The question is, would the airline industry ground it or not. Its a billion dollar plane, no matter whats possible, they take the least chances when it comes to billion dollar machines.
Jumbojets are capable to cope with alot of pressure. Way more then we
Armigo91 4 months ago
@Armigo91
It was just a question. Why is that duh? RC systems are advanced enough by now. They are obviously doing the test for concerns. I considered that maybe it would be risky to have people on the plane until they get their data and it's all good. Thanks for answering my question though.... Yea I used to watch mayday... usually when a plane like that goes upside down shit hits the fan. That's why it's on mayday lol
1step1up 4 months ago
@1step1up
consider safe. Watching aicrash investigation episodes alone without having any experience will tell you that most jumbojets can fly upside down and cope with 5gs on the wings for one or more seconds. But when it fails, it cost you billions. And we want planes to fly for decades to keep funds low and casualties to obviously XD.
That doesnt mean a jumbojet cannot takeoff with a tailstrike at 120knots takeoff roll.
Its just very unwise and totally unnecessary concerning runway lenghts
Armigo91 4 months ago
The president of the US should have this type of plane.
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pottyracer3 4 months ago
I noticed a billion comments seconds before I just commented about the tail scraping ass on the takeoff, but I guess that's what they were testing so, congrats. it worked pilots.
krgrubbs 4 months ago
road rash on the tail section lol
tofernandes12 4 months ago
Go on my channel when you want see some cool A380´s videos.
I got a lot ot real landing and take off videos from in/-outside! in HD.
HamburgAirport 4 months ago
this test as a whole, is stupid. when you are pitched up 10+ degrees for takeoff you expose more of the bottom of the wing to parasitic drag, therefore increasing overall drag and essentially slowing the plane down a little bit. That is why in my flight training my instructors taught me to keep the plane's nosewheel off the ground for as long as possible when in the landing roll.
clarity18 4 months ago
@clarity18 The test was to see the minimum velocity in which the aircraft could take off in the event of an emergency or what not
rhettski999 4 months ago
0:20.looks like a fat duck is about to lay eggs
dipu94321 5 months ago
24 people were in the cargo hold
chromecrescent 5 months ago
A380 performing a soft field take off..lawl... pretty extreme AOA
DKF22 5 months ago
ok dont take off at minimum velocity...
obsession2eetbutter 5 months ago 33
@obsession2eetbutter haha planes never do, its just a long testing process for new planes.
xiMEHOW 4 months ago
@obsession2eetbutter Yeah. Did you see the sparks coming off the tail as it scraped on the ground?
zanek012 3 months ago
Das war aber nicht geplant, dass er ganz zum Schluss nochmal am hintersten Ende aufsetzt
HamburgMobile 5 months ago
@HamburgMobile
hab ich mir auch gerade gedacht :D
da mussten wohl nochmals ein paar Jungs das Heck auswechseln ;)
SwissArmyBeach 5 months ago
Nice tail strike; get out the touch-up paint
rwsab 5 months ago
what an idiot. that pilot pushed it too far and even looked like he drug the stab
aratidwell 5 months ago
@aratidwell um idk if you know this but it was minimun velocity takeoff so that should have happened
MrFeelingsofly 5 months ago
@MrFeelingsofly That guy was a reckless idiot. I don't think "minimum velocity take off testing" goes quite that far. He not only largely exceeded the angle the rear skid plate protected he also appears to had clipped the left stabilizer. Guy should had been fired as a test pilot.
aratidwell 5 months ago
@aratidwell
If you've ever had to do a short field takeoff, you'd know that this is pretty much bang on for what has to happen. Your nose goes way up in the air, and planes are engineered to be able to take a tail drag. And his left elevator (dunno what a stabilizer is) never touched.
jayrod1186 5 months ago
@jayrod1186 You don't know what a stabilizer is? ITS THE BIG F#CKING PIECE THE ELEVATOR IS ATTACHED TOO... I could be wrong but I get the impression there are a bunch of flight simulator know it alls that would likely crash and burn in the first 3 months of any actual flight experience. There was so much drag at that AOA that the thing bearly accelerated to a speed of positive lift. There is NO reason to rotate at that angle, even in a criticle takeoff scanerio.
aratidwell 5 months ago
@aratidwell
Actually, about 30 hours in, and we call it a tail. And if there's no reason, tell them that, no the guys on youtube :). I bet they feel differently.
jayrod1186 5 months ago
@aratidwell Now you sound like you dont know what your talking about. Ever heard of Tenerife ? Google it. In a situation like that, there likely be a panicking pilot behind the controls who would be pulling back as far as the controls will go. This is not just a test for short field performance. Its also for an emergency, for example debris on a runway. Hope that clears up your statement about "NO reason to rotate at that angle"
JamKick 5 months ago
@aratidwell The plane can never be certified without passing this test, If the FAA and the ICAO didn't feel the test was nessessary than the plane would not have to be certified for a taildrag. but hey they do think it is nessessary. And your right it is not the best way to take off, but it has happened before and it will happen again. So it has to be done in certification
prohelipilot1 5 months ago
@aratidwell talk about induced drag rofl
DKF22 5 months ago
@aratidwell that is what a test pilot does, yes..... they test to make sure it can handle that damage
MrFeelingsofly 5 months ago
Was he on fire after takeoff?
squawk7777 5 months ago
What does this test? Noticed the time between rotate and V2 was VERY long!
MrCubsfan3 5 months ago
@MrCubsfan3 "What does this test?"
To find the minimum lift off airspeed the pilot pulls the yoke full back when there's enough airspeed for rudder control. This is long before there's enough lift to become airborne (V2) & longer still before the plane can begin to rotate (:06). Once the wings have enough lift the plane stands on its ass (:14). Once it reaches V2 it leaps off the runway (:25). At that point the pilot will ease the yoke forward (:28) to prevent over-rotation & nasty crash.
kevjay777 5 months ago
to this day I still don't trust that A-380 aircraft
joejava68 5 months ago
@joejava68
why?
J90JAM 5 months ago
so what happent next anybody tell me?
kurdman27 6 months ago
Don't think that second strike of the tail was supposed to happen.
all4golf 6 months ago
Don't try this at home.
mechan9 6 months ago 2
My dog does this
guitartec 6 months ago
What were the results
helloimclaudio 6 months ago
OMG WOW,WOW,UMMMMMMMMM WOW,OKAY THAT'S UM WOW SORRY LOST FOR WORDS... Wait!!! thought of a few "HOT DAMN THAT'S WILD"
lazydayhohum 6 months ago
Scrappin frame right there. That would have looked so cool at night!
lakewood85 6 months ago
well is that safe? i mean vmu?... scares me to not sit in a380 now
baigskt1 6 months ago
@baigskt1
This is done with every airplane before it get's it's certification, nothing to be scared of. It's actually done to increase flight safety.
blablubb12345 6 months ago
@baigskt1 To not sit?
fube432 6 months ago
I didn't know A380's were tail draggers.
madinventor13 6 months ago
This test was called Vmu . . . Velocity minimum unstick. It's done on all certification tests.
AW320 6 months ago
holy batman
dzagbag 6 months ago
And now for my next trick.
birdie068 6 months ago
Very risky test that requires a real pro as pilot...!
thomii1983 6 months ago
earliest rotation I 've ever seen! Awesome!
noreckito 6 months ago
im pretty sure there are no passengers
Frietpan 6 months ago
stupid pilot
comeverga11 6 months ago
@comeverga11 That WAS the test you know?
Do your research before acting like one ;)
They were prepared for tailstrikes, and this can be part of the test.
PhysicsTowerTeam 6 months ago
@comeverga11 Stupid comment of a nitwit...
thomii1983 6 months ago
23 people were sitting in the tail section.
tubefluid 6 months ago 67
@tubefluid yep and your comment is clever u know 23 weels of landing gear
gadgetdude38 4 months ago
Oh wow, that's a scary takeoff, glad I wasn't a passenger
ladythalia 6 months ago
Awesome minimum unstick velocity test! Marked tail scrape is expected during this manoeuvre--what shocked me was the tips of that huge horizontal stab coming closer to the runway as the enormous machine seemed to roll at one point... BTW, back in the 1960s when the venerable B747 first underwent this particular test, they attached a massive slab of American Oak to its backside for protection :-)
Keyyyyzzzz 6 months ago
fake
nlty2000 6 months ago
@nlty2000 Never heard from tailstrike tests...?
thomii1983 6 months ago
Damn I always wanted to be a pilot!
anibalb1982 6 months ago
Almost clipped the tail
mudaphucker 6 months ago
Why was the back of the plane hitting the runway?
r1casill 6 months ago
@r1casill because it's too slow to take off immediately.
ughpaolo 6 months ago
@ughpaolo
Tail drag testing.
normanmj 6 months ago
That´s not a minimun velocity take off test, as you can actually see it´s a tail strike test...they test this to figure out how much angulo de ataque( angle of attack?) they can reach during take off and landings. Thats why it have that orange piece of metal attached under the tail.
xigmar 7 months ago
@xigmar This IS a minimum velocity take off test. The point of these tests are to certify at what speed it will lift off the runway at its maximum pitch angle, which translates in to throttles foward, controls all the way back, and dragging the tail down the runway. This airspeed is useful to airlines and pilots to know at what minimum speed they can lift off, in case of, say, a runway incursion.
AeroMan889 7 months ago
@AeroMan889 You said it AeroMan!
kewlmynd99 6 months ago
OMG
pilotilka 7 months ago
The a380 stalls at 100knots (with almost zero fuel and no cargo), meaning that at this speed the aerodynamical airflow pushes the plane down, at 85knots (fair weather) A a380 stalls to freefall, which means a stall will be ireversable. Unless you have 30000feet of altitude, enormous luck, and take this baby trough lethal earodynamic overstress, possibly leads to destruction of the plane in the first place.
But could be theoratically saved nontheless.
InODependanceSyndrom 7 months ago
was its bottom touching the ground or did I see wrong?
nonickisavailable 7 months ago
@nonickisavailable no you are right a second before takeoff the very tail striked the ground
Tobias94b 7 months ago
They ought to put that piece of orange metal there on ALL large planes just in case IMHO.
hipstarchild 7 months ago
What is the minimum speed at which this big ass train can take off, fellas?
TheDeskuuul 7 months ago
@TheDeskuuul
this was about 125+ knots. Or somewhere in the range of 230kph.
InODependanceSyndrom 7 months ago
It's funny to watch when you synchronize the Titanic soundtrack to the takeoff... :D
scaremengaviation 7 months ago
how slow was this
Bagadaboats 7 months ago
wow... very coool... thanks
kitiyana 7 months ago
Aircraft - Tarmac 1 - 0
Tjita1 7 months ago
Dont try this at home(?)
padfest 7 months ago
Plane rubbing its ass on the ground. Thats what dogs do when theyve got worms.
chanctonbury63 7 months ago 91
@chanctonbury63
Preferrably to the the Benny Hill theme tune...
NuguSmedley 7 months ago
@chanctonbury63 no dip sherlock.
ThePikester7 6 months ago
@chanctonbury63 or a woman with a yeast infextion
USAWoody 5 months ago 2
This plane has the ass on fire.
Guilland23 7 months ago
haha tail strike
TheGString123 7 months ago
0:24 Tailstrike! Better fix that properly, or else someday end up like China Airlines Flight 611! If this jet goes into passenger service and isn't used solely for testing, that is...
Starfish99100 8 months ago
@Starfish99100 That's true. Don't want to learn the lesson twice, even though China Airlines 611 made a safe emergency landing.
PunctualProletariat 7 months ago
@PunctualProletariat China Airlines 611 tail broke in midair and and its parts fell to ocean from cruising height, all 225 passengers died.
Pvjinflight 7 months ago
@Pvjinflight Ooops. I meant China Airlines Flight 006. The engine flame out incident like British Airways Flight 9. I got confused between 611 and 006.
PunctualProletariat 7 months ago
@Starfish99100 are you wondering if "someday" this will go into service?? it already fucking is if you are...
kierannn 7 months ago
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Starfish99100 7 months ago
@kierannn Apologies for the misunderstanding. I wondered if this individual airplane might be soley a testbed, or if it is now in revenue service. I know that the A380 as a type is very much in use, and will probably see decades of fine airline service to come.
Starfish99100 7 months ago
Cool video! Fugly aircraft.
MrSpinteractive 8 months ago
Damn!!
TheEsteban1515 8 months ago
The tail is built in Spain (EADS CASA)...is strong...carbonfiber :D
SAACAAS 8 months ago
This the Vmu (velocity minimum unstick) test.
captainmorgan757 8 months ago
man thats an ass on fire
nuttenglotzer007 8 months ago
The chief pilot is gonna have the Cap'ts ass over this.
TheCannonofMohammed 8 months ago
taildragger
lmlove80 8 months ago
It'a a test 2 check the strength of the aircraft's ass !!! :P
MrPhantomFury 8 months ago
ouch my ass xD
ipadize 8 months ago 2
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Lunatango1 8 months ago
@Lunatango1 you dont know shit
911illuminatiKing 8 months ago
Not good
superrhino119 8 months ago
IN FUCKING SANE do the test pilots have parachutes
SuperBigronnie 8 months ago
@SuperBigronnie "do the test pilots have parachutes"
Actually during some of the test proceedures they do, though it would be no good to them here!
Some planes(early in developement) are even modified to include "escape chutes" basically a slide out under the belly of the craft.
thebrassdubliner 8 months ago
This is why I shouldn't fly planes
ningle4567 9 months ago
el oh el. scrapage. years worth of salary to repair.
heathovc 9 months ago
Never try this with a boeing
4mulas 9 months ago
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4mulas 9 months ago
i saw an A380 landing recently, it was the coolest thing EVER :D
caitlinm802 9 months ago
big ass trailsparks
MW2COBRABEAST 9 months ago
the airplane will be much heavier with maximum of people and luggage etc. Thi test isn't accurate
KatiushaVN4 9 months ago
@KatiushaVN4 they actually test it with loads and weights to simulate a typical flight, so it is very accurate!
alkatifa04 9 months ago
@KatiushaVN4 how do you know ?
3habaneros 9 months ago
nice wheelie :)
SuperWildWeasel 9 months ago
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alexfromnb 9 months ago
Bloody hell.Tailstrike till this
TheSq380 9 months ago
Holy crap!! Huge ass plane
J1613R 9 months ago 27
@J1613R A lot of airlines use this aircraft. Largest passenger plane in use today
51Destroyer 7 months ago
@J1613R Yeah, but it scorched it's ass on this takeoff.
janquen 6 months ago
Does anyone know what the minimum take off speed is for the A380? I think it is a BEAUTIFUL piece of equipment. The bigger they are, the better I like them! BTW... re: tail strike... I was watching Air Emergency or Seconds From Disaster or something not to long ago. The runway collision between 2 747s(KLM & Pan Am) at Tenerife - the KLM dragged it's tail trying to avoid the Pan Am. Interesting to me, though my family thinks I am twisted because I am interested in plane crashes. Oiy...
ModeratelyLucid 9 months ago
@ModeratelyLucid 190Miles/h it seems
ysj0627 9 months ago
Woah tail strike, no, tail DRAG yep!!!
eaxnitro 10 months ago
STALL STALL STALL lol
Fourteen88SoCal 10 months ago
The name of this pilot is Casey Haynes
marcunha 10 months ago
Putz que pariu!
marcunha 10 months ago
prototype
mmnoorh 10 months ago
@AlphaRadeon
Whiner...
patton303 10 months ago
chuck norris is inside that plane !!!!!!
tzin1gr 10 months ago
@tzin1gr chuck norris IS the plane..
0oCrimsono0 10 months ago
Woaw
Musicgutbucket 10 months ago