Airbus Military - A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT)

[KidKlassic91]

cool stuff , never knew it was this capable

[pcrispie]

I'm working on this modification and it's a great aircraft. I wouldn't be biased to either Boeing or airbus, it serves it's role well depending on the customers specifications. So you idiots bringing up the SPANISH ARMADA AND INQUISITION? Why? Wierdos! What has any of that got to do with this? When you grow the brains to be able to work on aircraft then you may comment.

[frylucas]

A330 MRTT = All In One

[jingitzu]

The country that has the capitalism and the liberty in his flag, and need to protect his industry by killing the free competence... lol

[jingitzu]

The UARRSI was designed by CASA.

I only want to say that the decision to buy the boeing tanker was from a political point of view, not military nor pragmatic. Worst plane, only a bit cheaper, but... it doesnt exist. May i ask when it should replace the KC135? <I have to say also that the dreamliner isnt in service though. The truth is that boeing hasnt done a good plane since de 777, more than thirty years ago. T

[t43562]

The Boeing option was cheapened up a bit - e.g. no winglets and it is a bit less capable but a bit cheaper upfront. Airbus forced Boeing to compete on price and I think that is good for the US taxpayer. Rather than strutting around being arrogant, lets remember that it would be bad if there weren't two capable companies out there fighting each other.

As for people in the UK, we can be pleased that the refuelling systems (drogue a least) on both are designed (don't know about manufacture) here.

[dmfreak]

If I was an American: I give thumbs up to the USAF on choosing the A330MRTT rather than the 767 tanker because it really fits their needs. SO WHAT? I'M STILL AMERICAN!

Now go ahead rednecks attack me. Patriotism is selfish and redneck Americans are just show-offs that they're the best.

[dmfreak]

@dmfreak Oh and protectionism at its worst.

[LottoWinner999]

@dmfreak No need to attack and idiot but you need to know Airfags lost the contract and Boeing won so that make you a loser and Brit preteding to be an American.

[SAACAAS]

@LottoWinner999 but you attack again...you are a ridiculous Fanboeeeing....You Don´t take it personally. Buy a friend.

[LottoWinner999]

@dmfreak Sorry but pity freaks like you but U might want try some old WW2 Nazi-Tard cuz they luv butt-fucking dgenerates like you!

[LottoWinner999]

Boeing invented mid-air refueling. USAF KC-135 has best saftey record for mid-air refueling. USA + USAF has policy of no foreign manufacture of USAF millitary aricraft. Negative poltical publicity + media attacks upon Boeing by Airbus made sure EADS will never manufacture USAF airplanes. With Boeing, Lockheed, GE, P&W + USA manufacturers we do not need or want U. New fuel efficient KC-767 has offense/defense ability + will surpass, out-class + out-fly any plane made by Airbus!

[dmfreak]

@LottoWinner999 obvious redneck is obvious

[EstorilEm]

@zapster53 the main thing I wanted to mention was the wing however (sure you've noticed it in person, especially as an engineer) and it's a thing of beauty; remains the highest aspect ratio commercial wing in production (lotto: you Brits designed it for them!) and features variable camber architecture that computers modify based on load/speed etc. Also the 330/340 share the wing design; tanker uses the 340's outboard engine pylon location as booms mounts, very light w/ little mod. required.

[EstorilEm]

Lotto - "Airbus is owned by Nazis" uh. Okay wow haha, you can't be reasoned with.

@zapster53 Oh okay, wasn't sure being youtube and all.. cool job you've got there! Anyways it's a plane, it doesn't "lack" flight characteristics per se, but the A330 is fully integrated digitally - to (nearly) all other components. The backbone of the entire a/c is the FBW system (alpha protection, low/hi spd stability schemes, etc) like I said, I'm not bashing..39 years ago things were just done differently.

[LottoWinner999]

@EstorilEm Tell my why A380 failed its Flutter Test + than with a quick 6 month evaluation was declared airworthy. The A380 was coming apart at center beam + would have crashed + this was just below one G-Force + had not broken the sound barrier. watch this on Utube "Airbus A380 Flutter Test ". There have been Boeing 747's from pilot error that had suvived two to four G and landed safely. When you look at A380 just below one G and the planes almost falling apart that why I don't fly Airbus,

[zapster53]

@EstorilEm That's the difference in EADS vs. Boeing control philosophy. EADS A/C allow the pilot to suggest manuevers to the computer and it decides if it will do them or not. Boeing does not restrict the pilots options like that, but does incorporate many warning systems to let the pilot know if a limit is being breeched. Which is better? That's not an easy answer. Each approach has it's pros and cons. As a pilot, I like the Boeing approach better.

[LottoWinner999]

@zapster53 Well I could just imagine the pilot on Air France 447 when the computers said let me sing you a tune that I learned from Hal, " Daisy Mazey I'm so Crazy". The pilot is flying the plane and I heard so Airbys Dashbaord will have one switch, that say on and off. Theres no place on Airbus to disconnect the computer and I know most if not all Airbus crashes are computer error.

[SAACAAS]

@LottoWinner999 Pure Envy...What are you doing in all Airbus videos?...Trolling like a child ;)

[LottoWinner999]

@SAACAAS Spain land of the "Inquistion" just another has been who set a record for genocide murder, mutilation of its people along with the stupidity of cutting down its forrests to commit failed wars of conquest. But Spain hits its mark with more genocide-ensalvement of milions of South Americas Maya and Incan civilizations. Spain destroyed ancient book Incan and Mayan civilization and culutre out jealousy aka in the name of God. Spain is still a backward little nation of murdering thugs.

[SAACAAS]

@LottoWinner999 Chupame la polla amargao. ¿A que me entiendes Sudaca?. Lee un poco mas y veras que no tienes razon. Genocidio lo que hace tu querido USA, en el que tu eres la ultima mierda. Con la bomba atomica ya mató mas gente tus queridos Gringos. España tenia que a ver hecho lo mismo que USA o UK exterminando a todo nativo, así no quedarian ratas como tu con ese odio. Sin embargo USA no odia a UK con quien lucho una dura guerra de independencia y fue "sometido". Inquisition is Overrated.

[SAACAAS]

@LottoWinner999 If you are interested in the story reads well, because you invent the things (You are a liar) (Child give back to your parents the computer). The Inquisition only killed 2000 people in many centuries. Many natives died from diseases brought by Europeans and their own wars...There was few men who came from a very long and expensive journey. Spain did not have machines, was imposible felled many trees (watch your paper or oil companies). You've swallowed all British propaganda

[LottoWinner999]

@SAACAAS Goyas skectches proved and reflected how cruel lame Spaniards were and still are!

[SAACAAS]

@LottoWinner999 lol, always the same, USA the only country that dropped an atomic bomb, napal in vietnam, irak, etc ... Do you want to say more?

[LottoWinner999]

@SAACAAS Yeah and your the fucking asswipe loser. Never forget an Airbus is a Flaming Piece of Shit With Two Wings! Once you except that you will not have any problems in life!

[LottoWinner999]

@SAACAAS 125,000 persons were investigated by the Spanish Inquisition, and every one was put ot the question and executed. There were two major Inquisitions, the Medieval Inquisition and Spanish Inquisition. Although there are no exact numbers, scholars believe they have estimated Inquisition deaths reasonably accurately. Of course to be put the question was torture and you should Goyas etchings and prints of the Spanish Inquisition showed Catholic priests just as sadistic as the Nazi SS!

[LottoWinner999]

@SAACAAS Sounds like your a sadistic catholic like a Adolf Hitler and Spain had plent peasents to cut down the forrests. They say Spain hills and mountain were beautiful with the trees until you sicko King had all them cut down for the Spanish Armada was another Spanish Fiasco. I'll bet you make love with your neighborhood Catholic Priest that butt fucks and sodomizes your over streched asshole and your big fucking mouth!

[LottoWinner999]

@zapster53 I can just imagine the pilot on Air France 447 when the Ha-1000 computer said let me sing U a tune that I learned from 2010:Odyssey Computer Factory were psycohtic Hal-1000 sang," Daisy Mazey I'm so Crazy" and I'm flying the plane not U! Soon Airbus Dashbaord will have 1 switch, that says on and off & do not touch! Theres no place on Airbus to disconnect the computer and I know Airbus crashes are computer error. Thats why AF Flight 447 went down cuz the HAL-1000 went crazy like U.

[EstorilEm]

On another note, I wasn't aware that the Mobile, AL plant would support ALL commercial production of the A330 Freighter which would be huge for additional jobs in the US (in addition to MRTT contract jobs) plus $600M in facilities there and tens of thousands of jobs. 12 cargo aircraft were already slated to be built there. Oh well, hopefully 787 avionics can get certified and we can get some tankers in the air regardless. The future KC-Y (KC-10 replacement) program looks much better for the MRTT

[seaboo143]

wow.. thats a long dick.

[jjreyesnavelgas]

I'm in the navy and a proud American... I just believe that this is a better option for the air force than the boeing tanker

[blablubb12345]

@jjreyesnavelgas

You'll have to go with the second best, i'm afraid. Boeing got the contract yesterday.

[LottoWinner999]

@jjreyesnavelgas Hey I am Patriotic Brit and the Airbus is a joke in fact we Brits call its Airfags because out planes suck and we don't care how many Airbuses crash as long we get our Welfare Check from American workers jobs. By they way what do you think of our Whore Queen who got raise in pay? Screw every one and keep sending your checks to Airfags. Well good by mates.

[laluprasad111]

Which is better :

The European consortium Airbus: A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT)

OR

The Russian version of the Ilyushin Il-78 tanker.

[zapster53]

@laluprasad111 Given those two choices I would take the one that can't keep it's boom attached (A330). But the Boeing KC-46A is the best of the bunch.

[EstorilEm]

@zapster53 it's the best of the bunch because it's American? Uhm. No. I'm an American and as much of a patriot as anyone, but I'm also a pilot and would always want to fly the best and most capable aircraft. ANYTHING 767-based is old. 4 decades old by the estimated delivery date to USA. Screw that? We're buying dinosaurs to replace dinosaurs. EADS already won the bid, Boeing bribed the govt, used cheap advertising to sway public to do "American thing", and won with far inferior aircraft.

[LottoWinner999]

@EstorilEm Your not an American + USAF selected best aiplane + Boeing won the USAF 40 Billion Dollar Tanker Contract + FYI Airfags plane is piece of shit with two wings on it if U lames asses want to fly it thats ur business. These are Americans jobs that will stay in the USA. BTW Alabama would hire lowest skilled workers + they high paying jobs would go to Europe so fuck go fuck yourself and stay of USA business. Look like Airfags will not have any jobs for you poor fucking Europeons!

[EstorilEm]

@LottoWinner999 Go back to school and learn how to spell/type/form coherent sentences then maybe visit youtube again? For the record, EADS also won this contract before boeing protested (which EADS is almost certain to do)

You know nothing about aircraft or their performance history, or the fact that we export more than twice as many military aircraft as we support internationally with imports. Boeing makes a fine plane, but it won't ALWAYS have the best solution, which it doesn't in this case

[zapster53]

@EstorilEm Did I say it was the best because it's American? Uhm. No. It's the best because it is the right size A/C for the mission specified. The A330 is too big. Tanker ops is all about booms in the air. You must deploy the aircraft at forward bases. The size of the A330 limits the number of A/C you can park on the tarmac which limits the number of booms you can fly.

The A330 burms more fuel and is more expensive to operate. That's why the KC-46A is the better aircraft.

[zapster53]

@EstorilEm Are you aware that the cockpit will have the 787 avionics modified for military use? That's state-of-the-art my friend. The boom operator no longer will lie on his belly and look thru a small window in the tail of the airplane. He's sitting is a comfy chair in the front now. Again, it's state-of-the-art tech.

There's nothing "old" about the KC-46A. Many updates and improvements on the original design. It's still fuel efficient and is the right size for the mission.

[EstorilEm]

@zapster53 Okay, are you a pilot? I'm fully aware how avionics work and their role in the KC-46. I could throw a high-res full color dash cluster from a new range rover in a 1972 ford pinto, but it's not going to enhance its' capabilities. The 787 system WILL enhance situational awareness and crew function, but does NOTHING to improve the flight characteristics/performance of the aircraft. The 767 is a good plane, but it's an OLD (already) and the money could be better spent.

[cheesemaster1000]

@LottoWinner999 Didn't you reply this to another person on another video? "U Brits raped and robbed the people of India and they hate your guts." You refer to the British as "U" meaning that you yourself can't be British, correct?

[LottoWinner999]

@cheesemaster1000 Hey Airbus lost the contract and how about the gas guzzling A330? Le me reiterate and Airbus is a piece of shit with two wings. Understand?

[cheesemaster1000]

@LottoWinner999 Gas guzzling A330? Admittedly the A330 uses, on average, 6 more litres per nm flown but it is significantly larger. An interesting fact is the A350-800 is more fuel efficient (per nm) than the smaller 787-800.

[LottoWinner999]

@cheesemaster1000 Boeing invented mid-air refueling. USAF KC-135 has best saftey record for mid-air refueling. USA + USAF has policy of no foreign manufacture of USAF millitary aricraft. Negative poltical publicity + media attacks upon Boeing by Airbus made sure EADS will never manufacture USAF airplanes. With Boeing, Lockheed, GE, P&W + USA manufacturers we do not need or want U. New fuel efficient KC-767 has offense/defense ability + will surpass, out-class + out-fly any plane made by Airbus!

[LottoWinner999]

@cheesemaster1000 Thats real bullshit you must have it sent in fresh!

[LottoWinner999]

@cheesemaster1000 Airbus A350-SDL(Super Delay Liner) does not have an engine. Airbus went to GE to buy GE-C90 & GE said no! Airbus asked how about selling B2-NexGen & GE said no. In 1980 AB bought off the rack Pratt Whitney jet engines that Boeing paid 500 Million USD to develop. That will not happen again cuz Boeing has legal Exclusivity Contract for GE-C90 & GE-NexGen engines. Airbus success was do to the fact of legal-loophole were AB pirated enignes that Boeing paid P&W to develop. AB Sucks!

[cheesemaster1000]

@LottoWinner999 What about MD, did they "pirate" copy the engines too? haha, oh you're too much.

[LottoWinner999]

@cheesemaster1000 The pirated the engines + did not pay 1 royalty 1 thats okay + now Boeing has Exclusivity Contract on GE-C90 and NexGen engines. Now RR is going to charge Airbus a billion euros to design a new engine cuz Trent does not have the thrust for the two bigger A350s. BTW it takes 5 to 10 years to design, develop, build and test a new engine so your A350-SDL(Super Delay Liner) is going to be a later like A380-WE(White Elephant) Keep on build losers cuz they will Bankrupt Airbus POS!

[LottoWinner999]

@cheesemaster1000 I became an American citizen and work for Beoing!

[cheesemaster1000]

@LottoWinner999 Besides I have never met a Brit as rude and as arrogant as you

[zapster53]

@EstorilEm Yes I'm a pilot and an aircraft engineer so I'm intimately aware of the issues on both the design and flight sides of the equation. Old does not equal bad as you are implying. Incremental improvements over the 767 models have made them better over time.

Exactly what flight characteristics does the A330 have that the 767 lacks? Rate of climb? Sustained g's in turns? Airspeed? You paint with a broad brush when you imply the 767 is inferior in performance. Be specific.

[LottoWinner999]

@zapster53 Wait to you see the rate of climbs with the GE Nex-Gen Engines which are 20% fuel efficient and twice as powerful as RR Trent Exploding Engines. New Airforce will newer than outdate A330. You lost to Boeing!

[LottoWinner999]

@zapster53 the guy know as @EstorilEm is a French Eurotard Troll. Dont believe a word he say and he's been been pissed of cuz Boeing won the contract and all his Frog, Kraut + Limey buddys are having a hissy fit in addition to the problem none of them have ever been laid. I told them sex with their mother or sister does not count but you know how desperate Eurotards can get.

[zapster53]

@EstorilEm Oh, one last thing. EADS did indeed win the previous competition, but only because the USAF screwed up the evaluation. The GAO upheld Boeing's protest and voided the award. If you truly think the award was overturned because of a bribe you just sound like a bitter conspiracy theorist.

I have a tin foil hat waiting for you. It'll keep the space aliens from reading your thoughts.

[EstorilEm]

@zapster53 First of all, it wasn't a simple "oops, we messed up the process" - if you do some research, you'd learn about the Boeing corruption scandal 7 years ago when the contract was first pulled-no tin hat needed. They had also lost the JSF program and there were many rumors that lawmakers would "make it right" for them in the KC-X program. An evaluation covers hundreds of design criteria, there isn't a single "oops" and USAF was stated calling the EADS design "clearly the better performer".

[LottoWinner999]

@EstorilEm Your so full of shit and your not an American. You sound like an over inflated Eurotard chock full of shit to your brown eyes. The A330 is a civilain aircraft but if you want to define the pure essense of an Airbus never forget an Airbus is piece of shit with two wing and Frogs like U nibble on them. By the way the Air France A330 that crashed has been found in the ocean and they say broke in large piece. Just what you need for a USAF tanker + defective leaky RR Trent engines.

[LottoWinner999]

@EstorilEm Hey the A330 (FPO) Flaming Piece of Shit is 30 years old + sucks gas while upgraded Boeing 767 Tanker is allot more plane than any European piece of crap. Plus it crashed allot with frozen Pitot Tubes like the four A330s & A320s that have crashed from defective Pitot Tubes. Boeings have 2 electronic wind speed indicators & 2 mecahnical wind speed indicators that have never caused a crash like Airbus. If Airbus taught pilots Dead Reckoning they might have saved their lives and planes.

[LottoWinner999]

@EstorilEm Your not an American but your full of shit & if U fly an airplane it has a rubber band. U have never seen a KC-135 in mid-air refueling. B-767 Tanker has offense & Defensive ability. Its easy to upgrade the 767 with fuel saving engines & modified wing. I do no trust Europeans to build USAF military aricraft especaiily with repairs + trying to bug the plane with electronics which means AB cannot be trusted + plus French, Germans & Brtis have big mouths.

[EAFSQ9]

Thats a RAAF KC-30B (or known as the A330 MRTT)

[EstorilEm]

Impressive control console in that thing! I'm American / patriotic all the way, but boeing needs to EARN sales to the USAF instead of considering them automatic.

The A330 demonstrates far greater efficiency than any competing model Boeing had at the time, and is a beautiful aircraft to boot ;)

[LottoWinner999]

@EstorilEm Your fucking asshole pretending to be an American.

[EstorilEm]

@LottoWinner999 "Your fucking asshole pretending to be an American." haha nice, thanks. Opposite actually, I'd want the best solution for our fighting military while our 40yo. KC135s are falling apart in the air and Americans spend billions to keep them in service. The EADS plane is in service for other countries who will have better range, payload, and performance than our USAF planes will-great. Plus boeing's plane wont take off till 2015 IF there are no protests or production delays (hah).

[Gambo124]

PORTUGUESE F-16 =D

[JoseteJPT]

Somos la ostia!

[mahler1976]

Amazing video! Boeing needs back off and let EADS supply the amazing A330 MRTT for the USAF.

[clembuter0l]

Impresionante

[clembuter0l]

Just wonderful