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Jim Stewart (H3jim)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 12:28 pm: | |
An excellent 7 minute video showing the assembly of the A380
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3046542226114078023
I had to load it, turn down the sound and let it play. Then I came back and watched it. Otherwise it stopped and started so much it was difficult to watch.
While this is a great engineering feat, and it does capture the very top of the market, Airbus missed the main airplane market with this, and has spent all their development $ on this instead of the smaller planes that will be far bigger sellers over the years. This is so big, many airports will have to modify their runways for it to land. The world seems to be going away from the spoke and hub that this supports, to more and more direct flights. The passenger, traffic, luggage jams that this creates are also not good. This Airbus plane will be responsible for Boeing gaining significant market share over the next 20 years.
Each one of the assembly jigs costs way more than a new bus. |
Cliff (Floridacracker)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 12:40 pm: | |
Jim,
Very Cool!
Thanks
Cliff |
truthhunter@shaw.ca
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 7:43 pm: | |
Nice peek! Not being up to date on what market trends can be developed in the future; I do recall the same thing being said about the 747. Build it, tell people how much they need it and convince them they will have no choice but to buy seems to still be truer than economic reality. It will be interesting to see the inovations infront of the marketing ploys & inflated stock pyramids that preceed the potentially lower seat fairs that follow the production run. |
FAST FRED
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 5:52 am: | |
"While this is a great engineering feat, and it does capture the very top of the market, Airbus missed the main airplane market with this, and has spent all their development $ on this"
Interesting , but they failed to show the wing FAILING its structural test ,
and the Frog gov. deciding that "engineering" would be a cure and absolving Air Bust from the need to complete the test and PASS!
Enjoy the flite!
The plane was developed with FROG tax payer cash , not Air Bust cash , a case is in trade court now over this practice of a socalist gov providing unlimited credit , for FREE!
While Boeing has to bet the store to bring out new product.
FAST FRED |
truthhunter@shaw.ca
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 11:06 am: | |
Valid point behind the truth, not that there is much real bottom-line difference between the two examples. My limited understanding of make-believe cash behind the government funding pyramid and the shareholder inflated investment scheme, they are both grown on the appearance of future profit/rise in value and not existing tangable assets. But then competition is about taking it before the other guy can get it, or before it even exist and not about creating complemenatiative and prosperous environment where everyone can create more! Maybe China will get it righter and show us better after there long sit "back and rethink" during the last 60 years |
FAST FRED
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 11:43 am: | |
"Maybe China will get it righter"
China has a grand chance as most of the staff and execs in most companys are engineers or scientists.
Here (USA) there mostly Liars for Hire , with a "management " degree .
Big difference in outlook!
If China can develop a huge middle class rapidly (India has 300 million today) they will be content with Owning the world ,
rather than conquering as the Soviets tried and Islamo fachists are attempting now.
FAST FRED |
truthhunter@shaw.ca
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 12:30 pm: | |
I do hope so, someones got to "get the good example right" I know we try too "hear", and that feels good. |
Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 8:44 pm: | |
Thanks Jim!
Imagine the re-working you could do to a bus conversion if you had access to that machinery!!!!
happy coaching!
buswarrior |