For those who didn't know, the wing was designed at the Airbus site at Filton, Bristol and was built at the Hawarden (near Chester) site. Once the wing was assembled, it then went to Bremen in Germany for the installation of the flight controls including the high lift systems and then was delivered to Toulouse for the aircraft final assembly.
Excellent display of the aerodynamic forces at work on the wing, and especially how the ailerons compensate...watching them I was reminded of a keyboard being played. Very graceful, even in turbulence. Good show, y'all!
I work for Airbus. This wing through it’s design and development process was constantly tested in a remote Jig to flex and deflect 365 days a year on year to ensure that it was fit for purpose.
It's not until you fly on a 380 and occupy a window seat you appreciate just how wide the wing is where it meets the fuselage it's just bloody massive.
I fly the A380 as a pilot you may not know from this but just after t/o the FQMS transfers 8.5 tons of fuel out to each of the tip tanks which oppose lift and so helps reduce the stresses on the wings as weight opposes lift. that stays in the tip tanks until near top of descent when it auto transfers back to the feed tanks unless it hits -37 C as the tip tanks cool first being the smallest capacity in which case it transfers early into the feed tanks
Amazing to see 1st hand how the shape of the wing changes from take-off to cruising and landing. I love seeing the flaperons 'dancing' like piano keys, the amount of R&D and testing to perfect this automated wing response must be colossal. Great footage - thank you.
As the landing gear doors close, they are twisted into shape to make sure that they maintain the correct external profile once they are locked into place by the door uplocks. This is why you can hear the doors being closed - there is a lot of energy being absorbed by the uplocks and the adjacent structure.
I have flown on the A380 a few times . Sitting on the lower deck by the wing the visual is even more amazing, the wing lifts above the view of the window 😮
Excellent video Jerry👌 Didn’t realise the A380 wings flexed to that extent! “Slight turbulence at 38k”😮 You’ve perfected the sound of the hydraulics too…almost sound for real😉 Loved the plane’s shadow on the ground on approach to MIA. Great to see up close the flaps/rons doing their job on finals & landing👌 Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻 Onwards to Louisville👍🏻
I'm amazed that over the generations and in particular modern day, that there are humans capable of designing and operating safely these massive birds.
You almost sat in my favourite seat hun! Such a gorgeous wing, and bloody HUGE!! I wonder what tune the pilot was playing with the end of the wings - reminds me of seeing an organist use the foot pedals.
The BA A380s underwent extensive maintenance and repairs at the Lufthansa Technik Philippines in Manila. My cousin is one of the engineers and technicians who worked on this massive aircraft not just British Airways but also for A380s operated by airlines around the world including Korean Air, Asiana Airlines, Qantas and others.
I just flew in a British Airways A380 (upper deck) from Miami to London LHR airport last month. It was amazing. Like a flying house. My plane's tail number was G-XLEB (LEB).
Good Lord that wing is huge. Takes up 2/3rds of my pc screen, LOL!. And the gear doors closing would have woke me up. The sound of the flap motors sounds like it hasn't changed since the last time I flew over 30 years ago. They got that distinct sound. Great video none the less.
I cant quite echo the two previous posters who have inside knowledge of its inception and design, however its a testament to its design that it works and works well, reliably and safely. I was in awe when i first flew on it to see this happen for real, the massive motors turning that wing flaps slowly out and further down. Proper wing and ahalf id say and thanks big jet for filming it in action
I used to fly Manchester to JFK and back twice a month, and I always used to love the winter flights as if the Jet Stream was in the right place and a fun captain, we could do the JFK - MAN in 4 hours instead of the usual 6. That said, the seat belt sign was on for the whole flight as the plane was being pushed at an incredible speed and moved up and down accordingly. The captain did drop down out of the jet stream around halfway to allow people to pee :)
@@counterfit5 yeah. 10 miles shorter. Or in Concorde speak, about 25 seconds… even at a snail’s subsonic airliner pace, 10 miles is nothing on that sort of distance. JFK to MAN is not possible in 4 hours, except by concorde.
I like the fact that the FA immediately assured the passengers that there is nothing to worry about and that its just turbulence. Thats very important to nervous passengers and I really commend the FA for doing that.
The A380 is my absolute favourite plane to fly on! I'm a so sad that they're not being built anymore. Maybe it will change as things open up further in aviation around the world
Esta super este video; me gustó mucho porque se aprecia la función de los flaps y al inicio, cuando la aeronave va en su carrera de despegue, al iniciar la fase Rotate, se observa claramente la función de las aletas a lado y lado del motor, se aprecia el flujo del aire que circula sobre el plano...disminuyendo la velocidad de perdida...es grandioso!! Gracias, un saludo desde Palmira, Valle del cauca, Colombia.
A mountain wake/wave/rotor at those altitudes would be terrifying to experience, its one of the worst kinds of turbulence types in aviation if i heard it correctly. Good thing it wasn't that :)
I did wonder how much the wings lift at the tips when airborne, on my recent trip to NZ on a couple of 380s and various 350s the wing tips seem to be higher than the top of the fuselage when flying.
BA has brought them back to service; Lufthansa has promised to bring them back for summer 2023. Of course, the Emirates has the largest fleet. You have ten or so years left. Try the upper deck if you can.
Makes me a little sad jumbos weren't really the future of flying, there's just something amazing about having a plane the size of a small town flying around!
Watching the minute movements of the flaps to counter and correct the stability of a 500 tonne aircraft, one should always remember what inspired aircraft designers. Birds wings…..and the feathers at the wing tips making exactly the same subtle movements to achieve the same effect.
hi Jerry. listened to you on today programme recently. hugely interesting info on jumbos and i thought you gave a good account of yourself. well done mate👍
Absolutely amazing. I have to admit, if I was on that flight, I'd probably be curled up in my seat with my eyes closed during that turbulence waiting for it to be over ! 😬
@user-kd8ui9xd7u Yea... and because the cabin crew and the pilots are people who aren't afraid of flying, they have these jobs. It is a necessity for them not to fear flying, but it's not a necessity for passengers not to fear flying. So your comment makes zero sense and was absolutely uncalled for. Since he's not part of a cabin crew and he's not a pilot, he's free to be afraid of turbulences as much as he wants.
Hmmmm ? It maybe very elegant and all that, the wing-tips emulating piano keys, but I wonder what the fatigue life is ? Is it part of the long-interval service routine to do prevententative maintenance and swap those tips out ?
I believe that the wings are essentially carbon composite so fatigue is negligable.The split airlerons are controlled by the "brain" in incremental amounts to stabalise the wing as opposed to one single control surface input.Having said that I have flown in rough turbulance by the wing in a 757 and was amazed how much it moved and thats old school now.
I flew Emirates A380 back in 2011 from JFK to Dubai. It was impressive and how huge the wings are of this plane!! I had the window sit, so I saw the whole wing in action 😊. You won’t get any idea until you see the wing in real life!
MINOR detail here: The video is captioned "Short final for Rwy 27." It's the same runway, but the opposite (landing East) approach, so it's actually Rwy 09.
As a pilot this is most certainly not heavy turbulence. Not that heavy is a category only light,moderate and severe. Severe being the aircraft becomes uncontrollable
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For those who didn't know, the wing was designed at the Airbus site at Filton, Bristol and was built at the Hawarden (near Chester) site. Once the wing was assembled, it then went to Bremen in Germany for the installation of the flight controls including the high lift systems and then was delivered to Toulouse for the aircraft final assembly.
Excellent information. Thanks for sharing.
The winglets are huge
Delighted to say my school friend is one of the Engineers in Toulouse. 😊
Why didn’t you just say Hawarden in North Wales 🏴?? 😅😊
Now we know! Thanks for the information 😁👍🏾
Excellent display of the aerodynamic forces at work on the wing, and especially how the ailerons compensate...watching them I was reminded of a keyboard being played. Very graceful, even in turbulence. Good show, y'all!
I work for Airbus. This wing through it’s design and development process was constantly tested in a remote Jig to flex and deflect 365 days a year on year to ensure that it was fit for purpose.
you gyus makes the best A/C, The Mighty A380 is an engineering marvel
That’s reassuring. Tx!
Good job. Im amazed you can build such amazing big machines!
It's not until you fly on a 380 and occupy a window seat you appreciate just how wide the wing is where it meets the fuselage it's just bloody massive.
I cannot wait for the opportunity to fly on that magnificent aircraft.
It’s way bigger than you think
Probably 25 rows
I fly the A380 as a pilot you may not know from this but just after t/o the FQMS transfers 8.5 tons of fuel out to each of the tip tanks which oppose lift and so helps
reduce the stresses on the wings as weight opposes lift. that stays in the tip tanks until near top of descent when it auto transfers back to the feed tanks unless it hits -37 C as the tip tanks cool first being the smallest capacity in which case it transfers early into the feed tanks
How can I become a commercial pilot?
Didn’t Concorde have a fairly complex fuel management system, with it shunted around the plane during various phases of the flight?
@@alexauga Go to a flight school
Amazing to see 1st hand how the shape of the wing changes from take-off to cruising and landing. I love seeing the flaperons 'dancing' like piano keys, the amount of R&D and testing to perfect this automated wing response must be colossal. Great footage - thank you.
This plane remains an engineering magical masterpiece. This is a brilliant vid Jerry, thank you!
Love the sound can't get enough of it!.....................................That was AWESOME!
Wow ! That wing is really working. The flex is unbelievable. The sure size of the 380 wing is a modern marvel. Thanks for sharing.
As the landing gear doors close, they are twisted into shape to make sure that they maintain the correct external profile once they are locked into place by the door uplocks. This is why you can hear the doors being closed - there is a lot of energy being absorbed by the uplocks and the adjacent structure.
Gotta love engineering 👍👍
Incredible piece of engineering, like a bird flapping its wings! Quite a view you had there Jerry👌
It seems like we get closer and closer to actual bird wings for planes
I have flown on the A380 a few times . Sitting on the lower deck by the wing the visual is even more amazing, the wing lifts above the view of the window 😮
2:40 love the shot that shows the shadow on the ground. ✈️
Excellent video Jerry👌 Didn’t realise the A380 wings flexed to that extent! “Slight turbulence at 38k”😮 You’ve perfected the sound of the hydraulics too…almost sound for real😉 Loved the plane’s shadow on the ground on approach to MIA. Great to see up close the flaps/rons doing their job on finals & landing👌 Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻 Onwards to Louisville👍🏻
I'm amazed that over the generations and in particular modern day, that there are humans capable of designing and operating safely these massive birds.
No words needed, excellent display
Nice how you caught the plane's shadow on the ground as you start your turn into MIA.( @2m 40sec.)
Well done I missed that - quite amazing
Great video Jerry, I know all the theory behind how and why but it still amazes me that it actually works & that upward flex on rotate was stunning.
A masterpiece of modern engineering.
Interesting to see the different actions of the wing take-off and landing. Thanks for sharing your flight with us!
At :54 you can see the classic airflow of moisture over the wing. Beautiful illustration of airflow.
Sublime.
I love the “pianist ailerons”.
Thanks for sharing!
Spot on! I have always compared it to a pianist playing the piano 🎹. Now I know for sure I am not strange in the imagination 💭😂🫡
Absolutely gorgeous, thanks for bringing us such beauty.
You almost sat in my favourite seat hun! Such a gorgeous wing, and bloody HUGE!! I wonder what tune the pilot was playing with the end of the wings - reminds me of seeing an organist use the foot pedals.
Amazing how much the wing drops upon touchdown. It completely just relaxes 😂
Fantastic video Jerry love seeing have the wing works on different parts of the journey.
Love to see those segmented ailerons working! Almost like a bird!
The BA A380s underwent extensive maintenance and repairs at the Lufthansa Technik Philippines in Manila. My cousin is one of the engineers and technicians who worked on this massive aircraft not just British Airways but also for A380s operated by airlines around the world including Korean Air, Asiana Airlines, Qantas and others.
Great shot of the wing flex on Rotate & Ribbons
I just flew in a British Airways A380 (upper deck) from Miami to London LHR airport last month. It was amazing. Like a flying house. My plane's tail number was G-XLEB (LEB).
Having worked for Boeing for 20 years I can tell you...wings are freaking amazing!
BOSH! Those landing gear doors! More excellence from BigJetTv, Thanks guys!
Great video J and G! As somebody who has yet to fly on the 380, I found it a brilliant watch! 👍👍✈️
me too! you can see the wing profile lift on take off from outside, but its another thing to see it close up. Also the flaperons at work - wonderful
Wow totally love way clouds pass through wings somehow seems heavenly 🥰✈️☁️
Love watching the flaps go full amazing engineering
Good Lord that wing is huge. Takes up 2/3rds of my pc screen, LOL!. And the gear doors closing would have woke me up. The sound of the flap motors sounds like it hasn't changed since the last time I flew over 30 years ago. They got that distinct sound. Great video none the less.
You can’t beat a good wing watcher video, I always video both takeoff and landings when I fly commercial.
Stupendous! Just amazing! Thanks for sharing ♥️
Great video, Jerry 😊 I see now how much I really miss the planes. Haven't been on a flight since pandemics 😔
Those wings flex to take up the weight of the jet, fuel and passengers. Have good flight. Cheers! ✈️
Very cool. I have been seated right over the wing on the A380 - it is just enormous!
Great video! Wow those gear doors really make a clump don’t they? Also that gap with the flaps!
They really do! Was going to land at Gatwick with Emirates, the landing gear made quite the bang when they extended!
Isn't that bang the spinning wheels hitting the braking blocks in the wheel well?
I cant quite echo the two previous posters who have inside knowledge of its inception and design, however its a testament to its design that it works and works well, reliably and safely. I was in awe when i first flew on it to see this happen for real, the massive motors turning that wing flaps slowly out and further down. Proper wing and ahalf id say and thanks big jet for filming it in action
I used to fly Manchester to JFK and back twice a month, and I always used to love the winter flights as if the Jet Stream was in the right place and a fun captain, we could do the JFK - MAN in 4 hours instead of the usual 6. That said, the seat belt sign was on for the whole flight as the plane was being pushed at an incredible speed and moved up and down accordingly. The captain did drop down out of the jet stream around halfway to allow people to pee :)
I’m calling bs. The fastest non-concorde transatlantic flight is 4h56. It made the news some years ago.
@@northernorganist7074 that was JFK to LHR, right? Wouldn't Manchester be a bit shorter then?
@@counterfit5 yeah. 10 miles shorter. Or in Concorde speak, about 25 seconds… even at a snail’s subsonic airliner pace, 10 miles is nothing on that sort of distance.
JFK to MAN is not possible in 4 hours, except by concorde.
I like the fact that the FA immediately assured the passengers that there is nothing to worry about and that its just turbulence. Thats very important to nervous passengers and I really commend the FA for doing that.
@2:37 Great capture of the shadow with sundog!
Excellent capture ! That wing sure goes through a lot of work each and every flight.
This video really made me focus as I have never been on the A380. The passengers on the plane behind could really hear those flaps extending 😅
The A380 is my absolute favourite plane to fly on! I'm a so sad that they're not being built anymore. Maybe it will change as things open up further in aviation around the world
Absolutely fascinating!! Thanks Jerry.
Stunning tech u can stick ur queen of the skies...a380 is the ultimate IMHO lol
Fab video j and g 👌
2:37
It's pretty rare you can see your plane's shadow while onboard...
Esta super este video; me gustó mucho porque se aprecia la función de los flaps y al inicio, cuando la aeronave va en su carrera de despegue, al iniciar la fase Rotate, se observa claramente la función de las aletas a lado y lado del motor, se aprecia el flujo del aire que circula sobre el plano...disminuyendo la velocidad de perdida...es grandioso!! Gracias, un saludo desde Palmira, Valle del cauca, Colombia.
The exact kind of Action Movie j love ! With the right dose of suspense, wonder and accuracy ! Thanks !
Beautiful! Reminded me of a birds wing, with all those flaps look like feathers.
Awewsome ! I love it. Gotta fly on this one soon. Great shots, Thanks.
well done ladd! amazing wing
thanks i am always looking up at the big jets now i enjoyed looking down super wing with no visible means of support love the multi ailrons
A mountain wake/wave/rotor at those altitudes would be terrifying to experience, its one of the worst kinds of turbulence types in aviation if i heard it correctly. Good thing it wasn't that :)
Stunning images!
I did wonder how much the wings lift at the tips when airborne, on my recent trip to NZ on a couple of 380s and various 350s the wing tips seem to be higher than the top of the fuselage when flying.
Insane how much a wing flexes. Nice smooth landing.
That amount of Wing movement is mind boggling 😵💫
Some day I'll be able to fly on an A380. There's still hope as they aren't out of service yet.
BA has brought them back to service; Lufthansa has promised to bring them back for summer 2023. Of course, the Emirates has the largest fleet. You have ten or so years left. Try the upper deck if you can.
Super vid...just watched it three times :)
Makes me a little sad jumbos weren't really the future of flying, there's just something amazing about having a plane the size of a small town flying around!
Watching the minute movements of the flaps to counter and correct the stability of a 500 tonne aircraft, one should always remember what inspired aircraft designers. Birds wings…..and the feathers at the wing tips making exactly the same subtle movements to achieve the same effect.
That's the Devotion that we've all come to love.
hi Jerry. listened to you on today programme recently. hugely interesting info on jumbos and i thought you gave a good account of yourself. well done mate👍
Like Most We Just Sit Eat Drink . But Don't No What Goes On With These Wings at Work . Nice One Jerry
"Ahhh that's a terrific wing, I love the shape..."
- Irwin M Fletcher
Go look at some UA-cam videos on how the manufacturers test the wings. Over engineered to make sure we stay safe in the sky’s.
That wing's doing some heavy lifting!
grazie, sto facendo EIA2 e mi hai ispirato!!!!
Stunning engineering
Absolutely amazing. I have to admit, if I was on that flight, I'd probably be curled up in my seat with my eyes closed during that turbulence waiting for it to be over ! 😬
OMG. What if the pilots and cabin crew did that ? It's just TURBULENCE !
@@ctlt-pg4tm Yes I get it. Just saying some of us can't handle that stuff as well as others. It can be super scary
@user-kd8ui9xd7u Yea... and because the cabin crew and the pilots are people who aren't afraid of flying, they have these jobs. It is a necessity for them not to fear flying, but it's not a necessity for passengers not to fear flying. So your comment makes zero sense and was absolutely uncalled for. Since he's not part of a cabin crew and he's not a pilot, he's free to be afraid of turbulences as much as he wants.
It’s a remarkably quiet aircraft from a passenger point of view.
Excellent video 📹 👏
Love the way aileron dancing
Still can’t believe how a beast of a plane is controlled by a small Joy-stick
Hmmmm ? It maybe very elegant and all that, the wing-tips emulating piano keys, but I wonder what the fatigue life is ? Is it part of the long-interval service routine to do prevententative maintenance and swap those tips out ?
I believe that the wings are essentially carbon composite so fatigue is negligable.The split airlerons are controlled by the "brain" in incremental amounts to stabalise the wing as opposed to one single control surface input.Having said that I have flown in rough turbulance by the wing in a 757 and was amazed how much it moved and thats old school now.
Excellent footage!
I love that wingflex
This is amazing thank you
Very cool video. MIA Shows we’re great!
I flew Emirates A380 back in 2011 from JFK to Dubai. It was impressive and how huge the wings are of this plane!! I had the window sit, so I saw the whole wing in action 😊. You won’t get any idea until you see the wing in real life!
Excellent video thanks for sharing
We build some really cool stuff.
MINOR detail here: The video is captioned "Short final for Rwy 27." It's the same runway, but the opposite (landing East) approach, so it's actually Rwy 09.
As a person that is scared of flying I appreciate the pilot talking through the turbulence. True professional!
he did nothing
Stunning footage !
👍⚘💜 U JD
Never seen elaborate and encyclopedic video of all four positions of flaps from retracted to extended position !
Lahore PK
AIrplanes are so amazing
What the heck man ! Just can't imagine how a thing like this works
02:40 - SHADOW SPOTTED!!!! 😎😎😎
Every time I fly, I look out the window at the cities below and wonder who is humping right this minute!
@@roadracer1584 you misspelled "humming."
Love this, great video. Niiiiice! 😊
Very nice vid.
People are strange. So bad, despite being, for instance, able to criate marvelous dream machines like this. lol
Hi. Very impressive on stratojet the very first time....a long time ago
2:41 shadow of the plane on the lower right hand side :)
As a pilot this is most certainly not heavy turbulence. Not that heavy is a category only light,moderate and severe. Severe being the aircraft becomes uncontrollable