for everyone asking "why didn't they just use an A380?" I went to a talk by Airbus engineers and they directly addressed this question. Basically there were 4 main reasons: Cost. A380's are a huge undertaking to build and run. A330 airframes could be bought back off operators to be used as conversion platforms for very little cost (in aircraft terms). Complexity. The A330 airframe already has a freighter variant that has passed certification, unlike the A380 at the time they were creating the BelugaXL. Airfields. Several of the Airbus facilities simply cannot safely handle A380's landing and taking off, due to space or other ground contraints, and in several of them simply expanding the runway is not an option. They could, however, all handle A330's with relative ease. Facilities: One of the design requirements was that the new Belugas should be able to reuse as much of the specialist equipment created for loading and unloading the old Beluga's as possible. This would have made modifying the A380 far more complex.
But ultimately building it as a new aircraft is way cheaper than modifying an existing one. From what I understand Airbus evaluated several options, and the only option is to build a totally new aircraft based on the existing A330, just like the BelugaST based on the A300.
Wow, as an aviation enthusiast there are certain things that bug your mind about these things, but you have explained it well my good sir. Please continue this work so that we all may learn. Cheers.
To be fair, the native Russian speaking narrator has no "uh" sounding letter in his alphabet to compare to English letter "u". They do have a sound like "oo" though. I have a Russian friend who mispronounes "truck" as "trook." I guess it's a common mistake and some English sounds are difficult. Just as some Russian letters are very difficult for English speakers, when we have no similar sound.
@@michaelmace924 - my point is that he'll pronounce "puppy" as "poopy" because, since they simply don't have the "uh" sound, it takes a lot of practice and effort for them to not say "the poopy made a poopy". Likewise, it would be very difficult for you to say, "ты" correctly. It's a very simple word but we have no English sound for "ы" and everyone you listen to says it slightly differently. Either way, it's easier flush to a goopy guppy than clean up after a poopy puppy.
@@Texas240 I understand your point but he clearly knows how to pronounce the soft u sound. Skyships says 'structure' perfectly fine along with a few other words in this video even. It's just a case of picking the incorrect pronunciation for the u in Guppy. So the rhyme should be helpful.
I worked on an old guppy decades ago, very cool aircraft. It had 4 28 cylinder radial engines, r-4360, (4,360 cubic inch displacement) Each engine had 2-50 gallon drums of oil piped to them, on a 3000 mile trip they would use almost all that oil. (400 gallons) and it was not uncommon to blow a cylinder off an engine in flight, and she would barely notice it. Definitely a workhorse! 👍
Joe Caner I have a plane name in my head named Boeing unlimited It is 100 m far 8 engines 2 on the back wing has 5 levels First cargo 75 m and Passenger Windows! I hope They Will make It
My dad was the last mechanic to work on the original Pregnant Guppy at Van Nuys Airport. Sadly, the aircraft was scrapped. I think my brother has the original manual for the pregnant guppy.
In my city there was an apartment building whose lift/elevator supposedly had to take 3 months to repair, because the replacement part was claimed to be too large to be air-flown to my city (& thus was shipped by sea instead). I bet they didn't consider the An-225 😏
16:21, the rail transport system Boeing has in place is still operational to haul 737 fuselages as well as partial fuselages and cabins for all of its wide body aircraft. These parts are transported from Wichita, Kansas to Boeing's plants in both Everett and Renton, Washington. In Everett, the BNSF gets these aircraft parts brought in on trains bound for Seattle, or from local ports hauling specially built containers, then once there are enough rail cars ready to build a train, the trek of the hill is made. The fuselages and associated parts continue on to Seattle and then are brought to Renton I'm assuming either on locals or on special trains that only run from Seattle to Renton. I am not 100% sure though, I may be wrong about certain aspects.
that would not work, because the A380 has 3 decs, 1 for cargo and 2 for passengers. because of the shape of the A380, you would not be able to fit in more cargo than in the beluga...
@@boocomban On a mechanical opinion of this... its gonna be hard, the people might as well design another plane fit for the concept by the time they added in 2 more engines. Due to certain things, they would have to be changed such as the wings holding the weight of them, thrust of the engines would be changed so then calculations of the parts of the plane aerodynamically would have to change.
In a nutshell, they were all done fast, without a lot of money, had a lot of crashes and the build quality was low. Oh, and they also didn't tell the people about the crashes so they would still fly the planes and Americans would think that the planes are good.
I am subscribed to both of his channels, Russian and English, he has some amazing content and to be honest his accent just ads something special to all his videos, its just never gets boring.
It would be cool to see planes like these converted to civilian carrying planes with large grand staircases and dining rooms. Similar to old ocean liners.
7:28 The additional vertical stabilizers ended up not actually being needed but were added just in case while they were designing the modifications to the plane. With the aerodynamic cone on the back of the shuttle, the main stabilizer still works fine.
Excellent videos Mr sky. I live in the city where they make wings for the Airbus and the current Belugas fly in and out several times a day. Can't wait to see the XLs next year.
Anyone commenting here about the mispronunciation of 'Guppy', is, I'm sure, so well spoken with Russian that they would never mispronounce a single Russian word. Give him a break. This video was fascinating and especially informative. I have to admit that I initially found it funny as well, but some other remarks are geared toward simply insulting the narrator.
Always look out for the Beluga XL going over, got photos of it during lockdown and with it taking off and landing near Chester it's still low enough to see the "face".
When everyone is looking for that slick design, i always find comfort knowing there's a Beluga out-there, somewhere, "breaking the norm" and making flying just look fun!... yeah we know about ll he specs, but imagine if we just did this simple thing here!... Wouldn't it be fun to just not have the usual "aviation advance performance parameters" and instead just build something for it's intended purpose and have a little fun with the concept while we're at it?
Incredible how much staying power the design architecture of the original Boeing B-29s had. The original B-29, the updated variant B-50, C-97 Stratocruiser, B377 Stratoliner (civilian) and the super guppies!
I'm pretty biased towards our planes in the states, but the A380 and Beluga XL are fantastic pieces of engineering. Kind of sad they canceled the A380, liked how big it was.
you must know a lot thank you for telling me this im actually a sort of young aviation fan [im 12] and I didn't know anything about cargo aircraft but now I do!
There are two theories on how lift is created, the more well-known theory is low air pressure is at the top of the wing and high air pressure at the bottom of the wing and the other theory is what some planes use that are shaped like the experimental US plane nicknamed “the flying pancake”, the name was given due to the way it was shaped. Anyways, the other theory is that a plane shaped like the plane I just mentioned gain lift by pitching up about 20-60 degrees up and because of the pitch, the plane has so much “drag” if you can say, as in there is so much air hitting the bottom of the aircraft, where the aircraft actually gains lift
@@waterlicker8635 Wait theories? I thought this is already known and proven. Well, might as well learn some more about the physics of flight I guess. Thank you, good sir.
11:48 «the guys from Seattle laughed that the Airbus airliners are being created on the wings of Boeing » I m not sure they re still laughing today but thanks Boeing anyway. I live in France and back in the days each time this big belly bird flew over the house my brother would call me shouting ´ le super guppy! le super guppy!´ Over the same house several times a week at 5:35 pm we would see and hear the concorde roaring. Believe it or not but seeing the super guppy was a more significant event as it was rare and we did not know how lucky we were to see the concorde flying in our skies almost every day. Sweet memories
Another Excellent Video! Thank you p.s. "Guppy" is correctly pronounced with a "short u" sound. The English word "up" has a "short u" sound. In the video Guppy is incorrectly pronounced with a "long u" this "u" sound is as in the word "mute" So the "u" in the word Guppy should be pronounced as a "short u" as in the word "up", not as a "long u" as in the word "mute" Hope this is helpful.
for everyone asking "why didn't they just use an A380?" I went to a talk by Airbus engineers and they directly addressed this question. Basically there were 4 main reasons:
Cost. A380's are a huge undertaking to build and run. A330 airframes could be bought back off operators to be used as conversion platforms for very little cost (in aircraft terms).
Complexity. The A330 airframe already has a freighter variant that has passed certification, unlike the A380 at the time they were creating the BelugaXL.
Airfields. Several of the Airbus facilities simply cannot safely handle A380's landing and taking off, due to space or other ground contraints, and in several of them simply expanding the runway is not an option. They could, however, all handle A330's with relative ease.
Facilities: One of the design requirements was that the new Belugas should be able to reuse as much of the specialist equipment created for loading and unloading the old Beluga's as possible. This would have made modifying the A380 far more complex.
Yes and beluga is a flying beast
But ultimately building it as a new aircraft is way cheaper than modifying an existing one. From what I understand Airbus evaluated several options, and the only option is to build a totally new aircraft based on the existing A330, just like the BelugaST based on the A300.
0:57 the USSR that is "russian" ahead
nice pun comrade
It's our joke
Noob master69 communism
Electric Whippy capitalism FTW
Noob master69 Heck off commie!
The plane is *stalin*
No one:
Airbus Beluga: 👁 ︶ 👁
Lol
Y e s
You mean BELUGA? Lol.. That was the reason why I'm here.
This was written by a full grown adult. Not some little kid. An actual grown man used this meme.
I live in Toulouse and the Beluga XL goes over my house several times a day...
That's like living below an aquarium lol
Lucky, but annoying?
I live in Hamburg and I see it also like once a day
I see them all the time too! I have the UK plant near me
i always seem them too ,on youtube
The fact that a 747 can fly with a shuttle strapped to the back always impressed me.
Its a highly modified 747.
Marco obviously.
*_Super Goopy_*
Super Goofy
Super Gapi
Pregnant goopy
RIP An-225, such a unique and amazing display of engineering that we can no longer ever see fly again.
RIP
I thought that they were rebuilding it?
ｂｉｇ ｂｏｉｓ
B I. G. P. L A N. E
*T H I C C* PLANES
L O R G E
*E X T R A L A R G E*
“These are the 1960s”
Shows all 1950s cars
Lots of cars from the 50s made it to the 60s
It’s 2019 and you still see cars from the 2010s and 2000s on the road
I see cars from the 50s still driving today.
I see horses and people walking, wanna see you top that.
I see people walking around, not top THAT
Wow, as an aviation enthusiast there are certain things that bug your mind about these things, but you have explained it well my good sir. Please continue this work so that we all may learn. Cheers.
They really should have called it the Airbus Airvan.
Because a bus carries people but a van carries building supplies.
More like airtruck
Rouge Doge No, the Beluga is the Airvan, Beluga XL is Airtruck
AirTrailer? Air Semi?
johno Actually, a trailer truck! Just saying. 👍
Since Airbus is a european company, they would use english and not american vocabulary. So Airlorry, not Airtruck...
5:30 *"Super Goopies"*
When i go to the bathroom
its guppy not goopy
Care to bet his English is better than your English?
Larry Smith it is GUPPY since it is named after a fish that when pregnant has the same odd sort of look.
Accents: *am I a joke to you?*
"the disassembled rocket parts do not need to breathe" 5:12
Sing with me now : "If you find a guppy, it rhymes with puppy
So never call it goopy, 'cause that's just poopy." :)
To be fair, the native Russian speaking narrator has no "uh" sounding letter in his alphabet to compare to English letter "u".
They do have a sound like "oo" though. I have a Russian friend who mispronounes "truck" as "trook." I guess it's a common mistake and some English sounds are difficult. Just as some Russian letters are very difficult for English speakers, when we have no similar sound.
Funny, I just said it rhymes with puppy, not poopy.
@@michaelmace924 - my point is that he'll pronounce "puppy" as "poopy" because, since they simply don't have the "uh" sound, it takes a lot of practice and effort for them to not say "the poopy made a poopy".
Likewise, it would be very difficult for you to say, "ты" correctly. It's a very simple word but we have no English sound for "ы" and everyone you listen to says it slightly differently.
Either way, it's easier flush to a goopy guppy than clean up after a poopy puppy.
@@Texas240 I understand your point but he clearly knows how to pronounce the soft u sound. Skyships says 'structure' perfectly fine along with a few other words in this video even. It's just a case of picking the incorrect pronunciation for the u in Guppy. So the rhyme should be helpful.
@@snakeatwar - fair enough
I worked on an old guppy decades ago, very cool aircraft. It had 4 28 cylinder radial engines, r-4360, (4,360 cubic inch displacement)
Each engine had 2-50 gallon drums of oil piped to them, on a 3000 mile trip they would use almost all that oil. (400 gallons) and it was not uncommon to blow a cylinder off an engine in flight, and she would barely notice it.
Definitely a workhorse!
👍
The Beluga XL is a considerably more elegant aircraft when compared to the Boeing Dreamlifter.
I especially like its cargo access. Nicely done!
Joe Caner The 747 dreamlifter is so graceful she's the Queen of the sky's she literally has dream in her name because she fulfills dreams
It sounds dreamy.
It’s better than the dreamlifter it’s just iconic
Mace Guy nope
Joe Caner I have a plane name in my head named Boeing unlimited It is 100 m far 8 engines 2 on the back wing has 5 levels First cargo 75 m and Passenger Windows! I hope They Will make It
It's "Guppy", like "Puppy", not "Goopee"
I like Goopee better
Poopee
😂🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣
POOPITY SCOOP
GOOPIDY WOOP
mezsh he has an accent so watch your shit
My dad was the last mechanic to work on the original Pregnant Guppy at Van Nuys Airport. Sadly, the aircraft was scrapped. I think my brother has the original manual for the pregnant guppy.
An-225 is the best. love watching videos of that thing
There is an second in the making
B. I. G. B. O. I
@@daanvos194 whats its name?
@@emrefifty5281 i have no Idea but it is in storage in ukraine
In my city there was an apartment building whose lift/elevator supposedly had to take 3 months to repair, because the replacement part was claimed to be too large to be air-flown to my city (& thus was shipped by sea instead). I bet they didn't consider the An-225 😏
16:21, the rail transport system Boeing has in place is still operational to haul 737 fuselages as well as partial fuselages and cabins for all of its wide body aircraft. These parts are transported from Wichita, Kansas to Boeing's plants in both Everett and Renton, Washington. In Everett, the BNSF gets these aircraft parts brought in on trains bound for Seattle, or from local ports hauling specially built containers, then once there are enough rail cars ready to build a train, the trek of the hill is made. The fuselages and associated parts continue on to Seattle and then are brought to Renton I'm assuming either on locals or on special trains that only run from Seattle to Renton. I am not 100% sure though, I may be wrong about certain aspects.
just skip the problems and just make a A380 guppy
Captain Crunch For today’s engines, this would be impossible because of how heavy the A380 already is.
that would not work, because the A380 has 3 decs, 1 for cargo and 2 for passengers. because of the shape of the A380, you would not be able to fit in more cargo than in the beluga...
@@BulagBanditMedia slap 2 more engine on it done!
@@boocomban On a mechanical opinion of this... its gonna be hard, the people might as well design another plane fit for the concept by the time they added in 2 more engines. Due to certain things, they would have to be changed such as the wings holding the weight of them, thrust of the engines would be changed so then calculations of the parts of the plane aerodynamically would have to change.
jasun calimag r/wooosh
I just can't stop loving a plane like the Beluga!
"because physics are the same everywhere" well, in russia everything is possible and we all should know it by now
everything is possible when your people are considered expendable
Excellent! These kind of video's is why I've said goodbye to old fashioned TV.
This is not just any story,
This is an epic about the biggest milestone in logistics which has been and will continue to be the backbone of humanity.
What if we dont have any oil left
Really funny how people comment on the guppy pronunciation. Learn the commentators language and pronounce all his words properly. hehehe
Make some about Soviet planes
Trash4Cash I will soon
Trash4Cash
ты уже на русском смотрел, дурачок. Постоянно на канале скай шипа торчишь.
In a nutshell, they were all done fast, without a lot of money, had a lot of crashes and the build quality was low. Oh, and they also didn't tell the people about the crashes so they would still fly the planes and Americans would think that the planes are good.
Preferably the tu-4
I am subscribed to both of his channels, Russian and English, he has some amazing content and to be honest his accent just ads something special to all his videos, its just never gets boring.
Beluga XL look like an anime plane... so "cute"... that's a win for me when looking at the other
Aw dude, I LOVE the Pragnent Goopy!
2040: SO we're going to join 2 planes together but in the middle there will be a giant submarine to hold our new flying submarines
I enjoyed the video, i didn't noticed it was 20 mins long, until it ended. VERY WELL MADE, KEEP UP THE GOOD JOB !
Living in El Paso, home of the Super Guppy, I can assure you that plane is a glorious piece of machinery 😉
It would be cool to see planes like these converted to civilian carrying planes with large grand staircases and dining rooms. Similar to old ocean liners.
As it says in this video, it's not doable to pressurate such buddy for structural reasons.
Possible, yet with major overhaul on the mechanics.
Yes, and all the passengers wearing pressurised suits with oxygen masks... such fun.
I love Boeing more than Airbus. bUT jesus christ that BelungaXL looks so amazing. Airbus planes look so amazing.
By far my favourite aviation channel!
Awesome video! A lot of work clearly went in to this.
Wow, what a nice surprise, excellent video. Congratulations.
Nicely done! Good Balance between detailed info and 'easy enough for the average youtube user to understand'.
It has to be said: your writing, research and videography skills are excellent!
You are the best Sky. Excellent vid as always. Thanks !
Airbus's first plane was concorde but not under the name airbus
Boob Ross it’s aerospatiale
Can I die please yep
Ibnu Zandra BACHTIAR sure just take the TU-144
@@noobplayer_23 they formed most of there parts into Airbus along with
Belgium
Germany
England
Spain?
Portugal?
I thought it was the A300? The Concorde was more of a French-British thing, Airbus is more of a Western European thing
Thanks, for the English version. REQUEST"please make this an usual mode for all future updates( Russian version followed by English version ).
Most of these comments are jokes, but seriously, I love your content. It almost documentary quality.
That's a nice wish... Soft landing, fast flying... Liked it 😍
did anybody else hear the techmoan music at 6:33 this was a great video and informative
Yep it’s a bit disorienting lol
Wow, thx for the video!
I *love* watching animal videos on UA-cam!
What a wonderful video 😊
7:28 The additional vertical stabilizers ended up not actually being needed but were added just in case while they were designing the modifications to the plane. With the aerodynamic cone on the back of the shuttle, the main stabilizer still works fine.
These look like they’d be from Kerbal Space Program
adapters
This was fun😀
Love how you started from the past and came up to the present😀👏
Excellent videos Mr sky. I live in the city where they make wings for the Airbus and the current Belugas fly in and out several times a day. Can't wait to see the XLs next year.
8:55 how the heck that plane even fly while carrying a space shuttle? 😳
The Soviets knew something about aviation)
Spacecraft are surprisingly light. It would add a ton of drag, limiting speed, but not really it's ability to get off of the ground.
Looking at the spacecraft itself, no wing and even the cockpit were covered (so no glass) means it was totally stripped out thus very lightweight.
the space shuttles are really light. they do not even have engines. well they do but really small ones that they rarely used. they had no fuel.
The space shuttle created lift too
*sUpEr gOoPy!!*
Great video. Thank you
Anyone commenting here about the mispronunciation of 'Guppy', is, I'm sure, so well spoken with Russian that they would never mispronounce a single Russian word. Give him a break. This video was fascinating and especially informative. I have to admit that I initially found it funny as well, but some other remarks are geared toward simply insulting the narrator.
Always look out for the Beluga XL going over, got photos of it during lockdown and with it taking off and landing near Chester it's still low enough to see the "face".
Love this story. Good video
Excellent overview of the history of these unique aircraft
It's wonderful to see that the super guppy is still in use
Super Goopy.
Thank you 😊
And now Sky is in English! The best russian-speaking channel about aviation expands - I love it!
And just a pinch of cuteness. Love it.
When everyone is looking for that slick design, i always find comfort knowing there's a Beluga out-there, somewhere, "breaking the norm" and making flying just look fun!... yeah we know about ll he specs, but imagine if we just did this simple thing here!... Wouldn't it be fun to just not have the usual "aviation advance performance parameters" and instead just build something for it's intended purpose and have a little fun with the concept while we're at it?
"The USSR, who is Russian ahead..."
Well played sir!
very special planes indeed
SUPER G O O P Y
By the way I love your channel
Nice photography!
Incredible how much staying power the design architecture of the original Boeing B-29s had. The original B-29, the updated variant B-50, C-97 Stratocruiser, B377 Stratoliner (civilian) and the super guppies!
NICE VIDEO!
Beauty isn't the first word that comes to mind for the beluga XL...
very nice documentation
1:48
"Little nearby rock" 😂😂😂
I'm pretty biased towards our planes in the states, but the A380 and Beluga XL are fantastic pieces of engineering. Kind of sad they canceled the A380, liked how big it was.
Great video
Great video! It was put together in an easy to follow format, well researched and the narration was very good and thorough. 👍🏻
I never made the connection of the beluga aircraft and the actual beluga until I saw them next to each other
This video is really well made and pretty funny. I liked it a lot.
Glad to discover this channel, well researched and put together. Great stuff!
you must know a lot thank you for telling me this im actually a sort of young aviation fan [im 12] and I didn't know anything about cargo aircraft but now I do!
There are two theories on how lift is created, the more well-known theory is low air pressure is at the top of the wing and high air pressure at the bottom of the wing and the other theory is what some planes use that are shaped like the experimental US plane nicknamed “the flying pancake”, the name was given due to the way it was shaped. Anyways, the other theory is that a plane shaped like the plane I just mentioned gain lift by pitching up about 20-60 degrees up and because of the pitch, the plane has so much “drag” if you can say, as in there is so much air hitting the bottom of the aircraft, where the aircraft actually gains lift
@@waterlicker8635 Wait theories? I thought this is already known and proven. Well, might as well learn some more about the physics of flight I guess. Thank you, good sir.
@@paogene1288 there are two different theories, one of them is more logical than the other
Amazing video, I will spread the word! Keep turning them out!
Nobody cares about what you like.
Very interesting video, really loved watching it, wish I could photograph one once!
I like the old guppies they are old classics!
Love your accent
Next, let’s make a plane shaped like a ray.
That was a really good video
15:51 Paint it green and say "THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!"
Another excellent video! I grew up in Goleta CA watching 'goopies'(haha).
Guppy!XD Great name!
R.I.P. 225
We miss you. :(
Great video, we def need more stuff with USSR!
awesome video and really informational
Me an intellectual: Buys 5 A380-800 and converts them into The Beluga XXXL
Airbus: Damn why didn't we think of that
Why not convert 7 747’s into dream Liners?
Me an intellectual: buys 140 Boeing 737 Max 8's to cut on fuel costs cuz it's grounded.
Great video. You can pronounce "goopie" any way you want to.
Nobody
Skyships: *soup goop*
11:48 «the guys from Seattle laughed that the Airbus airliners are being created on the wings of Boeing »
I m not sure they re still laughing today but thanks Boeing anyway.
I live in France and back in the days each time this big belly bird flew over the house my brother would call me shouting ´ le super guppy! le super guppy!´
Over the same house several times a week at 5:35 pm we would see and hear the concorde roaring. Believe it or not but seeing the super guppy was a more significant event as it was rare and we did not know how lucky we were to see the concorde flying in our skies almost every day.
Sweet memories
Pregnant goopy sounds more like something that should belong in the urban dictionary
Great Video!!
Thank you
Another Excellent Video! Thank you
p.s. "Guppy" is correctly pronounced with a "short u" sound. The English word "up" has a "short u" sound. In the video Guppy is incorrectly pronounced with a "long u" this "u" sound is as in the word "mute"
So the "u" in the word Guppy should be pronounced as a "short u" as in the word "up", not as a "long u" as in the word "mute"
Hope this is helpful.