Airbus A300-600ST Beluga. The famous Airbus Super Transporter. Classic Airbus model for FSX only. Model with diffuse, bump spec and nightmap. FSX Airbus A300B4-600ST Beluga. This is the UKFlightsim Airbus A300B4-600ST Beluga. This package contains one model and thre texture sets. Created by Jonathan Reeves, Tom Ruth, Dave Hazelgrove and Emil Serafino Jr. . January 2018 - The Beluga XL was unveiled at the Airbus assembly facility on January 9th, 2018. July 2018 - The first test flight of a Beluga XL platform was recorded. March 2018 - Two Beluga XL oversized-cargo aircraft were continuing construction at the Airbus Toulouse facility. A first-flight is planned for mid-2018 (about July).
Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - AI Flight Plans | |
Adria Airways - Winter 2015 / 2016 |
File Description: These flightplans are part of my Winter 2015-2016 season releases. I try to provide high quality flightplans for the FS based on many resources. My goal is to make a realistic week of airline's operation. Week based on: 23JAN16 - 29JAN16 with 470 flights. Flightplans are FS2004 format without AIFP configuration file due to missing repaints. Tallinn base is included in this package - operating for Nordic Aviation (Since March 2016 called Nordica). |
Filename: | ai_adriaairways_winter_2015-2016.zip |
License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
Added: | 17th April 2016, 19:14:33 |
Downloads: | 508 |
Author: | Klemen Kaltnekar |
Size: | 11kb |
While Airbus’ new-generation Beluga XL oversized airlifter may resemble its Beluga ST predecessor, several key physical changes will bring additional capabilities to the movement of major aircraft sections and components within the company’s production network.
The Beluga XL, which is based on today’s A330 jetliner, has its enlarged fuselage “bubble” section that is six metres longer and one metre wider than on the Beluga ST – an aircraft derived from Airbus’ earlier-production A300-600.
With this bigger “bubble,” the Beluga XL will be able to carry larger sections of Airbus aircraft between European production sites and to the final assembly lines in Toulouse, France and Hamburg, Germany – including a full wing-set for the A350 XWB’s latest A350-1000 version.
“Payload was the big driver for us,” explained Jean-Marc Passuello – leader of a cross-functional Airbus delivery team responsible for the development of major component assemblies.
“We knew what the Beluga XL had to be able to carry, and that meant making some changes.”
“Among the physical differences between the Beluga ST and XL versions is the dorsal fin that connects to the vertical tailplane” added Olivier Maillard, delivery team leader for rear fuselage and dorsal fin. On the Beluga ST, this component is triangular and manufactured as a single part – but to ensure stability for the larger Beluga XL, it was increased in size and produced in three parts with a distinctive “kink” in the diagonal.
According to delivery team leader Guillaume Pages, the need for stability also led to an updated horizontal tailplane. “We had to add a metre to each side using what we call extension boxes, and the auxiliary fins on the outside of the horizontal tailplane are a metre higher than those on the Beluga ST,” he said.
Beluga Xl Fuel
Pages’ team also added ventral fins as a completely new feature of the Beluga XL. Located along the bottom of the aft fuselage, they have the same stabilising function as the dorsal fin.