Monday, December 14, 2009

Airbus A400M

The Airbus A400M is a military transport plane. It has major setback with delay and over cost. Our country order 4 of these big birds. They cost billions, we will get them in 2016.

Wing Span: 42.4 m (139 ft)
Length: 45.1 m (148 ft 1 in)
Height: 14.7 m (48 ft 2 in)
Max. Take-off Weight: 141,000 kg (310,851 lb)
Max. Landing Weight: 122,000 kg (268,963 lb)
Maximum Payload:37,000 kg (81,571 lb)
Internal Fuel Weight: 50,500 kg (111,330 lb)
Max. Operating Altitude - Normal Operations: 11,278 m (37,000 ft)
Cruise Speed Range (Mach): 0.68 – 0.72 M
Engines 4 x EuroProp International TP400-D6
Engine Power Rating 11,000 shp class
Cargo Hold Length (excluding ramp): 17.71 m (58 ft 1 in)
Ramp useful Length: 5.40 m (17 ft 9 in)
Cargo Hold Height: 3.85 m (12 ft 7 in)
Cargo Hold Height aft of wing: 4.00 m (13 ft 1 in)
Cargo Hold Width: 4.00 m (13 ft 1 in)
Cargo Hold Volume (gross): 340 m (12,007 ft³)

Below video of its maiden flight



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