O novo projeto da Airbus

Airbus está trabalhando em novo avião de 2 andares

Photo: Airbus Patent #20150166166

Airbus files patent for massive double-deck aircraft that could
improve upon the A380

A Airbus registrou uma patente para um novo avião de dois andares No pedido de patente, a Airbus descreveu o ofício como "um avião que facilita o embarque de passageiros / carga e desembarque de carga / descarga operações, a fim de maximizar o número de missões aéreas realizadas em um determinado momento." A distribuição das asas, os motores e até mesmo os passageiros têm ainda a ser determinado, e o fabricante francês ilustra três configurações possíveis.

O A380 não pode acomodar passageiros, bagagem e "carga rentável" - o que pode gerar entre 15 e 20% dos lucro de uma companhia aérea - juntamente com combustível suficiente para fazer viagens de longo alcance. Além disso, o A380 plus-sized é grande demais para alguns aeroportos, exigindo novas pistas de grandes dimensões ou jetways maiores para permitir que os passageiros a embarcar e desembarcar.

O novo ofício propõe soluções para ambos os problemas, permitindo que os cabine e compartimentos de carga sejam reconfigurados movendo as divisórias internas, e usando assentos dobráveis ​​que deslizam juntos, como o tipo de cadeiras de metal empilhávei. Para a entrada de passageiros a Airbus diz que o novo plano teria entradas no convés inferior, o que poderia ser alcançado através de pontes de embarque existentes, sem a utilização de equipamentos especiais ou modificados.

Airbus has filed a patent for a new double-deck airplane — a massive, borderline unwieldy aircraft that could address some of the limitations of its current massive, borderline unwieldy aircraft, the A380. On the patent application, Airbus described the craft as “an airplane that facilitates passenger embarking/disembarking and cargo loading/unloading operations in order to maximize the number of flight missions carried out in a given time.” The distribution of the wings, the engines and even those passengers have yet to be determined, and the French manufacturer illustrated three possible configurations.

When Skift author Marisa Garcia reviewed the patent, she saw elements from the A380, from the Airbus Beluga freighter and from the Russian Antonov cargo aircraft. But two features of the as-yet-unbuilt behemoth improve upon some of the most frowned-upon features of the A380, namely that it can’t accommodate passengers, luggage and “profitable cargo” – which can generate between 15 and 20% of an airline’s earnings – along with enough fuel to make long-range trips. Also, the plus-sized A380 is just too big for some airports, requiring new oversized runways or larger jetways to allow passengers to board and disembark.

The new craft proposes solutions to both problems by allowing the cabin and cargo compartments to be reconfigured, by moving the internal partition walls, and by using foldable seats that slide together, sort of like the stackable metal chairs from a school PTA meeting. As for getting passengers on and off the plane, Airbus says the new plane would have entrances on the lower deck, which could be reached by existing jetways, without the use of special or modified equipment.

Despite its shortcomings (and that’s the wrong word for a plane this big), the A380 is still part of the fleet of 13 different carriers, including Air France, British Airways Emirates and Etihad.

Emirates, which has ordered 140 A380s and currently flies 62 of them, has encouraged Airbus to make a stretch version of the plane that would accommodate more passengers. During its appearance at the recent Paris Air Show, Airbus execs said that they had considered “a little stretch” to the fuselage, which would allow for between 40 and 60 more seats. But that modification might be as far off as the aircraft in these patent drawings; Airbus says that it isn’t modifying the aircraft for one customer and it has failed to find any additional carriers willing to buy an A380 for more than two years.


We’d say ‘back to the drawing board,’ but Airbus beat us to it.

Fonte:
http://roadwarriorvoices.com/2015/07/07/airbus-files-patent-for-massive-double-deck-aircraft-that-could-improve-upon-the-a380/

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