THE AIRBUS A300
The Airbus A300 is Airbus' first production aircraft and the world's first twin-engine, double-aisle (wide-body) airliner, developed and manufactured by Airbus from 1971–2007.
In September 1967, aircraft manufacturers in the United Kingdom, France, and West Germany signed an initial memorandum of understanding to collaborate to develop an innovative large airliner. West Germany and France reached a firm agreement on 29 May 1969, after the British withdrew from the project on 10 April 1969. The pan-European collaborative aerospace manufacturer Airbus Industrie was formally created on 18 December 1970 to develop and produce it. The A300 prototype first flew on 28 October 1972.
The first twin-engine widebody airliner, the A300 typically seats 247 passengers in two classes over a range of 5,375 to 7,500 km (2,900 to 4,050 nmi; 3,340 to 4,660 mi). Initial variants are powered by General Electric CF6-50 or Pratt & Whitney JT9D turbofans and have a three-crew flight deck. The improved A300-600 has a two-crew cockpit and updated CF6-80C2 or PW4000 engines; it made its first flight on 8 July 1983 and entered service later that year. The A300 is the basis of the smaller A310 (first flown in 1982) and was adapted in a freighter version. Its cross section was retained for the larger four-engined A340 (1991) and the larger twin-engined A330 (1992). It is also the basis for the oversize Beluga transport (1994).
Unlike most Airbus products, it has a yoke, not using a fly-by-wire system.
Launch customer Air France introduced the type on 23 May 1974. After limited demand initially, sales took off as the type was proven in early service, beginning three decades of steady orders. It has a similar capacity to the Boeing 767-300, introduced in 1986, but lacked the 767-300ER range. During the 1990s, the A300 became popular with cargo aircraft operators, as both passenger airliner conversions and as original builds. Production ceased in July 2007 after 561 deliveries. As of September 2023, there are 197 A300 family aircraft still in commercial service.
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NOTE: This plane was built to adapt low physics as a result of its high part count and VR audience
Specifications
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General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 158.1ft (48.2m)
- Length 177.5ft (54.1m)
- Height 53.7ft (16.4m)
- Empty Weight 199,215lbs (90,362kg)
- Loaded Weight 321,159lbs (145,675kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.162
- Wing Loading 90.8lbs/ft2 (443.5kg/m2)
- Wing Area 3,535.6ft2 (328.5m2)
- Drag Points 41935
Parts
- Number of Parts 1532
- Control Surfaces 11
- Performance Cost 7,960
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@AverageFedExMD11 thanks
@N0ble i meant i rememember that you used to makr decent mobile friendly builds, now you made a 1k part aircraft by yourself, impressive.
@AverageFedExMD11 what do you mean?
Your build styles do change alot, just sayin'.
@DarksideYToffical No P
@N0ble oh ok so thats why it took 3/4s thanks
@DarksideYToffical change your settings to low physics and it flies fine
@N0ble im so sorry for the inconvenience i may have clicked the spoiler roll or some button since i like first person stuff, it took me a tiny bit more then 3/4s of the runway(i just tried again) but thanks for the help, I appreciate it, sorry for the time i took of yours, keep up the work i love it 👍
@DarksideYToffical Oh, i see what you're saying, that's probably because you're playing on high physics settings, the plane was actually meant to be played on low physics because of its high part count
@N0ble oh ok thanks for letting me know, but the other thing is that the aircraft also feels like its gonna stall even taking the whole runway, it stays between 120-200 speed just to let you know
@DarksideYToffical The stall warning is set to go off immediately when the ratio of IAS to Pitch angle is less than 15.6, i may improve that in future builds
@N0ble hi noble, im a very big fan of you, how you create aircrafts, i love your creations, its like your the master of making planes, and deserve way more followers, i love this creation, i play on ipad, so i cant download mods, and when i turned on group 1 and 2, i went full throttle at wright airport, and when i was airborne the aircraft was slow and the stall warning was popping up when i tilted the nose up so am i doing something wrong just asking or is it only for VR, like not compatible with ipads?
@LM0418 I think you may have bad internet
Where’s the MP with Transair56 pic
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nice, once again the doors are the only bad thing, it’s just like when the cockpit windows only used fuselage blocks, yet no interior, just details, try to make them like galactic asia but otherwise, very detailed creations 👍
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