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Airbus A330-223 Pratt & Whitney

23.6k SteveMoneyMan  6.2 years ago
Auto Credit Based on MrSilverWolf's Airbus A330-223 PW (fix)

Note to Self: this was mainly an experiment with a new building style, wasn't even meant to be made

In response to a decline in A330-300 sales, increased market penetration by the Boeing 767-300ER, and airline requests for increased range and smaller aircraft, Airbus developed the Airbus A330-200. Known as the A329 and A330M10 during development, the A330-200 would offer nine per cent lower operating costs than the Boeing 767-300ER. The plane was aimed at the 11,900 km (6,430 nmi; 7,390 mi) sector, where Airbus predicted demand for 800 aircraft between 1995 and 2015. The project, with US$450 million in expected development costs, was approved by the Airbus Industrie Supervisory Board on 24 November 1995.

The A330-200 first flew on 13 August 1997. The sixteen-month certification process involved logging 630 hours of test flights. The A330-200's first customer was ILFC; these aircraft were leased by Canada 3000, who became the type's first operator.

As Airbus worked on its A330-200, hydraulic pump problems were reported by both A330 and A340 operators. This issue was the suspected cause of a fire that destroyed an Air France A340-200 in January 1994. On 4 January of that year, a Malaysia Airlines A330-300, while undergoing regular maintenance at Singapore Changi Airport, was consumed by a fire that started in the right-hand main undercarriage well. The incident caused US$30 million in damage, and the aircraft took six months to repair. Consequently, operators were advised to disable electrical pumps in January 1997.

Controls
AG-1 Beacon, Nav and Strobe Lights
AG-2 Landing Lights
AG-3 Cabin Lights
AG-4 Gear Doors
AG-5 + VTOL Down Flaps
AG-8 Landing Spoilers and Reverse Thrust Toggle

Credits and to Whom helped me
BaconAircraft
MrSilverWolf
Bjac0
ShatSlanger

Other Variants
Abandoned Swiss Livery
Multi-Role-Tanker-Transport

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Airbus A330-223 PW (fix)
  • Successors 2 airplane(s) +28 bonus
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 198.6ft (60.5m)
  • Length 193.2ft (58.9m)
  • Height 57.8ft (17.6m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 318,367lbs (144,409kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.069
  • Wing Loading 91.4lbs/ft2 (446.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 3,482.5ft2 (323.5m2)
  • Drag Points 77307

Parts

  • Number of Parts 964
  • Control Surfaces 4
  • Performance Cost 4,211
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    It’s very realistic and all but... I can’t even spawn without exploding once.

    3.7 years ago
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    How did I miss this?

    4.5 years ago
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    @Dann810 try restarting, it helps

    6.2 years ago
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    136k RAF1

    What a beauty... wonderful video, aswell!

    6.2 years ago
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    22.2k Dann810

    Super cool with the wing flex
    but it cannot spawn at the land

    6.2 years ago
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    19.4k ACMECo1940

    cool

    6.2 years ago
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    Awesome!

    6.2 years ago