[新聞] 空巴將從2012年提供A330-300增強版(MTOW-235t)
空巴將從2012年提供A330-300增強版(MTOW-235t)
1. MTOW 將從現行最大233t 增加到235t
2. 性能增強可多出135nm(250km)航程, or 多1.4t Payload
3. 起飛需增加約70~90m(230-300ft) 跑道長度
4. RR 772 及PW4170 engnine ok for QC2,
GE 的A4 is OK for QC2 噪音標準, 但A3 還需修改.
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Airbus juggles A330-300 weights to offer longer range
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/01/27/352426/
airbus-juggles-a330-300-weights-to-offer-longer-range.html
Airbus juggles A330-300 weights to offer longer range
By David Kaminski-Morrow
Airbus is to offer carriers a higher-weight A330-300 from the fourth quarter
of this year, taking the maximum take-off weight (MTOW) to 235t.
Raising the MTOW would extend the range by 135nm (250km) with a typical
300-passenger load, or provide a 1.4t payload increase at a range above
4,200nm. TUI Group is ordering a pair of the jets, with 362 seats, for its
French division Corsair.
Airbus has identified the new weight variant as WV54. It will offer a 2t
increase in MTOW over its predecessor, the WV52, and 5t above the baseline
WV50. The airframer says that design-load analysis indicates that the 2t
increase is achievable if it is "compensated" by a 2t reduction in maximum
zero-fuel weight, to 173t.
Maximum landing weight, 187t, will remain unchanged from the WV52. Local
structural modifications will be required for the new airframe - including
changes of rivets in the forward lower fuselage shell - but these will have
"negligible impact" on aircraft empty weight. Part of the change has already
been implemented as part of A330-200 production.
Airbus says it wants to increase the payload-range performance of the
A330-300 while "taking full benefit of demonstrated wing structural
capability".
Maximum aft position of the centre-of-gravity has been reduced at the higher
weight, to keep vertical static load on the main landing-gear unchanged.
"These improvements have been achieved with little impact on the aircraft's
operability, meaning that the aircraft will be able to use most of the
existing runways and the airport take-off slots without penalty," says Airbus.
Take-off and go-around thrust are unchanged on the higher-weight variant,
which will require a 70-90m (230-300ft) increase in take-off distance.
But while the Rolls-Royce Trent 772- and Pratt & Whitney PW4170-powered
versions of the aircraft will meet QC2 take-off noise criteria, slight engine
modification will be needed for certain airframes equipped with General
Electric CF6-80E1s.
The A4 model of the GE powerplant will fall within the QC2 threshold, says
Airbus, but not the A3 model.
In order to bring the latter into line, GE is developing a nacelle
modification and noise tests are scheduled to take place in the first quarter
of this year, with certification planned for the third quarter.
Although the engine modification will be available through retrofit, Airbus
is not offering the higher-weight airframe as a retrofit package. But it says
this possibility "will be investigated...depending on customer requests".
Airbus expects delivery slots for the new A330-300 variant to become
available from the first quarter of 2012. Its A330-300 backlog at the end of
2010 stood at 141 aircraft.
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