Pour cause de demande elevée
Et à mettre en relation avec l'annulation de la commande Flyington par Airbus lui même.... Des slots qui doivent être facile à revendre..
RAF boss plots possible
ISR role for A330 tankers
By Craig Hoyle
The UK could employ its
Airbus A330-based Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft fleet for a variety of tasks
beyond its originally intended roles, says the Royal Air Force's top officer.
"FSTA is much more
than a tanker," says chief of the air staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen
Dalton. "It has the
ability to stay airborne and provide a [communications] relay facility for much
longer than our current aircraft types."
Fourteen modified A330-200s
are due to enter RAF use from late this year, with the type to replace its aged
Lockheed TriStars and Vickers VC10s in providing in-flight refuelling and
passenger transport services.
But Dalton believes the
fleet's potential could go much further than these traditional roles, for
example by taking on some intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
functions.
"We need to do much
more in the way we drive towards innovation," Dalton told the Royal
Aeronautical Society's Aerospace 2011 conference in London on 13 April.
"There are few good reasons why every airframe in an operational area
should not be an ISR collector, or that FSTA could not be configured as a
strategic ISR platform. Off-the-shelf modular capabilities to make this happen
exist and can, indeed should, be integrated into future and current platforms,
affordability permitting."
The AirTanker consortium,
which will deliver the FSTA service under a private finance initiative deal
with the UK Ministry of Defence, has also previously hinted at wider potential
uses for the 14-aircraft fleet, the last of which will enter use by mid-2016.
"There's a lot more
we could do," director of flight operations James Scott told Flightglobal
late last year.
Operations with the RAF's
last VC10 tankers will end by 2013
The RAF's first A330
tanker is due to be flown to the MoD's Boscombe Down test centre in Wiltshire
soon to begin clearance testing for UK service. AirTanker will deliver its
first operational example to Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, late this year.
Seven of the UK's
aircraft will be configured with under-wing hose and drogue refuelling pods,
while the rest of the fleet will be three-point tankers also equipped with a
centreline fuselage refuelling unit for use with large aircraft types.
Meanwhile, AirTanker
partner Thales UK has contracted CTC Aviation to support the instruction of
pilots for the FSTA service from mid-2011.
“CTC instructors will
deliver A330-200 type rating training and operational support programmes” using
a full-flight simulator and part-task trainer installed at Brize Norton, the
company says.
“Later in 2012 CTC will
assist Thales UK to establish its own A330 type rating training organisation
approval,” it adds.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/04/15/355589/raf-boss-plots-possible-isr-role-for-a330-tankers.html
FlightBlogger:On a tactical level, the seemingly rapid decline in interest to pursue
In the time period between 2017 when you have the A350-1000 entering
service and the 2025-2030 A30X, what is your planned technology road map
look like between those two aircraft?
Enders:
I think we have a very good technology road map, but we're not going to
share the details for this road map. Let me just say we're working
obviously on engine makers, we focus on the aerodynamics, we focus on
wings we focus on flight management systems. And particularly we are
focusing on reliability and maintainability of any new single aisle
aircraft in the future, bringing the cost down for composites, all that
kind of stuff. So that in broad brush is a very comprehensive, and not
inexpensive [research and technology] roadmap for the future.
FB:
And does that imply that on some levels you guys are actually looking
at an A330neo, based on the success you've had with the A320neo?
Enders: [Laughing] That's a bright idea, why haven't we thought about that?
Leahy: You've been talking to (AirAsia CEO) Tony Fernandes? That's one of his ideas.
Enders: I think we have enough on our plate right now, thank you very much.
Admin a écrit:J'ai en tête qu'il y a quand même des modifs sur les lois de commandes de vol
Pour réduire les sollicitations le plus possible
C'est les courbes CU/distance franchissable d'Airbus pour l'A333 donnent une CU max de 45t... il manque 10 t là...
A charge fioul max, la version 235 t doit avoir une charge utile maxi de 38-39 t... pour 5500 NM environ de distance franchissable. Pour mémoire, la config 2 classes typique est à 335 PAX.
Le prochain mouvement est d'homologué les ACT des A340-500 pour l'A330-300
http://www.smartcockpit.com/data/pdfs/flightops/aircraft/Airbus_A340_Technical_Differences.pdf (page 34)
Le Rear center tank d'une capacité de 20 000 l pour le modèle s'étendant sur 5 cadres et 27 000 l pour le modèle s'étendnat sur 7 cadres
Ou plus facilement les ACT des A310-300 et A340-200 à raison de 7200 l par ACT (de 615 kg à vide)
http://www.airbus.com/store/mm_repository/pdf/att00003065/media_object_file_FAST_35_p2_5.pdf
1 ACT = 1 LD6
Donc
Avec un ACT la capa soute de l'A333 reste supérieure de 2 LD6 (4 LD3) à l'A332
Avec deux ACT la capa soute de l'A333 reste supérieure de 1 LD6 (2 LD3) à l'A332
Les low cost long courrier peuvent être intéressés ?
Bon pour info kuala lumpour / CDG c'est 6500 Nm (il en manque un paquet pour l'A333)
Bonne journée
Beochien a écrit:Ben, à rapprocher des 7-8 000 Litres / heure , ca donnerait dans les 500Nm ... en suivant, 1 heure de vol à chaque foi !
Et les 2 tonnes, ce sont dans les +/-2500 litres !
Sur le front des prospectives purement Mktg, et dans le temps ...
Je vois peut être de l'intérêt vers une descente vers les MC de 4000 Nm pour un avion pas trop cher ...
Juste une idée !
JPRS