Airbus A350 Front Fuselage Arrives for Final Assembly [PHOTOS]
Airbus A350 Fuselage (photo courtesy of Airbus)
Airbus has delivered the front fuselage for the first flyable A350 XWB (MSN1) to the Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse (France). The impressive 21 metre long section is already equipped with its systems and was flown in from Airbus’ site in Saint-Nazaire (France) by the Airbus Beluga transport aircraft.
Airbus A350 Fuselage (photo courtesy of Airbus)
The A350 XWB front fuselage section will be mounted in the giant assembly jig ready to be joined with the centre and aft fuselage sections over the summer period.
Before they are arrive at the FAL, the aircraft sections are equipped and pre-assembled at Airbus sites in the United Kingdom, Spain, France and Germany.
All these major sections are transported to the FAL by the Beluga aircraft.
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Is this thing composite or aluminum??
I believe it’s composite.
Wow! Apparently the skin and frame structure are indeed composite… 53% of the plane is composite whereas only 50% in the 787.
So when you say ‘composite’ is carbon fiber??
Yes indeed, James! The same stuff they used on the 787.
The A350 is also making use of titanium for some of it’s parts… These manufactures are doing whatever they can to save weight.
It’s less weighing mean less fuel consuming and more eccofriendly.