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This beautiful shot was made for the first episode of Richard Hammond’s: Engineering Connections, which was dedicated to the Airbus A380. Apparently, wind tunnels can look like the lair of the wicked witch in an old Disney animation movie.
But, there’s no magic involved here. Just the two vortexes generated by the A380′s first set of wings. This test showed that it would be impossible for the A380 to fly with those. They weren’t long enough to generate the lift necessary to make this behemoth fly. The problem was that engineers couldn’t expand the wings, as they would exceed airport regulations.
They had to find another solution, a better wing shape. Watch this for the answer:
How Big Is the Airbus 380 Exactly? This Damn Big
The World's Biggest Wind Turbine Is as Broad as an Airbus 380
Airbus Refuses to Ground A380s Despite Cracks In Their Wings
They couldn’t even be bothered to get the explanation of how wings work correct. Makes me lose confidence in the rest of their research, frankly.
I hope you didn’t expect them to go into a detailed explanation of how a wing works…everyone knows it is magic!
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I wanna see what happens with engines that spin the other way goes through straight after.