The A340-200 and-300 were originally meant to be powered by a new geared turbofan engine, the IAE Superfan, but IAE cancelled production of the engine. So Airbus decided to use whatever engine they could find that would fit , the CFM 56. The -500 and -600 variants received the more powerful RR Trent 500.
They could have used the engines of the 757, but to compete against the Boeing 777 they had to save on costs so they went to the A320 parts bin to get the engines and help reduce maintenance costs with the commonality. The A340 still ended up being too costly despite this measure.
@gteixeira It wasn't matinence costs so much as it was about fuel efficiency. The IAE superfan was supposed to be revolutionary, producing good amounts of thrust with never seen before efficiency. The problem was that IAE couldn't get the technology for the geared turbofan right, and in fact, it wouldn't be developed for another 20+ years by Pratt & Whitney. Airbus' whole marketing idea with the A340 was for it to be an extremely efficient quad jet, so when IAE gave up on the superfan, Airbus needed to find something that matched the fuel efficiency they had been planning for and advertising, the only engine that fit that bill was the CFM-56. It certainly did have the added benefit of commonality with the A320, but the main reason was for fuel efficiency.
They may be underpowered. (200 and 300) But inflight. The endurance of the plane in range makes up for it. It would help if your flaps where set accordingly. Which I am sure the 200/300 has a different flap setting compared to the 500/600.
I'll never forget my first time flying on a 777, walking down the steps at Grantley Adams into a wall of heat, and seeing up close the enormous engines that just flew us there from the UK. Impressive
2 out of 4 of those ge-90s should be the backup engine instead of using all of them, since 2 of those are already enough to make the Boeing triple seven to airborne
Looks like you built a euro-b52. When you gotta get an entire elphant walk of intercontinential bombers in the air before the nukes destroy them on the ground... all that power will come in handy.
I have only been on one A340 in my life (MAN - LAS) a few years ago and I was excited for it which soon changed to concern that we weren't actually going to get off the runway. I thought it had to be broken with how slowly it going moving.
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man i love swiss but can you make a tut abt the airbus a320 or any plane tut less chance you will see this but if u have the chance please do so!!! (tut abt button how works and start up)
Can do you one better with that. The Trent 97 from the A350-1000 would also suffice in a tri-jet configuration A380. The Trent-97, while less powerful than the GE-9X, its a fair amount more efficient, and is still powerful enough to produce more thrust in a tri-jet configuration on the A380, than it currently is in a quad jet configuration currently. The A380 uses 4 Trent 900s, which produce a combined thrust of 280,000lbs 3 Trent 97s would produce 291,000lbs of thrust, 11,000lbs more, all while being roughly 35% more efficient than the current A380. The A380 in this hypothetical tri-jet configuration would boast significantly improved efficiency, as well better take-off, and landing performance. Unfortunately though, while creating this hypothetical tri-jet A380 has some massive benefits, it'd be more trouble than its worth. The third engine would necessitate a complete redesign of the A380's tail, and due to the complete change of weight an balance due to this third engine, much of the aircrafts internal structure would have to be completely redone to compensate for the aircrafts altered center of mass. It'd likely cost Airbus way more money than they're willing to spend to redesign the A380 in this way, since, even with all of the massive benefits this aircraft would have over its predecessor, it still probably wouldn't sell well enough for it to be worth it.
You didn't even use the most powerful GE90 variant ever produced, the GE90-115b. That one can do 115,000 pounds of thrust. Across four engines it would add an extra 60,000 pound of thrust. (Which is about half of the thrust the plane had with its original engines.)
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The A340-200 and-300 were originally meant to be powered by a new geared turbofan engine, the IAE Superfan, but IAE cancelled production of the engine. So Airbus decided to use whatever engine they could find that would fit , the CFM 56. The -500 and -600 variants received the more powerful RR Trent 500.
They could have used the engines of the 757, but to compete against the Boeing 777 they had to save on costs so they went to the A320 parts bin to get the engines and help reduce maintenance costs with the commonality. The A340 still ended up being too costly despite this measure.
the a340 was always meant to use the cfm 56, but airbus was open to other engines
@@iamr4mi The Superfan was proposed first, before it was canceled. The CFM56 was an afterthought in the end.
30 years later also known as PW1100 xD
@gteixeira It wasn't matinence costs so much as it was about fuel efficiency. The IAE superfan was supposed to be revolutionary, producing good amounts of thrust with never seen before efficiency. The problem was that IAE couldn't get the technology for the geared turbofan right, and in fact, it wouldn't be developed for another 20+ years by Pratt & Whitney. Airbus' whole marketing idea with the A340 was for it to be an extremely efficient quad jet, so when IAE gave up on the superfan, Airbus needed to find something that matched the fuel efficiency they had been planning for and advertising, the only engine that fit that bill was the CFM-56. It certainly did have the added benefit of commonality with the A320, but the main reason was for fuel efficiency.
finally someone who cares about restoring old aircraft
He made the A360 :D
@@Clearly_SamThere’s no A360 yet.
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@@itzjrileyplayzrblxofficial How do you not understand the joke
@@itzjrileyplayzrblxofficial r/woosh
I now want an A320 with the GE90s....
same too but with the 737 and the embraer E175
Cessna 172 with GE90
Piper Cub with GE90
Only one GE90 can to this. (Seriously, 2 GE90 been overpowered to A320, soo can use only 1 GE90 for this plane.)
A true neo
A340neo
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Swiss: Fine I'll do it myself
They may be underpowered. (200 and 300) But inflight. The endurance of the plane in range makes up for it. It would help if your flaps where set accordingly. Which I am sure the 200/300 has a different flap setting compared to the 500/600.
I’ve had a long weekend and our flight got cancelled, i guess there is nothing like watching swiss on a long road trip back home.
Next video: Turning the Cessna 152 into a rocket
that sounds like a great idea
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I'll never forget my first time flying on a 777, walking down the steps at Grantley Adams into a wall of heat, and seeing up close the enormous engines that just flew us there from the UK. Impressive
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i was working for Lufthansa on the A340-300 and every time we went dpwn Runway 18 in Frankfurt, it felt like forever. We call it plane with 5 APUs
This was originally the main concept for the a340 except it would have 2 engines
A330?
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so an a330
@@mypiang exactly
I saw the thumbnail and thought: what have you done
3:09 swiss lowkey doxxing himself
been watching you for 2 years, W aviation king
The a343-a342 is an absolute disaster, thanks for fixing it Swiss.
0:43 "The engines that are also mounted on the a320"
Proceeds to show a jetstar a320 that uses iae engines.
Finnaly someone fixes this
It looks cursed from the side but its fine on the front
Always a great day when Swiss001 uploads
4:59 "ive created a monster cuz nobody wants to see marshall no more they want shady im chopped liver"
Finally a man who actually made the plane usable
(I thought he was gonna do a car ad)
5:46 bruh the tailstrike gon flatten the people on the beach😭
Ah yes,the airbus a340 you actually fixed it💀
he sure did 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
2 out of 4 of those ge-90s should be the backup engine instead of using all of them, since 2 of those are already enough to make the Boeing triple seven to airborne
0:42 "which are also mounted to the a320" (He speaks about CFM engines) but shows a picture of a a320 with IAE Engines 😂😭
Who thinks Swiss is a legend❤
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Nice vid Swiss our best aviation legend❤❤
airbus better take notes⁉️⁉️💯💯🥶👌👌👌🗣️🗣️🔥🥶
This plane could probably take off in reverse
I was just watching a video about this plane and got this notification 😅
Thats how good Swiss001 airlines is when it comes to landing and taking off (ik that is not a Swiss001 Airlines plane)
interesting , didn't know the a340 is quite underpowered
Finally, the a340 can compete with the 777
Now do it with the new FlyByWire A380! The world's largest engines on the world's largest passenger plane! :D
Looks like you built a euro-b52. When you gotta get an entire elphant walk of intercontinential bombers in the air before the nukes destroy them on the ground... all that power will come in handy.
swiss the absolute legend
Skinny planes with big engines are like pretty woman with big jugs ... beautiful
7:22 wiggle wiggle wiggle
They should've put Trent 800's on the A340
1:23 “Why don’t- why don’t we do that? Why uh- why don’t we do that? Why- why don’t we do that?”
- Swiss001 2024
That was interesting to see
Is it possible to modify the DC-10/MD-11 with GE90 engines too? Including the tail engine
Great video, thanks Swiss!
Dudes Videos are a techno party
Fun fact: the 777’s big engines give it a cruising speed of Mach 0.84.
Try it with 2 of those giant engines, it might be a little more realistic.
Damn Swiss got some new merch
Looks like a DC8 now
YES SWISS YOU DID IT
I like how you put the ad with the "remove befor flight sticker" before you actually took off.
My man just did the unthinkable🙀
Right pal. Thats an eye sore and a half but 200% efficient
Do this but with other aircraft
The engines showed on the A320 aren't CFM but IAE right?
Should add some GE engine
swiss on this vid are you using x plane 11 or 12?
I have only been on one A340 in my life (MAN - LAS) a few years ago and I was excited for it which soon changed to concern that we weren't actually going to get off the runway. I thought it had to be broken with how slowly it going moving.
Virgin?!
I can't remember 100% if it was Virgin or Delta branded but I would have booked it through Virgin.@@musicsounder
hey swiss, you have the same flight sim controls as me. didn't notice it till now lol.
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Hi Swiss I had a question what if you only put 2 GEO90 Engines so it’s more fuel efficient???
Why was the wing flexing up and down too much when you landed in Saint Barthélemy😂
Ben loyal since 2018. Thank you swiss for the comedy
Thanks for letting me not tear to death because of the small engines that are smaller than my brain. My brain is 5 micro meters long
7:12 W H A T D I D Y O U S A Y!!!!
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Trying to get a sim tired of the controller. Will I be able to fly most planes with a hotas and throttle controlls?? G x56 for example
@Swiss001 what is your favourite airline? 🤔😏
Finally Swiss, You nailed it!!!
You just gave Airbus an idea for the a340-stronghundred
how about mounting the engines in reverse and try taking off with only reverse thrust???
This has the same energy as LS swapping cars.
Cooles Video 4:04 XD
man i love swiss but can you make a tut abt the airbus a320 or any plane tut less chance you will see this but if u have the chance please do so!!! (tut abt button how works and start up)
Next 747 with 2 GE9X engines (if the GE9X becomes available after 5 years XD)
What kind of editing program do you use? :)
Day 4 of asking Swiss 001 to check out the Bugalaga airstrip in the flight sim
Please
Airbus A340-1000 NEO💀
I do wonder... If the a380 could be actually work as an efficient aircraft with 3 ge90. Should be sufficient power at least
How would they trijet it? No seriously, how would you trijet an A380?
@@DanTDMJace 2 ge90 under the wings and one in the rear between the vertical stabilizer?
Can do you one better with that. The Trent 97 from the A350-1000 would also suffice in a tri-jet configuration A380. The Trent-97, while less powerful than the GE-9X, its a fair amount more efficient, and is still powerful enough to produce more thrust in a tri-jet configuration on the A380, than it currently is in a quad jet configuration currently.
The A380 uses 4 Trent 900s, which produce a combined thrust of 280,000lbs
3 Trent 97s would produce 291,000lbs of thrust, 11,000lbs more, all while being roughly 35% more efficient than the current A380. The A380 in this hypothetical tri-jet configuration would boast significantly improved efficiency, as well better take-off, and landing performance.
Unfortunately though, while creating this hypothetical tri-jet A380 has some massive benefits, it'd be more trouble than its worth. The third engine would necessitate a complete redesign of the A380's tail, and due to the complete change of weight an balance due to this third engine, much of the aircrafts internal structure would have to be completely redone to compensate for the aircrafts altered center of mass. It'd likely cost Airbus way more money than they're willing to spend to redesign the A380 in this way, since, even with all of the massive benefits this aircraft would have over its predecessor, it still probably wouldn't sell well enough for it to be worth it.
4 ge9x‘s this thing would speed down the runway like a cannon ball xD
put these engines on a 757. full sports car of the skies
you should try the new a380 for beam ng
Bro made a A340 - 50000
Swiss thanks for theses funny videos
Also can you make a video about the su47
Boeing:seeing the video hired Swiss001 Lol
Airbus should make a remake of A340 as a -900 one that has these engies.
So basically, the A350. They have no reason to do that when the A350 exists
finally! a really efficient A340!
Very nice. Do it with 4 Rolls Royce Olympus now.
Next, you should do this to the A380.
that ad was the best ad I have ever seen
New to flight sim, what software are you using to edit the plane engines?
The Remove before Flight keytag actually looks really interesting
swiss could you add ge90’s to the 737 or 757 please
What about a 747-8 with 4 GE9X?!😂 Or an a380 with 4 GE90's😯
The physics on the X-Works are really poor and its just a reskin for the A330
what game is this
Xplane
How about putting those GE90/XWB Engines on an A380?
love your vids swiss
Now A340 is OVERPOWERED.
I’m an aerospace tooling engineer and worked several parts of the GE9X engine
You didn't even use the most powerful GE90 variant ever produced, the GE90-115b. That one can do 115,000 pounds of thrust. Across four engines it would add an extra 60,000 pound of thrust. (Which is about half of the thrust the plane had with its original engines.)
Good video swiss!