Why Are The Engines On The Airbus A340 So Small?

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It’s still operated by a small handful of airlines these days but the A340 was never as popular as the Boeing 747 or 777. Designed to operate long-haul flights with four engines, why are those engines so small?
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@hvrijsse 4 месяца назад

@jantjarks7946 4 месяца назад

You are on to something! 😂🌬️

@smcdonald9991 4 месяца назад

Hahahah, good one!

@hilman94 4 месяца назад

_Avro RJ and IL-86 enter chat_

@RamakrishnanSRM 4 месяца назад

🤣🤣🤣

@bradweinberger6907 4 месяца назад

It's not the size of the engine, it's what you do with it 😅

@JohnGraham-pc5kc 4 месяца назад

That's what people with little ones say

@Naijsim 4 месяца назад

😂😂

@robertpartington1383 4 месяца назад

The -500 and -600 had bigger engines though.

@Ryanair_aviations 4 месяца назад

Yea lol

@chiagozienjoku7198 4 месяца назад

And those variants were quite long

@Ryanair_aviations 4 месяца назад

@@chiagozienjoku7198 ik

@lzh4950 3 месяца назад

Read that the A340's wings are high enough above the ground to even accommodate GE90s

@chiagozienjoku7198 3 месяца назад

@@lzh4950 seriously

@orionwesley 4 месяца назад

I always found the A340 to be reminiscent of the DC-8 or 707. It was nice, but I don't think I have ever seen one in person.

@ryanjonathanmartin3933 3 месяца назад

It was literally designed to replace the DC-8/707...

@daveyboiyeah 16 дней назад

Replaced the A300@@ryanjonathanmartin3933

@incediery 4 месяца назад

Those blow dryers with their buzzsaw sound are unmistakable🤣

@umi3017 4 месяца назад

They were designed with slightly bigger engines in mind, but that engine never came (at least not in time, PW1000G is way too late), so they kinda have to use CFM56 instead.

@kingsharkoon 4 месяца назад

The story is kinda right but the PW1000G had nothing to do with it.

@Roboseal2 4 месяца назад

yeah it was the same technology but nothing like that engine. @@kingsharkoon

@lzh4950 3 месяца назад

Using CFM56 would also increase parts commonality between the A340 & A320

@mikelurban892 4 месяца назад

You missed details on regulatory chances, in which A340 was trapped in...

@bringbackmd7579 4 месяца назад

The little engines that couldn't !!

@joecrammond6221 4 месяца назад

think i read somewhere and correct me if i am wrong that Airbus had planned to use bigger engines on the plane, engines were newer but ultimately never built which led Airbus to use the smaller engines

@GaryJohnWalker1 4 месяца назад

Late 90s v early 200s always preferred the quieter (more soothing frequencies?) A340-400 over the 747-400s from London to HK. And four engines - more reassuring to me at least

@CY5588 4 месяца назад

A340-400?!

@jantjarks7946 4 месяца назад

Fun fact: The A340 came too late. The A330 came too early.

@levihtkasv 4 месяца назад

yes

@I-AM-OMIAVIATION22036 4 месяца назад

Stop roasting the A340

@wadehiggins1114 4 месяца назад

Yes and no!

@NaenaeGaming 4 месяца назад

How was the A330 too early? If it had come any later, Boeing would have definitely received even more orders for the 777-200!

@pugsandcoffeeplease 4 месяца назад

That's what he said?

@nouatreiunu 4 месяца назад

Beautiful video, very informative…

@Star_Gazing_Coffee_Lover 4 месяца назад

Love the 340.

@gpierre90 4 месяца назад

Hi, I have actually, I flew one when I was 7 years old from MRU to PER, it's a nice aircraft I think and later in 2011 I flew on my first A340-500 from SEZ-DXB-SEZ, it was also when I boarded my first A380 from DXB -LHR. I know totally different variat the 300 and 500 and different engines too, the 500 being bigger, but I still love it and still do. I also enjoyed seeing Edelweiss operate their here in SEZ.

@johnkean6852 4 месяца назад

Where is SEZ ?

@WhizAviation1 4 месяца назад

short answer: they needed 4 engines but wanted 2 engines so they added small engines might be wrong

@kingsharkoon 4 месяца назад

You are wrong. 🤭

@WhizAviation1 4 месяца назад

@@kingsharkoonoopsie

@BrendanSullivan-ll7fz 4 месяца назад

Lmao

@aliefabdurrahman3302 4 месяца назад

A340-500 and -600 Is using Rolls-Royce Trend 500

@johnkean6852 4 месяца назад

Nice. Got shares in RR

@erich930 4 месяца назад

The A340-300 engines aren't just *similar* to those on the 737 and A320, they're the SAME engine! Thankfully, the A340-500 and -600 got Trent 500 series engines.

@ivoryjohnson4662 4 месяца назад

But tha maintenance on 4 engines is gonna be almost double of not more than

@AtomicBuffalo 4 месяца назад

Wish you’d mentioned the specific engine availability / commonality, or ETOPS then and since.

@narghora Месяц назад

I always thought the A340 kinda looked like the old school Boieng 707.

@timbaugh4034 4 месяца назад

No matter what people what say about the Airbus A340, the A340 is one of my favorite aircraft.

@CY5588 4 месяца назад

Agree

@Kenny-en7wb 4 месяца назад

The -600 is my only favorite bus

@sokolum 4 месяца назад

retrofit with larger engines ??

@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 4 месяца назад

Why? Airplane works fine with the engines it has.

@FinlandGuy747 4 месяца назад

The A340-500/-600 has bigger engines. But Airbus isn't going to make another A340 variant.

@smcdonald9991 4 месяца назад

Strange but I saw this 3-4 weeks ago. I thought it was on this channel but I guess not..?

@FinlandGuy747 4 месяца назад

There's so many videos with this title on every aviation channel.

@leongcharles1783 4 месяца назад

The victim of ETOPS-120

@dragonlax999 4 месяца назад

It feels illegal to like the a340-200/-300 😅😅 although the -500/-600 are pretty too

@AlfCalson 4 месяца назад

✈️

@user-hd3ph5rr6m 4 месяца назад

Chiquito pero picoso

@eduardodaquiljr9637 3 месяца назад

The wing will be overloaded to hung bigger engine.they can do it but need re engineering and approval or re certification.

@LongHaulPilot 4 месяца назад

2:03 they are the A320 engines

@GrandDuchessAniya 4 месяца назад

Why does the BAE Avro have four engines?

@iamr4mi 4 месяца назад

because it was meant to operate out of smaller airports, so 4 engines would allow that easier

@ricahrdb 4 месяца назад

Because of the changes to ETOPS in 2007?

@syahrulmufidho 4 месяца назад

No, etops have been extended since 1995. So in that moment a340 is strangulated by twins engine projects

@christopherhand4836 4 месяца назад

Because their pilots have small hands

@fjp3305 4 месяца назад

Because it doesn't need bigger engines

@hulklovesaviation7535 4 месяца назад

So they put 4 engines because of ETOPS regulations by that time?

@TheRip72 4 месяца назад

Yes. Then Etops changed & made the 340 less necessary.

@CausticLemons7 4 месяца назад

All planes should be 747s and I don't care.

@ronparrish6666 4 месяца назад

They borrowed them from the 737

@ronaldcuieii8639 4 месяца назад

They're small. But Airbus knows what they're doing absolutely.

@Averageavgeekyt 4 месяца назад

69th

@master1185 4 месяца назад

Such trash hair dryer engines. 😂😂😂

@gordanbabic8028 4 месяца назад

because they are low bypass turbofans. you are welcome.

@kingsharkoon 4 месяца назад

Dafuq. That's so wrong 😂

@hilman94 4 месяца назад

@@kingsharkoon no, he's right 😁 CFM56-5C has bypass ratio of 6.4-6.5, compare to GE90-115B of 9, so definitely "lower bypass" turbofans 😅

@Almantas96 4 месяца назад

very ugly aircraft..

@robertpartington1383 4 месяца назад

I think you need to visit the opticians 😔

@r12004rewy 4 месяца назад

Almantas96 you serious ?

@DMSparky 4 месяца назад

It’s a handsome boy