XWB
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Post by XWB on Feb 16, 2016 11:37:41 GMT 1
Of course, otherwise the -1000 cannot be assembled. I don't think the new bays in stations S50, S40 and S30 are only for the -1000 ? All of the bay's in these three stations should be able to do either -900 or -1000s. The new bays will be mainly used this year for the ramp up of the -900 from 5 - 7 per month. This year there will probably only be 6 or 7 -1000s going thru the FAL. Eventually the new bays will be used for the -900 as well. For now, they are exclusive used for the -1000 prototypes. In case something goes wrong on the -1000, it won't halt the -900 assembly process.
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Post by fanairbus on Feb 16, 2016 12:42:47 GMT 1
Two points of note for me: 1) I didn't know that ' Airbus had four Station 40 zones ... but previously two of these had been acting as Station 30 points ...'. I'd assumed that all had been functioning as 40s or were waiting to do so as ramp-up occurred. 2) I think this must be a typo wrt Station 50 in the last paragraph of the article: ' The company has previously indicated that a further A350 line extension could introduce a third Station 50 and fifth Station 30' since there are already 3 Station 50s.
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kronus
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Post by kronus on Feb 25, 2016 6:18:11 GMT 1
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Post by kronus on Feb 26, 2016 8:28:56 GMT 1
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s543
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Post by s543 on Feb 26, 2016 11:28:35 GMT 1
Worth mentioning from the article is:
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Post by lk2000 on Feb 27, 2016 18:58:11 GMT 1
First A350-1000 will be registred as F-WMIL and MSN65 as F-WLXV
Just saw that it is already said in MSN59s thread
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Post by fanairbus on Feb 29, 2016 17:08:18 GMT 1
STATION 50 AGAIN My apologies but I still don't see the maths. When the first 1000 left Station 50, 10 days or so ago perhaps, the production list on sites.google.com/site/a350xwbproduction/production-list suggests that this 3rd station 50 has been empty since and yet there is John Leahy wanting more deliveries and Airbus wishing to ramp up. So it seems to me that it must be the parts arriving into Station 59 that remains the rate-limiting step to increased production at this stage (unless staffing is also an issue). Does that deduction make sense? I'm happy to be educated!
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Post by fanairbus on Feb 29, 2016 17:16:54 GMT 1
I've just seen that frame 65 will be the 2nd A350-1000 so perhaps they're waiting specially for that?
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Post by a380admirer on Mar 3, 2016 18:29:08 GMT 1
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Post by Jkkw on Mar 3, 2016 23:19:00 GMT 1
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