Is it possible to do a loop in an Airbus A380?

Question

Is it possible to do a loop in an Airbus A380?

Answer 1

Sure.  It's also insanely stupid for anyone but the most skilled aerobatic pilots to try.  It's also a pointless exercise.

Answer 2

If the pilot can get enough airspeed to invert the aircraft, yes it is possible, but that  would take a lot because the delivery weight (not including fuel, people, etc) is over twice the maximum thrust .  This means that the pilot must have a lot of potential energy that can be converted to kinetic energy to do said loop.  

All said, it is potentially posssible, but extremely unlikely.

Answer 3

There would be no point in doing such a thing.  It would be like designing a pushchair that did 200mph.  There would be no point.  I don't think too many airlines would see the extra cost added to the price of a passenger airliner, to enable it to do a loop, as money well spent.

Answer 4

No, the A380 like all  modern Airbus Aircraft are FBW and have alpha floor protection, so the computer won't let pilots do anything outside the normal flight envelope of the plane. So if a pilot tried to do a loop, the computer would override his decisions.

Answer 5

Sure you could. Any competent aerobatic pilot can loop any airplane without exceeding 3 positive and 0 negative Gs given enough altitude. An aircraft certified under Part 25, transport category aircraft, has easily had it's design limits fail tested beyond that. The question is, would it be possible for the pilot to keep his job.

Answer 6

no its not

can u pick up a weight more than ur body weight...

can u take your car at speed beyond its limit..the a380 is not designied to sustain more than 1.5 g force nd on making a loop the force gets over 2 g..it will break in pieces if done so

Answer 7

Farnborough should have been a triumph for Airbus - it was the A380's first appearance at the biennial show - and the 386-ton jet soared into sunny English skies on the first day, making graceful loops that belied its status as the biggest passenger plane ever built.

Answer 8

its not possible to do a loop d loop but it can do a barrel roll.

Answer 9

Yes it is possible on a computer game such as MS Flight Simulator X, but in real life no it is not possible. The stress on the structure, G Force on the pilots enough would be bad.

Answer 10

All jet airliners are built with enough structural strength to do common aerobatic maneuvers, including loops and rolls.  But most of them do not have enough control authority (size and shape of rudder, elevators, and ailerons) to allow such a radical attitude change.  As one person mentioned, the newer computer augmented control systems also limit G forces and attitude extremes.

A loop can be performed in an underpowered airplane.  You don't have to have enough thrust to fly straight up.  But nobody is going to do these things in a $400,000,000.00 airplane that belongs to somebody else.

So the answer to "is it possible?" is "yes and no, I suppose, unless otherwise."

Answer 11

No, u would need to be over 35 thousand feet high, n have at least 159,000 miles above u to perform it plus 8 tanks a gas,, and the structure would disintergrate

Answer 12

It really depends on the G-forces and the amount of power required to maintain sufficient airspeed.

Now, during a loop, centrifugal forces provide positive Gs during the top of the loop, depending on how well the pilot executes the maneuver.



If he pulls on the stick too hard, it will create too high of a G-force. This will not only make the ride uncomfortable, but will put too much load on the wings, and they will be unable to support the airplane.

If he doesn't pull enough, there will be negative G-forces, which could result in failure of certain mechanical parts which require a downward pull to function.

As for speed, jet engines are pretty powerful. With enough altitude and airspeed, a pilot can pull a loop with most commerical airliners without losing so much airspeed that he'll stall the aircraft.

But remember, he needs to maintain positive-G forces (within limits) in order to successfully perform the maneuver.

Answer 13

Sorry Comair, you generally have excellent answers, but I've got to disagree with you on this one.  A loop can be executed with little more than 2 g's and should not over stress any airplane.  Next thing, someone will say you can't barrel roll a B707 . . .