Problems with A-400M engines were more serious than previously thought.

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Airbus confirmed the presence of serious malfunctions in the operation of the gearboxes of engines installed on military transporters of A-400M - cracks were found in all engines whose propellers are turning clockwise, reports Look with reference to Defense Aerospace.



“This means that two of the four engines installed on each of the 24 aircraft currently delivered (a total of 48 engines) must now be repaired, which is a much more difficult task than originally thought,” writes the publication.

The article notes that "in addition to repairing the 48 engines of the already delivered Airbus aircraft, it will also have to redo the engines on the 20 aircraft that the company promised to deliver this year."

According to Defense Aerospace, "the company has already laid about 5 billion euros to solve this problem." In its report, Airbus called the problems with the engines "significant in economic terms."

In addition, "since the launch of the A400M program in 2003, its value has already increased by 8 billion euros - to 28 billion euros," writes the publication.

Earlier it was reported that "due to the weakness of the alloy, the aircraft had cracks in the attachment points of the wings to the fuselage." In addition, the report, published in the Bundestag, pointed out that the Italian manufacturer of blades "can not ensure the proper quality of its products."

The publication reminds that А-400М was developed by request of 7-s of states: Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Turkey and Luxembourg.
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  1. +15
    25 May 2016 13: 55
    "The problems with the A-400M engines turned out to be more serious than previously thought" ...

    Well, for that, and a new technique ... The shortcomings are identified and eliminated ... With us - exactly the same ... So what ???
    1. +35
      25 May 2016 14: 03
      Quote: weksha50
      Well, for that, and a new technique ... The shortcomings are identified and eliminated ... With us - exactly the same ... So what ???

      ... I absolutely agree ... but if to be objective, God forbid, something like this would have happened with the product of our design bureau ... all scribblers would have thrown poop and the whole Runet would be full of articles on this topic ... there’s no need to go far for examples ... after the Mi-28N accident in Syria ... what kind of mud flow poured over the gearbox ... and the funniest thing without any technical justification ... hi
      1. 0
        26 May 2016 19: 45
        Correct, disaster unfortunately. And the transmission was nothing to do with it.
    2. +7
      25 May 2016 14: 34
      Quote: weksha50
      Well, for that, and a new technique ... The shortcomings are identified and eliminated ... With us - exactly the same ... So what ???

      Not identified and not eliminated. The engine in the series went with a defect. Now planes for fun, engines to eliminate byak, 68 pieces, BTA in Nate smokes, partially. And the happiness was so close request
    3. +4
      25 May 2016 14: 41
      These are not miscalculations in the design, but already some kind of system is obtained: problems with the body, engines, blades. We still may not know about something.
      1. +6
        25 May 2016 16: 09
        Quote: vodolaz
        These are not miscalculations in the design, but already some kind of system is obtained:

        In an effort to reduce weight and reduce the cost of construction, modern engineers often go too far, and subsequently such flaws come up. Even modern computers with programs that simplify the calculations do not help, and sometimes they even do harm, because having trusted their capabilities, developers often refuse to conduct full-scale tests to save money.
        God forbid, something like this would have happened with the product of our design bureau ... would have already thrown poop
        On the Superjet, the error in calculating the strength of the airframe was compensated for by increasing the thickness of the skin. Many people know about it. The weight characteristics of the airframe have obviously deteriorated. But they didn't make a tragedy out of this.
    4. +9
      25 May 2016 15: 06
      Quote: weksha50
      Well, for that, and a new technique ... The shortcomings are identified and eliminated ... With us - exactly the same ... So what ???


      What are you talking about? 24 already delivered aircraft + another 20 for delivery this year, despite the fact that the aircraft was put into service in the 2010th year. How did this fucking shame pass the test? A golem drank dough in a European way, who needed to be given a paw, they shook hands, signed papers and this raw misunderstanding began to rivet.
    5. 0
      25 May 2016 20: 25
      Quote: weksha50
      "The problems with the A-400M engines turned out to be more serious than previously thought" ...

      Well, for that, and a new technique ... The shortcomings are identified and eliminated ... With us - exactly the same ... So what ???

      No, they do not seem to have Ukraine in their suppliers. Where are the problems from?
    6. 0
      25 May 2016 20: 31
      Quote: weksha50
      "The problems with the A-400M engines turned out to be more serious than previously thought" ...

      Well, for that, and a new technique ... The shortcomings are identified and eliminated ... With us - exactly the same ... So what ???

      Very cute. They tear hairs where it is possible and impossible, but everything is fine with you.
      By the way, when was the last time you personally so lowered 5 euro lards into the toilet?
    7. 0
      14 June 2016 01: 23
      Quote: weksha50
      Well, for that, and a new technique ... The shortcomings are identified and eliminated ... With us - exactly the same ... So what ???

      Is it the same with us? Who has it? Here, in general, the series has already gone. More than 20 machines have already been delivered to customers and put into operation. And such malfunctions should be detected either at the stage of testing the power plant, or, in extreme cases, during overflights of pre-production aircraft models. Immediately, the malfunction is revealed not by the manufacturer, but by completely third-party organizations. Moreover, the problems with the gearboxes of the power plants are still half the trouble, the happy owners of already sold aircraft and potential buyers of the machines that have not yet been delivered are equally worried about the issue of the discrepancy between the calculated safety factor of the power elements, wing and fuselage mountings. Defects in the form of microcracks have been found out there and there. And these planes have not yet flown the required number of hours, so that the defects that have appeared can be attributed to natural causes such as metal fatigue. Therefore, such an abundance of completely diverse defects, in the manufacturer's time-tested and mass of successfully flying models, smells of either the intrigues of competitors, or deliberate sabotage even at the design stages or pre-flight nodal tests. Or someone decided to save money on the supply of high-quality but more expensive alloys for the production of gearbox parts and power elements of fasteners, of course, all these versions of "IMHO". In any case, such flaws should be identified even before the launch of the model in mass production, so Airbus will not get off with billions in spending on fixing. Even more damage will be suffered by his hard-earned reputation, because he still produces non-trailed units for agriculture, where if the seeder collapsed and God bless her. You can always return a defective product back and buy another unit from competitors. Here, for this kind of manufacturer's flaws, customers will pay not only with their finances, but also with their lives, and most likely simply will not pay more.
  2. 0
    25 May 2016 13: 58
    Every day is not Sunday.
  3. 0
    25 May 2016 14: 00
    Explain someone about the versatile rotation of engines. The first time I've heard. belay
    1. +4
      25 May 2016 14: 05
      Quote: Corporal
      Explain someone about the versatile rotation of engines. The first time I've heard. belay

      I realized that two of the four engines rotate clockwise, two against. Apparently to compensate for reactive moments.
      1. +26
        25 May 2016 14: 14
        Colleagues, I assure you, the engines of this aircraft do not rotate, but propellers rotate)
        1. +2
          25 May 2016 14: 21
          Quote: pavlentiy
          the engines on this plane do not rotate,

          Well, versatile rotation of the motor shafts.
          1. +4
            25 May 2016 21: 16
            Quote: demchuk.ig
            two of the four engines rotate

            Quote: pavlentiy
            and propellers rotate

            Quote: Corporal
            rotation of motor shafts

            Colleagues, read the article carefully. It says:
            gear motors
            . This is in the first paragraph of the note. The cyclic engine speed is much higher than the cyclic speed of the propellers / propellers. Therefore, it is necessary to install a gearbox between the engine and propulsion unit. I apologize for the mentoring tone, but you need to be careful when reading the material.
          2. 0
            14 June 2016 01: 46
            Quote: pavlentiy
            Colleagues, I assure you, the engines of this aircraft do not rotate, but propellers rotate)

            Quote: Corporal
            Well, versatile rotation of the motor shafts.

            Rotation of motor shafts and gearboxes. =)
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      3. +3
        25 May 2016 14: 24
        It is also seen that when viewed from behind, the rightmost and leftmost inner clockwise rotate. The fact is that modern mathematical methods of analysis do not allow an exhaustive answer to be given why rotation is necessary clockwise or counterclockwise. However, the answers may come from the fact that the same tornado vortex in the lower part rotates counterclockwise (when viewed from above). Moreover, there is no full understanding of where the energetics of the process come from. By the way, and when we look at the flame of fire, we see the plasma of a burning gas, and the plasma is always an intermediate part of the interaction of two polarized states - this is like a breakdown. Therefore, the direction of the plasma always has its very definite direction of the rotation vectors and longitudinal vectors. In other words, it is a complex of vectors and potential states inside the plasma itself. And the fact that the plasma has properties identical to the behavior of a hydro-gas-dynamic flow is proved by experiments in space laboratories and by Russian and American scientists astronauts. Therefore, it is quite clearly visible that the specialists of the aircraft building company completely do not understand the essence of the processes and do not own the methods of their analysis. And this is obvious that everything is done only experimentally, because the theory does not give the right to doubt its statements. In addition, many processes associated with flying at high speeds are associated with phenomena that are perceived as abnormal, but not as justified scientifically and mathematically. Here is such a short answer.
        1. 0
          14 June 2016 02: 26
          Quote: gridasov
          It is also seen that when viewed from behind, the rightmost and leftmost inner clockwise rotate.

          That's right, but just the opposite. =) Although on the other hand, don’t look from where, the right wing will remain right, and the left wing will be left, as well as the engines located on them. Rotate the same clockwise and must be replaced, the leftmost and inner rightmost engines. ;-)
    2. +2
      25 May 2016 14: 24
      Quote: Corporal
      Explain someone about the versatile rotation of engines. The first time I've heard

      To eliminate the reactive moment from the rotation of the screws. Here you have links to sort it out. You can’t tell in a nutshell.
      http://forum.guns.ru/forummessage/205/639717.html
      http://avia.pro/blog/vint-samoleta-lopasti-samoleta-propeller
  4. +5
    25 May 2016 14: 02
    Engines cracked wings fall off blades defective only price high-quality miracle shaitan machine !! laughing
    1. 0
      25 May 2016 14: 14
      Duc probably at the concern for a long time hard working process engineers from North Africa laughing
    2. +6
      25 May 2016 14: 32
      Everything is somewhat different. In the desire to raise the parameters of engine efficiency, standard strength criteria are laid. In reality, in order to increase the thrust on the blades, you need to find a middle ground between the processes when the destruction of the blades and other parts begins and when you can achieve optimal parameters. Here is the bad luck. The dependencies are completely different. Engine power does not determine the efficiency of the blades as a propulsion device. And when you explain to people that, theoretically, completely different principles of the propulsion operation are needed, then established specialists turn in my direction at the temple. But! The military and customers are still demanding new and improved indicators. They "do not care" who is right and who is not. So it takes time for the aviators to agree to accept new theories and wing and engine designs combined with a propulsion system. And the materials in this case are not the defining problem.
  5. 0
    25 May 2016 14: 03
    They found and fix it. We wouldn’t have a plane crash figs who looked into this screw (sarcasm)
  6. +1
    25 May 2016 14: 06
    At one time, they laughed at our problems, now things themselves are not going smoothly and not laughing. It’s good that they didn’t bring to catastrophes.
  7. +1
    25 May 2016 14: 07
    Wait, Russia will be blamed for sure laughing
  8. +5
    25 May 2016 14: 09
    Yes, everywhere and everyone’s mess is just where information leaks out and somewhere doesn’t. For example, remember when the land with a car in Moscow failed for the first time? all then yelled ... the mess ... it’s already old to fail and today in Italy a whole park with cars failed)) so don’t worry people they like to be too lazy, somewhere to turn a blind eye to repairs .. to steal ... it. .d
  9. +3
    25 May 2016 14: 11
    And Luxembourg why this planebelay If only for the evacuation of the entire population of the country laughing
    1. 0
      25 May 2016 14: 16
      how will they cram 576 people into the transporter? )))
      1. 0
        14 June 2016 02: 02
        Quote: AdekvatNICK
        how will they cram 576 people into the transporter? )))

        Using the best practices of Chinese colleagues. Stacking methods 2,3,4,5 and so on up to 10 in one, as well as layer-by-layer loading of properly packaged goods, work just wonders in Chinese logistics.
  10. +5
    25 May 2016 14: 11
    As a matter of fact, the design of this aircraft was largely done on the basis of the AN-70 materials, kindly provided by Antonov’s staff to the Europeans.
    Citizens are Europeans! Do not rub ideas! Save elsewhere!
    1. +6
      25 May 2016 14: 27
      Quote: Berkut24
      As a matter of fact, the design of this aircraft was largely done on the basis of the AN-70 materials, kindly provided by Antonov’s staff to the Europeans.
      Citizens are Europeans! Do not rub ideas! Save elsewhere!
      Reply Citir

      If they did it in the image of the An-70, then they would put 2 propellers on one engine and they would rotate in different directions. Our Tu-95s have been flying like that for more than half a century. I can't understand what kind of "bike" there is for 5 billion euros, did I really drink?
  11. +4
    25 May 2016 14: 12
    It is clear that the aircraft is structurally new, something else, besides the falling off wings, will be found. But are the engines also completely new? On the test bench, "pushing through" them according to the complete program was not destiny? Well, we noticed, there were no casualties. Do "correcting mistakes".
  12. +5
    25 May 2016 14: 20
    Oh, Europeans, you still can’t surpass the Soviet An-70, although the Slav brothers have laid out all the ins and outs of this aircraft on your saucers.
  13. +3
    25 May 2016 14: 22
    "Nothing pleases so much as the failure of a friend." figuratively of course.
  14. 0
    25 May 2016 14: 24
    A bit incorrect in the article, actually

    "Composite A400M propellers with eight blades and a diameter of 5,34 meters (one of the largest in the world) rotate in pairs in opposite directions."

    those. it turns out it is necessary to remove all the screws that rotated clockwise? Che either I got confused, or something went wrong)
  15. 0
    25 May 2016 14: 24
    Chubais take them, what they do not comply with GOST!
  16. 0
    25 May 2016 14: 30
    Ay-ay-ay how bad. But you read some civilians on the net: "America, America" ​​!!! And America does not know where to shove their shoals. But Hollywood rules.
  17. +2
    25 May 2016 14: 35
    Everyone is having problems. The main thing is to quickly and efficiently solve them.
    "The road will be mastered by the one walking!"

    And only the "great Ukrainians" are developing dynamically and are switching to "aggressive marketing"!
    Despite the fact that the Ukrainian aircraft company Antonov ceased to exist as a single de jure, its leadership continues to claim that this is “a new milestone in the development of the Ukrainian aircraft industry”. Such a statement in an interview with UNIAN was made by the vice president of the company, Alexander Kotsyuba. According to him, Ukraine is changing the strategy of its presence in the aircraft market and is moving to “aggressive marketing” (this is the term that Mr. Kortsuba personally used).
    negative hi
  18. +4
    25 May 2016 14: 36
    Ukraine will help you, in the article below it "has retained all its intellectual potential."
  19. +1
    25 May 2016 14: 44
    This is all the long arm of the Kremlin, with Putin at the head, and have already reached the aviation))))))))))))))))
  20. 0
    25 May 2016 15: 35
    Yes, this is what the guys got into ... How is it, somewhere they miscalculated, apparently during the design. So hope for a computer, the "human factor" has been ruled out, like everything is done on computers, but it turns out that you still need to double-check, it was good without any accidents.
  21. 0
    25 May 2016 15: 44
    It’s not otherwise that Ukrainians are guilty again when they let them copy the drawings to their Academy of Sciences, which this watermelon looks like a twin. Europe threw Ukrainians from the joint venture for the production of aircraft for the BTA, taking all the technical documentation for the plane and showing the cookie, but the Ukrainians had already drawn the crooked drawings in advance, so their wings fell off.
  22. +1
    25 May 2016 15: 52
    materials science as usual lame
    1. +2
      25 May 2016 17: 08
      Quote: JonnyT
      materials science as usual lame

      Rather, a material with "TMM and DM"
      1. +3
        25 May 2016 17: 56
        Metal is increasingly being replaced by carbon. And with him no
        such an extensive experience. Any joints of metal and carbon.
        There is no particular theory. Rivets are a thing of the past ...
        1. 0
          25 May 2016 21: 25
          Quote: voyaka uh
          Rivets are a thing of the past ...

          Here they also help partially relieve stress in the glider / in places of stress concentration /.
          1. +1
            25 May 2016 21: 45
            Quote: V.ic
            Quote: voyaka uh
            Rivets are a thing of the past ...

            Here they also help partially relieve stress in the glider / in places of stress concentration /.

            Well no! Rivets, as a rule, become stress concentrators! And with regard to the quality of the screws, as was said, apparently there is a violation of technology leading to an imbalance and increased vibrations ... Maybe from there legs grow ...
  23. 0
    25 May 2016 17: 14
    it is zrada or overdriving on the collective farm euro
  24. 0
    25 May 2016 17: 30
    There is such a science - the resistance of materials is called. This is not the first time that four turboprop aircraft have been made in the world, and mat models should be for calculations.
  25. 0
    25 May 2016 18: 43
    Correctly said, it’s good that they did not lead to disasters.
  26. 0
    26 May 2016 06: 13
    Yes, an expensive plane comes at a cost.
    And if there are problems in the glider, then perhaps the whole glider will have to be sorted out as a result.
  27. +1
    26 May 2016 08: 22
    Earlier it was reported that “due to the weakness of the alloy, the aircraft appeared cracks in the places of attachment of the wings to the fuselage”
    Urgently punch through weak spots!
    1. 0
      14 June 2016 02: 45
      Quote: Ajent Cho
      Urgently punch through weak spots!

      Automatic production of perforation in weak places, incorporated structurally. =)

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