THe AirBUs A320 Simulator
The Airbus A320 family of short-to-medium range commercial passenger aircraft are manufactured by Airbus S.A.S. Family members include the A318, A319, A320, and A321, as well as the ACJ business jet.
First delivered in 1988, the A320 pioneered the use of digital fly-by-wire flight control systems in a commercial aircraft. With more than 3000 aircraft of the A320 family built, it is the second best selling jet airliner family of all time, after the family's primary competition, the Boeing.
Compared to other airliners of the same class, the A320 features a wider single-aisle cabin and larger overhead bins along with fly-by-wire technology. In addition, the aircraft has a spacious cargo hold equipped with large doors to assist in expedient loading and unloading of goods. These features have resulted in orders from airlines including Northwest Airlines (launch customer for United States), United Airlines, and British Airways. The A320's low maintenance and operating costs have also appealed to low-cost carriers, such as JetBlue with orders and options for up to 233 of the A320 family.
Technology Features:
- The first fully digital fly-by-wire flight control system in a civil airliner.
- Fully glass cockpit rather than the hybrid versions found in aircraft such as the A310, Boeing 757 and Boeing 767.
- The first narrow body airliner with a significant amount of the structure made from composites.
- The ECAM (Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitoring) concept, which is included in all Airbus aircraft produced after the A320.
- This system constantly displays information concerning the aircraft's engines, as well as other key systems such as flight controls, pneumatics and hydraulics, to the pilots on the two liquid crystal display (LCD) displays in the centre of the flightdeck.
- Airbus recently has started installing LCD units in the flightdeck of its new A318, A319, A320, and A321 flightdecks instead of the original CRT (cathode ray tube) displays.
- These include the main displays and the backup artificial horizon, which was an analogue display prior to this.
- LCDs weigh less and produce less heat than CRT displays.
Technical Specifications:
- Cockpit Crew: 2
- Seating Capacity: 180 (1-class)
- Length: 37.57 m (123 ft)
- Wingspan: 34.10 m (111 ft 10 in)
- Wing Sweepback: 25?
- Height: 11.76 m (38 ft 7 in)
- Cabin Width: 3.70 m (12 ft 1 in)
- Fuselage Width: 3.95 m. (13 ft)
- Typical Empty Weight: 42,400 kg
- Maximum Take-off Weight: 77,000 kg (169,000 lb)
- Cruising Speed: .79 Mach
- Max. Speed: .82 Mach
- Take-off Run at MTOW: 2,090 m (6,857 ft)
- Range Fully Loaded: 5,700 km or 3,100 nm
- Max. Fuel Capacity: 29,680 liters or 6,850 USG
- Service Ceiling: 39,000 ft
- Engines: 2 X IAE V2500
- 2 X CFM56-5
