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| Feb 20, 2017 at 10:21 | comment | added | Sanchises | "The A380 is already pushing the envelope" - it's pushing an 80-meter aircraft stand envelope, but from an engineering perspective, I think there's quite some margin still. The wingspan is not yet limited by structural considerations. The use of composites in modern aircraft is still quite conservative (in terms of safety factor), so once these materials prove themselves over time, I should expect the A380 will become much like the 747 - massive and durable, but no engineering marvel (of course, the rest of the answer is perfectly valid, and my comment may be somewhat speculative) | |
| Feb 16, 2015 at 13:44 | history | answered | Peter Kämpf | CC BY-SA 3.0 |