The Beating heart of an A350 (A350-1000 avionics bay)

[@mishmish1968]

Magnificent, this is one of the best tour to see the art of complication,thanks so much for sharing this experience.

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

It is indeed awesome

[@rajeevshagun7409]

thanks for showing us the avionics of A350

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rajeevshagun7409]

@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098 yeah it was detained tour, tnx

[@peterblackmore7560]

This is good to see with sharp focus. Thank you!

[@kevinamundsen7646]

Wonderful video, VERY interesting! One of my favorite things is to hear the fans and airflow of the boxes. Beautiful boxes, all working together to produce a fantastic result: We can fly over the oceans, and thanks to men like yourself. You are the key to sustained perfection! Thanks for your priceless service. When I was young and operating a TV transmitter in a big city, there were so many fans, so much cooling, wonderful sounds, this brings back great memories.

[@paulpeterson9099]

Great video! Thank you for sharing.

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

You are welcome!

[@csjaugiedog]

Absolutely INTERESTING! Thank You for the tour!

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Arya-Aviation]

wow, this is very complex engineering. Thank you for sharing

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

You're welcome!

[@RahulRk-tr7ot]

Amazing. No wonder why these Aircrafts cost Billions and Billions of dollars. 😯

[@tav9755]

Very informative. Thanks very much Sir.

[@38911bytefree]

A work of art.

[@MarkoOksanenFlightography]

What an awesome video. Many thanks 👌

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

You are welcome

[@bjoernphotography]

Thank you - really impressive

[@followthetrawler]

great video - I am used to working in Data Centres and Network comms rooms so I was surprised to see the avionics bay is relatively dirty.

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

Yes area isn’t clean, the air used for the cooling of the equipment is filtered. But still plenty of dust collects through the opening from above. It’s not an airtight box.

[@mikemicksun6469]

I have one suggestion. Do the video without the sound and do a voice over. Its hard to hear you over the noise. Very nice video and interesting to a 40 year service tech. Having worked on different equipment over the years.

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

I agree, it is noisy in the bay. However, the ambient sounds are part of the experience.

[@auntbarbara5576]

There's a real data center on planes! Thank you for this marvelous tour 👍🏼

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

Yes indeed! It's a marvel of modern engineering.

[@JohnSmith-mn4wf]

I love these keep uploading!

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

Thanks! I am glad you like it.

[@pauldelcour]

Absolutely impressive. I knew there are a lot of avionics on an airplane, just think of all the entertainment in each chair, but that much is almost ridiculous. I understand the amount of computer program lines is equally impressive. Far gone are the days of a cable to the flaps etc.

[@ollidecker]

i am interested how the entertainment system or server work. have they been in the tour? havent noticed…

[@alielabdimarras7965]

Actually a very interesting insight into a modern Airbus. Thank you !

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

My pleasure!

[@jhncak]

What does the white tape? around some of the breakers imply?

[@Gabriel-kd2lv]

Those are circuit breaker safety locks

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

Indeed white collars are used to lock out the CB, it’s done when a system is not installed. Or permanent deactivated.

[@Rubfly_Aviation]

Wow impressive

[@extrude22]

I find it interesting that all of the high voltage transformers and distribution boards are right next to the sensitive computers.

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

All components are shielded so it should not interfere with each other.

[@extrude22]

Where is the equipment for the IFE system kept?

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

After of the bulk cargo hold there is an are with waste and water tanks, in there there is a closet with the IFE servers

[@extrude22]

@ Interesting, thanks

[@BARRACO68]

Thanks Dennis

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

You are welcome

[@edetroit]

Thank you Dennis. A bit over my head but interesting nonetheless. :)

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

Thanks

[@ruhrpilot]

Very interesting! Still NiCd battery technology in use even on the newest airplanes?

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

Yes NiCd still used, Lithium batteries are an option on the A350

[@atubebuff]

It's a little surprising to see how much equipment is squeezed into the area. It's also interesting that the flaps/slats have their own computer separate from the flight computer that controls the flight surfaces.

[@extrude22]

I think it is more a case of the flight control computer says 'move the flaps by to position 2' and the flap computer actually checks the current position, moves them to the new position and then checks they are in the correct position. Also if there is a failure there must be many different failure modes.

[@atubebuff]

@extrude22 sure but you'd think the main flight computer which handles the other control surfaces has similar treatments to detecting position and handling failures.

[@extrude22]

@ I think the idea is to split different fictions to different machines for redundancy.

[@alexm1046]

Is that bay pressurised?

[@youtubesurfer1533]

Seems that there are so many common parts with Boeing in Airbus avionics here!

[@TRPGpilot]

Thank you!

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

You're welcome!

[@normaal4663]

It just is mindblowing people can design, manufacture and maintain such planes and reach such high safety standards ...... It's also very scary when you realize all this has to work perfectly together, each bolt, each wire, each clamp, each hose, each fitting ... each everything to get to this standard....

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

They do and make it possible we can get anywhere on our 🌎

[@extrude22]

But it doesn't have to work perfectly together. Most of the equipment there was double or triple redundant incase something stopped working.

[@christerry1773]

This is amazing. Ty for showing. Could you show the mid and aft bay?

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

There is a small bay in, accessible via the bulk cargo hold, will make a video if I get there.

[@aamiddel8646]

Interesting. Can you get from the cockpit into the avionics bay?

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5DOkIN4iNSIo6csi=pD5dxpi7SE7yNn7g check out how that looks in this video

[@aamiddel8646]

@@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098 Thanks. Does a pilot ever go there? Are there instructions for the pilot in the check lists/manuaals to go there for for example pulling or checking a CB?

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

@@aamiddel8646 No, there would be no reason for a pilot to go there during flight. Most CB’s that would come out are monitored and would generate a warning, resets of CB are a no no in flight anyway.

[@peterblackmore7560]

Do the ethernet cables terminate with more solid RJ45 plugs such as the shielded type for Cat 7?

[@extrude22]

I believe it is something more secure than an RJ45

[@cnvogel]

I like that the batteries are labeled with (I guess it’s the manufacturer name) „SAFT“. In German, „Saft“ (literally juice) is commonly and colloquially used to refer to electrical power, e.g. when a battery is empty, you could say (very informally) they are out of juice, they have „…keinen Saft mehr.“

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

@@cnvogel well it is a funny coincidence 😁

[@adennis200]

What i would really love to know and maybe you know about that: as s Software engineer, im used to programs running on a computer, written by code. You u have executable code, fire up the pc, execute the code. Now with these computers, and lets take maybe some simple systems, would that be the way they work or not at all? So is there some computer build in this airscraft, that has some code running that, on the deepest level, calculates something? Maybe distsnces, hights whatever?

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

Don’t have the knowledge of that, need to check on that, no information given about the codes in the maintenance manuals. But some kind of operation system is most likely uploaded into these boxes before application are loaded into it.

[@janvanenk4374]

Nou, ik hoop dat ik dit in Januari nog allemaal kan herinderen ;)

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

Je kan het gelukkig op een loop zetten, so zie je het over en over again. Up to a million views 🤪

[@soeren72]

Like in the wheel well it looks clean and well designed compared to Boeing

[@Gabriel-kd2lv]

Hi, anyone knows the difference between CPIOM-H and CPIOM-J ?

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

The main difference is the hardware the processors of the -H and -J are different.

[@MrBillboeing]

Airbus why do you have to rename everything…. It took me 20 years to know the avionics of the A340/330 now I am searching again CB’s 😂

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

It's a lot to keep up with, but the functions and purpose of most components remain largely the same. Also CB’s only have the FIN and location number on the A350, no names anymore.

[@TheBonoLP]

13:30 Looks a bit dirty

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

Yes it is not a clean place

[@Design_no]

Compare this to a Lockheed Constellation for example. LOL

[@grachoderunwiderstehlichen]

🤔 each pilot need a "personal license" for legal aeroplane use ...but the pedale are connected ...the stick is with a "controll button" , why ? - alot to ask before first simulator lesson

[@thew0nd]

this video was 100% never approved by airbus to be released in this way - good luck with your job

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

As this video doesn’t share any technology or technical manuals, and only give a tour with an explanation of what’s in the avionics bay I don’t think it violates anything. With a little of research you can find all of this already on the internet.

[@leeoldershaw956]

Too much stuff. Tesla needs to get into reducing the complexity and weight of aircraft

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

It a Tesla would need dual or triple redundancy it probably was stuffed a little more too. Also it isn’t a flying car 😉

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

If a Tesla would need dual or triple redundancy it probably was stuffed a little more too. Also it isn’t a flying car 😉

[@leeoldershaw956]

@@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098 Teslas have dual redundancy in their autopilot functions.

[@gkfsns]

I Had the same thought. This looks to me like weight and space had no priority, more like a prototype using components from 50 different companys and the need for extra components to let them work together by adapting protokolls and voltages. At Tesla/SpaceX most would have been developed by themself and you would see this clearly

[@dennisvijverbergbrakesrele6098]

@@leeoldershaw956 ohhh didn’t know that

[@benderr0driges]

all from +-1980