Airbus A300-600ST, "Beluga"

[bob43]

Hello everyone,
After months of inactivity, I am designing a 'Beluga' 1:200 (it's a huge plane) paper model, after a fascinating visit to the Airbus facility at Toulouse. Although the A380 was magnificent, it was the 'ugly duckling' Beluga which gave me the drive to design a model, which is otherwise nowhere to be seen in modeller circles. Problem: the internet only gave me a couple of photos, and from the Airbus web site, I managed to procure a tiny 3-view of the aircraft. Airbus themselves were of no help whatsoever, and I wondered if the organisation knows what public relations is all about! 1 single terse reply to 3 emails of mine, to look at the tiny 3-view they offered on their site! You would think it was on the highest secrecy list. I could never get past the site's webmaster, as they publish no email adresses, only telephone numbers.
I did what I could, and the main design is nearly finished, but I would like to know whether ANYONE can help me with decent 3-side views of the beast. If not, my not over-authentic model plans will be FREELY available within a week or 2 on my web site www.bobscardmodels.com . So go ahead and give me some advice.

[nothing]

i had the same problem wish i could help but i could find very liittle in line drawings. i too amm fascinated by both this and the 787 counterpart.

[doctormax]

sorry not seen a decent set of drawings of any plane by Airbus in fact the only thing they care about on their site is selling the planes saying what they have inside..

[Paperbeam]

Would this help?

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...3D220%26um%3D1

Terry

[airdave]

so is this the Russian version of the Guppy? or am I confused?
I know very little about these planes, other having seen a Guppy in pictures and books.

[Alcides]

What about this one?



and here you have a very interesting cross-section:

[Paperbeam]

Originally Posted by airdave

so is this the Russian version of the Guppy? or am I confused?
I know very little about these planes, other having seen a Guppy in pictures and books.

If you scroll down, you'll see it's the original Guppy - just covered by a Russian website.

Terry

[airdave]

ah, I just came across some info that explains:

that the "A300-600ST Beluga" was the replacement aircraft for the "AirBus 377SG Super Guppy" back in 1996.

The original Guppy was of course designed for the transport of Apollo Saturn V components across the continent.

The Beluga is a little different, but very similar.



Airliner cafe has some diagrams that may or may not be of interest:
Collection of stuff: http://www.airlinercafe.com/photosearch.php?cra=131
Wing and Engine Markings: http://www.airlinercafe.com/photo_4239.jpg
Original Livery: http://www.airlinercafe.com/photo_2506.jpg
Decals: http://www.airlinercafe.com/photo_4235.details
Fuselage markings: http://www.airlinercafe.com/photo_4240.details
Basic Markings: http://www.airlinercafe.com/photo_4237.details

[Paperbeam]

Sorry - actually the successor to the Super Guppy. Yes, you'd think with a name like Beluga...

How does this behemoth fly without tipping over?

Terry