Video: Why Did Airbus Put *tiny* Engines on the A340?

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Chapters: Intro - 0:00 Honey - 1:09 A340 Performance Issues - 2:11 The Culprit - 3:50 The Superfan - 5:03 A340 Design Concessions - 7:10 Future A340 Variants - 8:43 Outro - 9:30

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If you ask an airline pilot to name the most overpowered plane flying today, nearly all of them will tell you it’s the Boeing 757. With extremely powerful engines for its size and a supercritical wing, the plane is affectionately known as the “sports car of the sky”. It’ll thunder down runways, get airborne quickly, and reach cruise in a jiffy.

Now, ask those same pilots what the most underpowered plane is, and they’re just as likely to reach a consensus. More likely than not, they’ll tell you it’s the A340 - specifically the A340-300. This plane is the 757’s polar opposite - a massive, lumbering beast that leisurely accelerates as it takes to the skies. While the 757 has engines that are arguably too big, the A340-300 has engines that are undeniably too small. So why did Airbus stick tiny engines on this gigantic plane? Let me explain…

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