✈️ Airbus A380 (France): step-by-step build

The biggest passenger plane of all, with two full decks of windows and four big engines.

The Airbus A380 is the largest passenger airliner ever built, put together in Toulouse in France. It has two whole decks of seats, one on top of the other, all the way along. This is a Technic-parts model inspired by it, not a real aeroplane: the tall double-deck body, four engines hanging under the wings and wheels that roll when you push it.

• Level 3 of 5 (medium)
• About 45 minutes
• 30 steps, 89 parts
• Powered by: Push
• Series: Aircraft from 21 Countries

What you will learn

• Pins: Grippy or Smooth: Pins join beams together — some hold tight, some let things swing.
• Triangles Are Strong: A triangle cannot be squished — a square can.
• Axles & Wheels: A wheel on an axle turns dragging into rolling.

Parts you need

• 1 × Beam 15
• 20 × Blue long pin
• 3 × Beam 11
• 7 × L-beam 3×5
• 27 × Black pin (grippy)
• 1 × Beam 13
• 1 × Boomerang beam 3×7
• 8 × Beam 5
• 7 × Beam 3
• 6 × L-beam 2×4
• 2 × Beam 7
• 1 × Axle 6
• 3 × Train wheel
• 1 × Axle 3
• 1 × Bush

Steps

1. Lay the floor of the fuselage: take a white 15-hole beam, then push 2 blue long pins in and press a light grey 11-hole beam onto them.
2. Lay the floor of the fuselage: push 2 blue long pins in and press a light grey 3×5 L-beam (short leg down: the nose-wheel leg) onto them.
3. Add the roots of the wings and tailplanes: push 1 blue long pin in and press a light grey 3×5 L-beam (short leg up) onto them.
4. Add the roots of the wings and tailplanes: push 2 blue long pins in and press a light grey 3×5 L-beam (short leg up) onto them.
5. Add the roots of the wings and tailplanes: push 2 blue long pins in and press a light grey 3×5 L-beam (short leg down: a landing-gear leg) onto them.
6. Add the roots of the wings and tailplanes: push 2 blue long pins in and press a light grey 3×5 L-beam (short leg down: a landing-gear leg) onto them, then slide a white 3×5 L-beam (short leg up) onto the blue pins that stick out.
7. Add the roots of the wings and tailplanes: push 1 black pin and 1 blue long pin in and press a white 3×5 L-beam (short leg up) onto them.
8. Build both passenger decks and the tall tail fin: push 2 black pins in and press a white 13-hole beam onto them.
9. Build both passenger decks and the tall tail fin: push 2 black pins in and press a blue boomerang beam (its bent end leans back: the tail fin) onto them.
10. Build both passenger decks and the tall tail fin: push 2 black pins in and press a white 5-hole beam onto them.
11. Build both passenger decks and the tall tail fin: push 2 black pins in and press a black 3-hole beam (the cockpit windows) onto them.
12. Build both passenger decks and the tall tail fin: push 2 black pins in and press a white 11-hole beam (the upper deck) onto them.
13. Build both passenger decks and the tall tail fin: push 2 black pins in and press a white 11-hole beam (the upper deck) onto them.
14. Build both passenger decks and the tall tail fin: push 2 black pins in and press a blue 5-hole beam leaning back along the tall fin onto them.
15. Build the tailplanes: push 2 black pins in and press a light grey 5-hole beam onto them.
16. Build the tailplanes: push 1 black pin in and press a light grey 5-hole beam onto them.
17. Build the right wing and hang its engines: slide a light grey 5-hole beam onto the blue pins that stick out, then push 1 black pin in and press a light grey 2×4 L-beam (short leg down: an engine pylon) onto them.
18. Build the right wing and hang its engines: push 1 black pin and 1 blue long pin in and press a light grey 7-hole beam onto them.
19. Build the right wing and hang its engines: push 1 black pin in and press a blue 3-hole beam (an engine) onto it.
20. Build the right wing and hang its engines: push 2 blue long pins in and press a light grey 2×4 L-beam (short leg down: an engine pylon) onto them.
21. Build the right wing and hang its engines: push 1 blue long pin in and press a light grey 3-hole beam onto them, then slide a light grey 5-hole beam onto the blue pins that stick out, then slide a blue 3-hole beam (an engine) onto the blue pins that stick out.
22. Build the right wing and hang its engines: push 2 black pins in and press a light grey 2×4 L-beam (short leg down: an engine pylon) onto them.
23. Build the left wing and hang its engines: slide a light grey 5-hole beam onto the blue pins that stick out, then slide a light grey 2×4 L-beam (short leg down: an engine pylon) onto the blue pins that stick out.
24. Build the left wing and hang its engines: push 1 black pin and 1 blue long pin in and press a light grey 7-hole beam onto them.
25. Build the left wing and hang its engines: push 1 black pin in and press a blue 3-hole beam (an engine) onto it.
26. Build the left wing and hang its engines: push 2 blue long pins in and press a light grey 2×4 L-beam (short leg down: an engine pylon) onto them.
27. Build the left wing and hang its engines: push 1 blue long pin in and press a light grey 3-hole beam onto them, then slide a light grey 5-hole beam onto the blue pins that stick out, then slide a blue 3-hole beam (an engine) onto the blue pins that stick out.
28. Build the left wing and hang its engines: push 2 black pins in and press a light grey 2×4 L-beam (short leg down: an engine pylon) onto them.
29. Put on the wheels: push a 6-long axle through both legs and put a wheel on each end.
30. Put on the wheels: push a 3-long axle through the leg, with a wheel on one side and a bush on the other.

Play time

Taxi the airliner to the runway, then count its engines and windows!

Real-world inspiration

Airbus A380, the European double-deck wide-body airliner assembled in Toulouse, France.

Credited demonstrations and component sources

• Airbus A380 — Wikipedia: Public reference for the real aircraft's shape and colours; this is a Technic-parts model inspired by it, not a flying or tested replica.