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Why has it not caught on for cargo? Too inefficient? Too much investment in support facilities, tooling, staff required -- and/or too insecure? (Regarding t
by pasbesoin 8y ago
Why has it not caught on for cargo? Too inefficient? Too much investment in support facilities, tooling, staff required -- and/or too insecure? (Regarding the latter, no one's going to buy a couple of bargain basement priced planes, in the face of support requirements.)
- larkeith 8y agoAccording to another comment [1], it's because their cargo mass is not as large as their volume, relatively to other planes. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17266194 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17266194
- jandrese 8y agoIIRC the cargo doors are too small and the space is broken up by a structural component (the second floor). The 747 was designed from the outset to be converted to a cargo hauler (hence the cockpit mounted on top) so it's much easier for a heavy lifter to work with.