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The 100K lb capacity is interesting. An 18 wheeler truck has 80K lb capacity, I would have thought it could carry multiple full capacity containers.
by _8j50 5y ago
The 100K lb capacity is interesting. An 18 wheeler truck has 80K lb capacity, I would have thought it could carry multiple full capacity containers.
- Toutouxc 5y agoThat you can fit something inside a plane doesn't mean the plane will be able to lift off the ground. Beluga is meant to carry oversize cargo, but not overweight cargo -- it's based on an Airbus A300 with a roughly 100k lb cargo capacity, but with a huge fuselage. Same wings, and worse aerodynamics.
- bobthepanda 5y agoRight, a fuselage and other things the plane is likely to be carrying are big, but also hollow (they are meant to fly in the end)
- jacquesm 5y agoYes, but even an 18 wheeler truck could not load a container full of steel. Max weight and max size are upper limits, reach one and the other no longer matters.
- nawgz 5y agoIts primary use is to transport airplane components between Airbus facilities, as Airbus has manufacturing facilities producing various components (wings, fuselages, etc.) across multiple countries. These things are not easy to move on roads.
- krisoft 5y agoAnd that is why I always roll my eyes when a journalist uses the weight of a jet airplane to "translate" the weight of some heavy object. Airplanes are surprisingly light compared to their size. One cannot pick up an airplane[1] just like that so most doesn't realise this. 1: Notable exception :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9x1TRbeC_0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9x1TRbeC_0
- jacquesm 5y agoLol at that exception. That guy must have had the time of his life there.