Simviation Forum - Heaviest Takeoff in Boeing History.

Aug 23^rd, 2010 at 9:45pm

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A few days ago, the heaviest takeoff in Boeing history occurred. In Victorville, California, the second 747-8F took off with a weight of 1.3 million pounds.

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Reply #1 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 11:24am

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It always amazes me that we have found methods to make a million pounds fly through the air.

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Reply #2 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 11:41am

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That's just awesome. Especially when you think about what 1,000,000 pounds really means.

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Reply #3 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 11:57am

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Impressive. The AN225 does the same weight (wiki). I think the Antonov can carry larger volumes, correct?

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Reply #4 - Aug 26^th, 2010 at 3:38pm

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That is

448 imperial tons (long tons)
502.5 US tons (short tons)
456 metric tonnes

I hate this US thing of measuring everything in lbs

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Reply #5 - Sep 4^th, 2010 at 5:50pm

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Space shuttles's 4.5 million pounds

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Reply #6 - Sep 4^th, 2010 at 8:19pm

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garryrussell wrote on Sep 4^th, 2010 at 5:50pm:

Space shuttles's 4.5 million pounds

I said Boeing, not NASA. Grin

I wouldn't call a space shuttle an "airplane"...

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Reply #7 - Sep 4^th, 2010 at 10:06pm

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BrandonF wrote on Sep 4^th, 2010 at 8:19pm:

garryrussell wrote on Sep 4^th, 2010 at 5:50pm:

Space shuttles's 4.5 million pounds

I said Boeing, not NASA. Grin

I wouldn't call a space shuttle an "airplane"...

Yeah, and most aeroplanes don't have 5,600,000 pounds of thrust. Grin

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Reply #8 - Sep 6^th, 2010 at 11:15am

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Me and a few of the 747 Mechanics were talking, and I bet you Boeing forgot to improve the Turning radius on the 747-8. The normal 747's main body gear can caster a few degrees, cutting down the turn circle. But the 748F is longer then the 744 Passenger Version, and the 748I is even longer then that.

The reason I bring this up is, can you imagine trying to taxi around with 130,000kg of weight on a longer plane and it still has the same exact turn radius of the 744F, that tail swinging around is bound to clip something, and more then likely when you try and cheat your turn, you are going to run the NLG off the taxi way, or run over taxiway light with the body gear.

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Reply #9 - Sep 8^th, 2010 at 5:56pm

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OVERLORD_CHRIS wrote on Sep 6^th, 2010 at 11:15am:

Me and a few of the 747 Mechanics were talking, and I bet you Boeing forgot to improve the Turning radius on the 747-8. The normal 747's main body gear can caster a few degrees, cutting down the turn circle. But the 748F is longer then the 744 Passenger Version, and the 748I is even longer then that.

The reason I bring this up is, can you imagine trying to taxi around with 130,000kg of weight on a longer plane and it still has the same exact turn radius of the 744F, that tail swinging around is bound to clip something, and more then likely when you try and cheat your turn, you are going to run the NLG off the taxi way, or run over taxiway light with the body gear.

Not that it is the perfect answer, but large airports around the world have been preparing for the 747-8 and A380 by expanding corners and such to allow the aircraft to easily turn without leaving the pavement.

Dave

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Reply #10 - Sep 25^th, 2010 at 7:18am

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ApplePie wrote on Sep 4^th, 2010 at 10:06pm:

BrandonF wrote on Sep 4^th, 2010 at 8:19pm:

garryrussell wrote on Sep 4^th, 2010 at 5:50pm:

Space shuttles's 4.5 million pounds

I said Boeing, not NASA. Grin

I wouldn't call a space shuttle an "airplane"...

Yeah, and most aeroplanes don't have 5,600,000 pounds of thrust. Grin

But 747's have had their turn carrying the shuttles, so I'm guessing that the 4.5mil is with the main fuel tank and boosters.

And how I wish I had an airplane with 5,600,000 pounds of thrust... Grin

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Reply #11 - Sep 25^th, 2010 at 12:20pm

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Cessnaporsche01 wrote on Sep 25^th, 2010 at 7:18am:

And how I wish I had an airplane with 5,600,000 pounds of thrust... Grin

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Reply #12 - Oct 7^th, 2010 at 1:13am

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Only half joking, but we did land on the moon using standard system. Until someone else lands on the moon with metric, I'll stick with my 9/16" wrench. Wink

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Reply #13 - Oct 7^th, 2010 at 7:33am

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DaveSims wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 11:24am:

It always amazes me that we have found methods to make a million pounds fly through the air.

The World Bank has managed it... Angry

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Reply #14 - Oct 7^th, 2010 at 11:51am

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OVERLORD_CHRIS wrote on Sep 6^th, 2010 at 11:15am:

Me and a few of the 747 Mechanics were talking, and I bet you Boeing forgot to improve the Turning radius on the 747-8. ..........

Smarter people than us have done all the design work on this project..... do you really think they would miss a thing like this ?

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