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To: Paleo Conservative
It doesn't mention where the cargo doors are for the over sized payload, does the noes open like a C-5 or the tail open like pedal doors, or both?
19 posted on 04/15/2006 2:40:47 PM PDT by txroadhawg ("Stuck on stupid? I invented stupid! " Al Gore)
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To: txroadhawg
It doesn't mention where the cargo doors are for the over sized payload, does the noes open like a C-5 or the tail open like pedal doors, or both?

It's in the tail. The cargo section is separated from the nose of the aircraft just behind the passenger door by a newly desingned pressure bulkhead. It is impossible to get into the unpressurized cargo section from the nose section, because there will be no door there. The tail section will swing open to allow specially designed loaders load and unload cargo from the LCF. The hinges which are being designed in Spain will carry and protect all the cables and hydraulic hoses necessary to control the control surfaces and flight data recorders in the tail. This will enable quicker loading and unloading than was possible with the Super Guppies formerly used by Airbus. Those aircraft which were modified C-97's required disconnecting all flight controls before opening the nose of the plane and reconnecting them before taking off.


21 posted on 04/15/2006 2:54:03 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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