[GBA]

I'm wondering about all of the control cable, hydraulic and electronics interconnects that would allow it to swing open and closed like that, not to mention how to lock the tail to make it a solid, one piece airplane again. The loads one those locks and fasteners must be tremendous!

[Paleo Conservative]

The loads one those locks and fasteners must be tremendous!

They would be worse if the cargo bay were pressurized. The cargo bay will be heated but unpressurized.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Those concerns have already been addressed on other platforms.

[hattend]

There is a DC-6 Freighter that flies in here that does the same thing.

So, it's been done before...just have to engineer it a bit stronger and bigger for the 747.