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Multirole cargo aircraft options and configurationsThe paper discusses multirole cargo aircraft options and configurations. It was shown that derivatives of current wide-body aircraft would be economically attractive through 2008, but new dedicated airfreighters incorporating 1990 technology would offer little or no economic incentive. Option studies indicate that Mach 0.7 propfans would be economically attractive in trip cost, aircraft price, and airline ROI; spanloaders would be lower priced with higher ROI, but would have a relatively higher trip cost because of aerodynamic inefficiencies. Finally, air cushion landing gear configurations are identified as an option for avoiding runway constraints on airport accommodation of very large airfreighters.
Document ID
19800042475
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Conner, D. W.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Vaughan, J. C., III
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Va., United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1979
Subject Category
Air Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
SAE PAPER 791096
Meeting Information
Meeting: Aerospace Meeting
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Start Date: December 3, 1979
End Date: December 6, 1979
Sponsors: Society of Automotive Engineers
Accession Number
80A26645
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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