May 5, 200917 yr I noticed this picture on a net about the first P-8 Poseidon for the Navy and I noticed the wing is similar to the wing you see on the 777 and 787. Is this the way passenger wings will look or is this something specific for the Navy.Check the front page of A.net.Andrew Andrew
May 5, 200917 yr The Poseidon P-8A MMA is based around the 737-800NG, but it has the stronger wing from the 737-900 (now the 900ER since the 900 has been superceded by the ER variant). It also has a different nosecone to house the funkier radar gizmoes. The wing looks different because it the revised 900ER profile with anti-icing on all the leading edge slats, and is further modified with four weapons stations. Overall strengthening makes it tougher than the standard 800 variant with a higher MTOW and it probably has the long range tanks of the 900ER since it has that wing, almost certainly with the inerting gas option that airlines don't bother with, to reduce the risk of explosion since it is likely to be aerially refuelled.It will of course be exempt from the ETOPs rules the 737 normally flies under and some versions may have the eyebrow windows to assist in aerial refuelling. The US Navy will have 108 of them and there will also be a SIGINT version with different avionics and the deletion of the weapons racks and internal weapons bays.Al Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
May 5, 200917 yr Won't need an arresting hook when it can launch all its weapons and flatten everything ahead of it in order to create a runway :( I think they should put floats on it, for a laugh.Al Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
May 5, 200917 yr The Royal Australian Air Force has utilised the Boeing 737NG in its Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control (AWE&C) project. It's based on the Boeing 737-700 airframe and I am fairly sure it's got the -800 wings and main landing gear (I may be wrong about the wings and gear). They'll apparently be capable of remaining airborne for up to 10 hours without refuelling. At present, the RAAF has ordered six of these aircraft. I hope PMDG will create a model for this aircraft in their upcoming 737NGX... Matthew Bellette
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