February 5, 20179 yr Hello, is there any option to disable the winglet on the 747-400F ? Sofiane Al Qasimi.
February 5, 20179 yr I'm not sure why you'd want that since as far as I'm aware, this isn't possible on the real 747-400F. The only 747-400 I know of that has no winglets is the 747-400D. Captain Kevin Air Kevin 124 heavy, wind calm, runway 4 left, cleared for take-off. Live streams of my flights here.
February 6, 20179 yr in DDG and MMEL one less winglet is doable with a cost on MTOW reduction and roughly 2.5% on fuel burn ... never heard of a regular flight with no winglet doable only on the 400D.
February 6, 20179 yr Well and the LCF... Brian Thibodeaux | B747-400/8, C-130 Flight Engineer, CFI, Type Rated: BE190, DC-9 (MD-80), B747-400 My Liveries
February 6, 20179 yr Well and the LCF... All right, fair enough. I had completely forgotten about that, although to be fair, that isn't one of our options for the PMDG 747-400, either, so can't really fault me for not thinking of that one. Captain Kevin Air Kevin 124 heavy, wind calm, runway 4 left, cleared for take-off. Live streams of my flights here.
February 6, 20179 yr It's easy to overlook that one. But it's not even a freighter. It's a completely warped pax bird. The amount of rivets on it to hold its shape will make you shudder. Brian Thibodeaux | B747-400/8, C-130 Flight Engineer, CFI, Type Rated: BE190, DC-9 (MD-80), B747-400 My Liveries
February 6, 20179 yr Well and the LCF... LCF is a LCF with a different frame and specific limitations and operational limits ... the -400 is a big family with the LCF in but the 400D can be retrofitted to a regular -400 doubt a lot for the LCF ...
February 6, 20179 yr LCF is a LCF with a different frame and specific limitations and operational limits ... the -400 is a big family with the LCF in but the 400D can be retrofitted to a regular -400 doubt a lot for the LCF ... I'm quite aware of the LCF and it's configuration. I was making a wise crack about the LCF being overlooked. It's easy todo. There's only 4 of them. Brian Thibodeaux | B747-400/8, C-130 Flight Engineer, CFI, Type Rated: BE190, DC-9 (MD-80), B747-400 My Liveries
February 6, 20179 yr what is the differential training on the LCF versus regular -400 and -400F? None. They all fly the same. LCF is a bit more fun in a crosswind..but then again so is the -8. Review the differences in the QRH and the FCOM and go fly. Brian Thibodeaux | B747-400/8, C-130 Flight Engineer, CFI, Type Rated: BE190, DC-9 (MD-80), B747-400 My Liveries
February 6, 20179 yr Just taxi it a bit too close in between a couple of hangars and you'll rip them off the wings - sorted. :-) Apparently that's an option on the A380: http://www.airlinereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/A380-FB3.jpg Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
February 6, 20179 yr Of course, there was the Boeing 747-400 that did the same thing. http://avherald.com/img/baw_b744_g-bnll_johannesburg_20131222_3.jpg Captain Kevin Air Kevin 124 heavy, wind calm, runway 4 left, cleared for take-off. Live streams of my flights here.
February 6, 20179 yr Commercial Member In the past, we simulated the winglet option so that people could somewhat simulate the 400D ("somewhat" because there are a few more differences on the D model than the winglets being absent). This is no longer necessary because the D model is present as its own model. Kyle Rodgers
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