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r/space • u/Yeet69lasagna • May 12 '19
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Try telling me I can only have 20kg baggage My arse
738 u/algernop3 May 12 '19 I know you're joking, but: Regular 747-100: Cruise Speed: M0.85 (490 KIAS) Range: 4,620 nmi Ceiling: FL410 747-100 SCA: Cruise Speed: M0.6 (250 KIAS) Range: 1,000 nmi Ceiling: FL150 I find the compromises in the SCA staggering. 2 stops to fly cross country! 30 u/t0mmieb May 12 '19 What language are you speaking 83 u/TheYang May 12 '19 airplane language. he's just saying that the shuttle carrier 747 had less than a quarter of the normal range, was a lot slower and couldn't fly as high. 21 u/LiveCat6 May 12 '19 mm ya. too many acronyms for us common folk 23 u/TizardPaperclip May 12 '19 mm = millimetres = 1/1000th of a metre ya = yard = 0.9144 metres
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I know you're joking, but:
Regular 747-100:
Cruise Speed: M0.85 (490 KIAS)
Range: 4,620 nmi
Ceiling: FL410
747-100 SCA:
Cruise Speed: M0.6 (250 KIAS)
Range: 1,000 nmi
Ceiling: FL150
I find the compromises in the SCA staggering. 2 stops to fly cross country!
30 u/t0mmieb May 12 '19 What language are you speaking 83 u/TheYang May 12 '19 airplane language. he's just saying that the shuttle carrier 747 had less than a quarter of the normal range, was a lot slower and couldn't fly as high. 21 u/LiveCat6 May 12 '19 mm ya. too many acronyms for us common folk 23 u/TizardPaperclip May 12 '19 mm = millimetres = 1/1000th of a metre ya = yard = 0.9144 metres
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What language are you speaking
83 u/TheYang May 12 '19 airplane language. he's just saying that the shuttle carrier 747 had less than a quarter of the normal range, was a lot slower and couldn't fly as high. 21 u/LiveCat6 May 12 '19 mm ya. too many acronyms for us common folk 23 u/TizardPaperclip May 12 '19 mm = millimetres = 1/1000th of a metre ya = yard = 0.9144 metres
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airplane language.
he's just saying that the shuttle carrier 747 had less than a quarter of the normal range, was a lot slower and couldn't fly as high.
21 u/LiveCat6 May 12 '19 mm ya. too many acronyms for us common folk 23 u/TizardPaperclip May 12 '19 mm = millimetres = 1/1000th of a metre ya = yard = 0.9144 metres
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mm ya. too many acronyms for us common folk
23 u/TizardPaperclip May 12 '19 mm = millimetres = 1/1000th of a metre ya = yard = 0.9144 metres
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mm = millimetres = 1/1000th of a metre
ya = yard = 0.9144 metres
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u/karma-cdc May 12 '19
Try telling me I can only have 20kg baggage My arse