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Old 23rd Sep 2020, 06:18
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Originally Posted by Less Hair
That turbofan looks very nose heavy.
You'll note the rearmost passenger doors are placed quite well forward, indicating the aft pressure bulkhead is also quite a bit further up than we're used to in today's designs.
With the hydrogen storage systems being placed aft of the bulkhead, you need quite a bit of fuselage forward of the wing to balance things out again.

If you look at the mid range jet design, the wings also seen placed pretty far backwards - same reasons as you have significant weight sitting in the back
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