Interesting question
Does anyone have a handle on the relative densities of some typical aircraft at max weights.
Makes one wonder about the mass of the air in a heavy which may become a consideration in manoeuvre. The aircraft has to move that mass of air around as well as the hard bits.
As a guess there may be about 500 to 1000 pnds of air in a jumbo pressurised to 8,000 ft.
1 pnd of air occupies about 13 cubic feet at sea level.
Probably insignificant.
Last edited by Milt; 22nd May 2004 at 09:26.