Re: 747 vs DC-10 Limitations
Totally depends on the cargo.
If you have loose pallets that are particularly dense (i.e weigh more than the volumetric weight which airlines use), then you might well reach the max weight for any a/c before you fill the hold.
I can't see that it is easy to make a statement like that about two a/c types until you have a unit of cargo to measure them with.
Maybe you mean the ratio of volume available to weight an aircraft can carry differs between a/c types.
Eg: DC10-30F. 65t approx max cargo weight, approx 350-420cbm of space.
B744F. 120t approx max cargo weight, approx 640cbm os space.
The DC-10 has a higher vol to weight ratio than the 744F.
But because aircraft holds are not uniform in shape, it totally depends on carge shape, because no-one can fill their hold with water.