Converted B747-400's - Achieving the Performance Parameters?
Sincere thanks for the informative replies so far. I am familair with the various manufacturers web-sites which, occasionally, can be as suggested by 742 ".....simplistic, one page executive summaries" and do not always cover the variations, upgrades or downgrades to MTOW, MZFW etc. - and the there does appear to be a number of varying OEW's for the same model (depending which document you read!).
May I ask if anyone has any provisional weights for the 747-8F (MLW, MZFW, planned OEW etc.) as the Boeing site/Technical Information is rather sparse at this time? I understand that the MTOW is 439,985 kgs. with an approximate payload (structural or revenue) of circa 140,000.
Again, thanks for any useful updates.