B747-200 Pax v's Freighter
Dan Winterland says: "They (Freighters) have greater MTOW's and MLW's than Pax models - and use them." I don't know where Dan gets his info from, or his recollections, but they sure are different to mine. Pax B747-200 MTOW 377840 Kgs - B747-200F MTOW 371945 Kgs. MLW all versions 285760 Kgs. Dan may have confused MZFW for MTOW where the MZFW for the -200F was 272155 Kgs against 243350 Kgs for the Pax version. BTW, I accept that the V1 figures used are based on new aircraft flown by test pilots and therefore may be optimistic. My figures are for RR RB211-524 powered aircraft.
Last edited by Old Fella; 24th October 2008 at 00:12.
Reason: Correction 391945 Kg to 371945 Kg. Apologies for FAT fingers.