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Old 3rd May 2013, 11:16
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Kitoro Kid
 
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If five MRAP's break loose, or even one broke loose, where would it go? from what I have seen , centre loading them all in the Q7 positions, one behind each other, with a small gap between them, they could only move a few metres to the rear before they hit the rear bulkhead. there is not much more space for them to go. Alot of posts here seem to indicate that they moved from the front to the back, but thats not possible, as they are too high for the Q6 positions at the front. the load shift would have only been a few metres, does anybody know if that enough to make the aircraft so tail heavy it cannot be controlled? they are around 28,000 lbs each so it it would be alot of weight to move, and cause damage to the rear of the aircraft. I also believe that with these MRAP's loaded, you need alot of ballast at the front in the forward hold or Q6 positions.
Maybe a B747 LM could comment if that enough to do this?
Just asking.
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