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Old 14th May 2015, 16:56
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KenV
 
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BS - Empty weight from the USN, MTOW and fuel cap from Boeing.

Of course I don't know if the USN definition of OEW. Could be +-5,000 pounds or so depending on whether they include the pies.
There's something screwy with the numbers. Per multiple sources:
Empty wt = 62.7 t
MTOG wt = 85.3 t
Fuel Cap = 34.1 t

85.3 - 62.7 = 22.6
34.1 - 22.6 = 11.5

In other words, the P-8A is supposedly flying around with tankage for 11.5 tons of fuel that can never be loaded into those tanks.

Me thinks the "empty weight" includes weapons and/or other expendables (like sono buoys?) that are not normally included in commercial OEW numbers.
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