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Old 22nd October 2017 | 08:39
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DaveReidUK
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Originally Posted by tdracer
25% of what? Because I can guarantee it wasn't airframe weight, or even fuselage weight...
In Jan Roskam's classic 1985 "Airplane Design" he quotes a formula, based on number of seats and max diff, for the weight difference between windows and windowless.

For a 150-seat aircraft, this comes out at around 200 kg.

Window sizes have grown since his book was written, so the weight penalty for newer aircraft will be a bit higher than that.
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