While flying B733F to China, will the wind have any effect on the max payload?
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While flying B733F to China, will the wind have any effect on the max payload?
I have heard that flying westbound from Asia will severely restrict max payload due to wind effect. Flying East from DXB is not a problem at all. Will there be any such restrictions due wind while flying to China from India? Request advice.
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it all depend on z head wind tail wind component? more head wind more NAM you have to fly the more fuel u have to carry the less fr8t u can haul, and vise verse. just take it if you can get off the ground u should be good!
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I feel sorry for the captain that will have to listen to these type of questions for this length of a trip.
It's called...gear up and shut up.
Works good, lasts a long time.
Now, before all you younger guys get your panties in a twist...I'm only joking.
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If you are encountering a headwind, it will effect only the actual speed you are moving. For example IAS versus GS.
Yes, the wind has a direct impact. You have to work out the route distance, then apply corrections for prevailing winds which then determine the flight time and required fuel. Once you have the fuel, you then can load the payload. You might have to decide if its more beneficial for you to fly non-stop with a restricted payload rather than flying with a full payload.
However this is a lesson that you should have thought about before you purchased the 733F !
As for the rest of you, if you had read more of Spanner748 messages, you would have realized that he isn't a pilot...... but at this stage, I have to ask if he was the right person to be assigned to purchasing an aircraft
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To answer the original poster's question, here is an example.
CPT-EZE, type L1011-500, enroute time 11 hours (due 160 knot headwinds).
Full pax and their baggage uplifted.
Full fuel tanks...94 tons.
Left behind...only Diego Maradona's three tons of furniture that even the Argentine national airline wouldn't take.
CPT-EZE, type L1011-500, enroute time 11 hours (due 160 knot headwinds).
Full pax and their baggage uplifted.
Full fuel tanks...94 tons.
Left behind...only Diego Maradona's three tons of furniture that even the Argentine national airline wouldn't take.
