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Operational Weight Estimations of Commercial Jet Transport AircraftIn evaluating current or proposed commercial transport airplanes, there has not been available a ready means to determine weights so as to compare airplanes within this particular class. This paper describes the development of and presents such comparative tools. The major design characteristics of current American jet transport airplanes were collected, and these data were correlated by means of regression analysis to develop weight relationships for these airplanes as functions of their operational requirements. The characteristics for 23 airplanes were assembled and examined in terms of the effects of the number of people carried, the cargo load, and the operating range. These airplane characteristics were correlated for the airplanes as one of three subclasses, namely the small, twin-engine jet transport, the conventional three- and four-engine jets, and the new wide-body jets.
Document ID
19980007080
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Anderson, Joseph L. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1972
Subject Category
Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance
Report/Patent Number
NASA-TM-112771
SAWE-Paper-946
NAS 1.15:112771
Meeting Information
Meeting: Annual Conference of the Society of Aeronautical Weight Engineers, Inc.
Location: Atlanta, GA
Country: United States
Start Date: May 22, 1972
End Date: May 25, 1972
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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