Jeep Garage  - Jeep Forum banner

Things you have towed with a Grand Cherokee

10K views 60 replies 34 participants last post by  bigjohnjeep 
#1 ·
I don't know about you, but I had to go into low range get'n this home from the shops.;)
 

Attachments

See less See more
1
#9 · (Edited)
Much lighter is a relative term. The empty shuttle is only 60 tons lighter than an empty Antonov An-225, which is the heaviest aircraft ever built to date.

The shuttle, though smaller, has a ceramic tile skin which adds tons (pun intended) of weight. Just think about how heavy a box of 13 ceramic tiles is at your local Home Depot. Now multiply that weight by a surface area roughly half the size of a 747.

That's some serious bulk.

Of course, if you add the fuel tank (empty) and the boosters, which would be required to make it able to actually take off (and more comparable to the An-225), it ends up outweighing the An-225 by roughly 100 tons. Without those items, it would be like removing the engines and fuel tanks from the An-225.

Fill both aircraft with their maximum fuel and payloads and the shuttle will outweigh the An-225 by over 1000 tons.
 
#11 · (Edited)
Good observation. I've never seen a 747 with an engine arrangement like that...
 
#14 ·
My construction hauler / mobile warehouse / toy hauler........

Land vehicle Vehicle Car Motor vehicle Jeep


And my wife Durango works as well

Land vehicle Vehicle Car Motor vehicle Automotive tire
 
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top