Operational and design features of twin-fuselage aircraft are outlined, noting capabilities of transporting 100-400 passengers at subsonic speeds at an efficiency of around 190 passenger mi/gal. Wings for two body aircraft are lighter and are designed more from an aerodynamics point of view due to reductions in the bending moment. A 280 passenger configuration would need a 172 ft wingspan, compared to a 155 ft wingspan for a conventional aircraft, but the conventional wings would have a larger area. The higher aspect ratio contributed to the increased efficiency of the twin body operation. A lower wetted fuselage area is calculated for the two body aircraft with passenger capacities over 190, and twin fuselages are shown to have a higher passenger packaging density than double-deck widebodies. Finally, simple compounding of existing aircraft such as the DC-9 into a two-body shape is projected to offer a 1.9 factor increase in passenger mi/gal.


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    Title :

    Why twin-fuselage aircraft


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    Publication date :

    1982-04-01


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    Miscellaneous


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    Language :

    English




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