Airbus A310
Airbus is still offering its smallest widebody jet but there have been
no deliveries since 1998. As a derivate from the A300 the fuselage has been
shortened and a completely new wing was developed showing high aspect ratio. A
total of 255 A310s has been built by now and a large number of them has been
converted to freighters.
Wing chord is small and so is the wing area. For the modelplane the
resulting wing loading is relative high despite its fuselage that is much
shorter than that of the A300.
Powerplant:
Glow: two 12
to 15 cc (.75
to .90 cu.in.) engines
Turbine: twice 50 N
(11 lbs.) thrust
Ducted
Fan: diameter up to 135 mm (5.3’’)
Specifications:
Span Length Wing Area Weight
A310 2.74 m
(108’’) 2.92 m (115’’)
85.5 dm² (1325 sq.in.) 14 kg
(31 lbs.)
Pics:
(Norbert Rauch)
(Marinus van der Wal)