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.)

 

 

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 (Norbert Rauch)

 

   

 (Marinus van der Wal)

 

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