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)