Or the Wing Air Refueling Pod System (WARPS) mod that added about 2500 pounds - not including the other 2500 pounds that the pods weigh, together, when the system is actually installed. Or it can be something more substantial like a mod (TCTO in USAF parlance) such as the SILVER BULLET airstream trailer and communications module modification, which added about 800 pounds to the basic weight of all modified jets.
This can be something small like the pax cleanup kit for when passengers barf all over themselves, to the hazardous materials kit (~ 50 pounds apiece). Also looked really sad when the grey paint was peeling down to reveal gloss white and blue underneath.īut what I was really alluding to is the expected weight gain: the addition or changing of equipment that wasn't there when the jet was first designed or delivered. That's a nice chunk of unexpected weight, there. Another example is when the Air Force decided to simply paint over the old 'white top' scheme instead of stripping the older paint first on some of the jets. Although not very much weight wise, it's still there. Someone mentioned fluids in the insulation blankets, and that's true, too. that gets caked in an aircraft or gets trapped in crevices, etc. Most has been planned but there's some unplanned, too.Īn example of unplanned is dirt, grime, hydro fluid, oil etc. Since then, those same jets are between 30 pounds heavier. She started service in 1981 with a basic aircraft weight (OEW) of about 245K. In the example I was using was the glorious and beautiful KC-10. There are two kinds of weight gain: planned and unplanned. Some things don't translate well, so apologies for not being more clear. I'll take the hit for this, since I'm the poster you're quoting. In a previous thread, a posted made this comment: "And as jets are like people and gain weight as they age." Agreed on the people part, but I've never heard the jet part.
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