Advantages of rear mounted engines

[PhatAJ2008]

What advantages do rear mounted engines have over wing mounted and vise versa?

 

[frog_flyer]

Better water 'landings'

 

[SIG600]

Pitch stability, FOD ingestion potential, thats about all I can think of.

 

[atrdriver]

Less adverse yaw with an engine failure.

 

[ultrarunner]

Don't need a tug to push back. Overall quiter cabin.

 

[pb4ufly]

Less noise in First Class...

 

[Steeler Fan]

Cooler looking.

Steelers vs Browns tonight--Still mathematically alive (for the playoffs and for the #1 overall pick in next year's draft)

 

[michael707767]

Less adverse yaw with an engine failure.

but consequently aircraft with tail mounted engines have smaller rudders. The 757/767 is much easier to control with an engine failure (based on the sim) than the MD-88.

 

[Oh-ryan]

I don't know much about the aerodynamics of it, but I had a girlfriend once that said she likes it in the rear much better.


Oh man this is too easy.

 

[michael707767]

I don't know much about the aerodynamics of it, but I had a girlfriend once that said she likes it in the rear much better.

and you're not still with her??

 

[Well-hung Start]

MD-88: No wing damage if one 'splodes.

 

[FlyBoeingJets]

Layman's version--Wing mounted engines help load the wing downward to counteract the stress from lift on the wing structure.

The C-130, for example, needs fuel in the outboard tanks to increase wing life.

There is a limit to how big a wing you can make for an airliner, that lasts, without an engine or other weight hanging off it or in it.

 

[Mercy98]

A cleaner wing for less mass and structure. Tail mounted has fod limits though...remember the SAS MD-80 that lost both engines on takeoff for ice shedding off the wings on takeoff.

 

[Lowrider717]

"MD-88: No wing damage if one 'splodes."


No wing damage, but the lady in 30a or 30f will sure be pissed about her new hairdoo!

 

[Lowrider717]

tailmount baby,

cause you can use a cool screen name like Lowrider!

 

[embdrvr]

If one engine falls off the passengers are less likely to notice since noone can see it from the cabin. With a Boeing it's really obvious.

 

[Nindiri]

Tailmounted-- Fewer engines damaged by rampies passing through them.

 

[TOOL CRIB]

Tailmounted- shorter landing gear required (and more cargo/pax space). Harder to get inadvertantly sucked into.

 

[Guitar Guy]

tailmount baby,

cause you can use a cool screen name like Lowrider!

What about the upcoming Hondajet? http://world.honda.com/HondaJet/

 

[ron burgundy]

At least on the 80, at higher EPR settings during reverse thrust ops, the rudder is blanked out and therefore less rudder effectivness on rollout.

However, when the tug driver has a hot mike, you don't wonder if your medical is in jeapordy cause you're lose your freakin hearing! ALA 737.

 

[JetDriver2727]

I don't like it when the engines are mounted to the fuel tanks.

 

[bestpilot]

I don't like it when the engines are mounted to the fuel tanks.

Butz dat ole 737 be da plane dat dem chickees be diggin an stuff. Ole Ty Guy be gittin mo luvvin now dat he be drivin dat ole 737

Fromz coast to coasts, all dem sweeties an hotties like bee luvvin ole Ty Guy da most!

It like be waayyy cool to be like hiz wingman an stuuff, cause like he allwayz be like hookin a brother up and stuff!

Yeah, bro, you gits wayy mo play on dat 737 wit dem cool lowrider thrusters and stuff. Dats waht oneadem hunnies wuz like callin ole Ty, da lowrider thruster and stuff. Waht she meen by dat??????


AWWWW YYYEEEAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[CA1900]

Butz dat ole 737 be da plane dat dem chickees be diggin an stuff. Ole Ty Guy be gittin mo luvvin now dat he be drivin dat ole 737

Fromz coast to coasts, all dem sweeties an hotties like bee luvvin ole Ty Guy da most!

It like be waayyy cool to be like hiz wingman an stuuff...

Can somebody help? Somehow my Firefox got changed to some language other than English, and I can't figure out how to get it back.

:erm:

 

[The_Russian]

LMAO on some of those answers! Especially the ones about getting sucked in. OUCH!

Seriously. The real reason comes down to dollars. Rear mounted engines require that systems be mounted in the fuselage. This takes up a lot of space. Putting the engines on the wing allows more space in the cabin and more passengers to be carried. The aerodynamic effects of engine placement are minimal as far as lift is concerned. The asymetric thrust is a concern, though not enough to detract from the money making scheme.

 

[time builder]

Easier to do a weight and balance on a wing mounted plane. Oh, the good old days of loading the MD80s, max weight, jamming the back full while the front pit was empty.

 

[jimcav]

What Ron Burgundy said. Directional control is much better on a snow covered runway when your rudder is not blanked out by reverse thrust.