Superpilot92
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SkyBoy1981 said:The cabin is also too narrow to make it very useful as a freighter.
FlyChicaga said:Hmm, like a Lear cabin?
Landing weight restricted 145LR at 47749#, meaning a 5200# burn, with a 8000# fuel load, and a BOW of 24805. Roughly. Considering all seats removed, galley removed, lav removed (maybe?), etc. The BOW of 24805 + 8000# for fuel, equals 32805. So the weight of aircraft and fuel considered, you'd have room for 14944# of cargo. What is the typical cargo load on say, a Shorts 360?
Anyways, I doubt it will happen. The airlines will ride these airplanes hard, then put them in the desert. This airplane sure ain't no B727.
erj-145mech said:The floor and support structure is too light to be able to carry a load, pounds per square foot wise. The weight savings from the pax furnishings removal would be used to strengthen the floor structure. The fuselage structure is not condusive to installing a large hinged cargo door on the side of the fuselage because of the type of fuselage construction. The fuselage skin is chemically milled to reduce weight, which also weakens the strength, so you can't add a splice to it. Thats why when you see a skin repair, its an external scab patch, no way to do an internal repair.
One set of elevator and rudder cable's are routed vertically aft of the lav and forward of the cargo bin, so you'd have to have a good barrier to separarate the load from them. It would not be a good day if the cables got jammed from shifting cargo.
It would be too labor intensive to hand carry boxes thru the main cabin door and stack them in the cabin if you can't use LD style containers.