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[herky]

Originally Posted by umtutsut

Uh-oh. I fear Fat Albert (NASA) is doomed.

I now kindasorta remember that the aircraft was a -100. I only saw him once when I worked for the Office of Aeronautics.

Les (The Voice of Authority -- VoiceofAuthority.net - The Voice Stylings of Les Dorr, Jr.)

got all excited there.to me fat albert is the blue angels c130 herk whoops

[John Bowden]

Well if Murph does the 100 prototype Les you should be "good to go" on your NASA bird.

As far as all the others (T-43, other USAF, and civilian airliner birds) it shouldn't be too hard to made the mods to create a 200 series...........

[N96HBK]

Originally Posted by John Bowden

Well if Murph does the 100 prototype Les you should be "good to go" on your NASA bird.

As far as all the others (T-43, other USAF, and civilian airliner birds) it shouldn't be too hard to made the mods to create a 200 series...........

I think -200s have same engines and a slightly longer fuselage......am I right?

[RunwayOneSixRight]

Originally Posted by N96HBK

I think -200s have same engines and a slightly longer fuselage......am I right?

Pretty sure the wingspan is longer too.

-RunwayOneSixRight (Matthew)

[murphyaa]

All my paperwork says the only difference between a -100 and a -200 is a longer fuselage. They all give the same wingspan for both. The -300 is where they start giving longer wingspans. So, I'm gonna do the -100 and -200 (2 models for the work of 1).

-100: Prototype, NASA bird
-200: T-43, Rat 55, Area 51 bird

[John Bowden]

737 stats

737-100 wing span 87' length 95' 9" height 37' 1"

737-200 wing span 93' length 100' 2" height 36' 10"

737-300 wing span 94' 9" length 109' 7" height 36' 6"

all figure in US feet (') and inches (") and from Boeing Jetliner Databook by W Harms & R. J. Frencillion

[sgoti]

Originally Posted by murphyaa

All my paperwork says the only difference between a -100 and a -200 is a longer fuselage. They all give the same wingspan for both. The -300 is where they start giving longer wingspans. So, I'm gonna do the -100 and -200 (2 models for the work of 1).

-100: Prototype, NASA bird
-200: T-43, Rat 55, Area 51 bird

From the Boeing 737 Airport Planning Manual:

737-100

The 737-100 is the standard short body version of the 737 family. It is 94 ft (28.63 m) long from nose to the tip of the horizontal stabilizer.

737-200

The 737-200 is an extended body version of the 737 family and is 100 ft 2 in (30.53 m) long. Two sections were added to the 737-100 fuselage; a 36-in section forward of the wing and a 40-in section aft of the wing. All other dimensions are the same as the 737-100.

737-300

The 737-300 is a second-generation stretched version of the 737 family of airplanes and is 109 ft 7 in long. Two sections were added to the 737-200 fuselage; a 44-in section forward of the wing and a 60-in section aft of the wing. Wing and stabilizer spans are also increased. The 737-300 incorporates new aerodynamic and engine technologies in addition to the increased payload and range. The -300 can seat as many as 149 passengers in an all-economy configuration.

Anyone interested in the full manual can find it here: http://www.boeing.com/assets/pdf/com.../acaps/737.pdf

[murphyaa]

Just for ease, I'm gonna leave both with the same wingspan. At least until somebody from Boeing chimes in and gives us a definitive answer. Mainly because I just finished both B&W and I'm sending the -200 B&W off to Matthew for beta build tonight.

The story I'm getting from my sources is that Lufthansa ordered the 737 with a specific length. While Boeing was still tooling up, United came in and wanted more seating capacity. So, Boeing just added a plug on each side of the wings, and called it the -200, while Lufthansa's were called the -100.

[RunwayOneSixRight]

Originally Posted by murphyaa

Just for ease, I'm gonna leave both with the same wingspan. At least until somebody from Boeing chimes in and gives us a definitive answer. Mainly because I just finished both B&W and I'm sending the -200 B&W off to Matthew for beta build tonight.

From Boeing huh?
We had about ten Boeing engineers at our house last night and I currently live with two!

Anyway, what did the scale work out to be?

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EDIT,

That clears it up.

If you made some of the standard CFM-56 engines I am sure you'd make a lot of folks happy.
Then I could vector it, and make the necessary changes to the -300, -400, -600, and so on.
(Also the fuselage length, wing chord, wing length, and vertical stabilizer fairing need to be changed but I can do that).



-RunwayOneSixRight (Matthew)

[John Bowden]

well you can't go wrong with original Boeing publications........I trust it more than I trust Mr Harms or Mr Francillion............ 93 feet wing span it is!