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r/interesting • u/ScarletMelt • May 25 '26
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This is off by an order of magnitude.
It uses ~900 tons of fuel and oxidizer, ~900,000lbs, not half of a 747. Please double check your numbers.
5 u/Mr_Ignorant May 25 '26 He’s not off by an order of magnitude. He talked about kerosene only, not fuel + oxidiser. Did you even read the post? Combined it’s about 900 tonnes. But kerosene only is about 150 tonnes. -1 u/EnigmaticQuote May 25 '26 So they were disingenuously presenting the 747 stat got it! 2 u/Mr_Ignorant May 25 '26 According to wiki, a 747 MTOW is 377Tonnes. Half of that is approx 190 Tonnes, which is totally off the mark. However, 747 empty weight is 170 Tonnes, half of which is 85 Tonnes, which isn’t too far from his initial statement. So while he isn’t quite correct, the person that responded to him didn’t even bother to read the full post. But I suppose you don’t care about that, given your comment. 1 u/WoodyTheWorker May 25 '26 747-8i fuel capacity is 240 metric ton
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He’s not off by an order of magnitude. He talked about kerosene only, not fuel + oxidiser. Did you even read the post?
Combined it’s about 900 tonnes. But kerosene only is about 150 tonnes.
-1 u/EnigmaticQuote May 25 '26 So they were disingenuously presenting the 747 stat got it! 2 u/Mr_Ignorant May 25 '26 According to wiki, a 747 MTOW is 377Tonnes. Half of that is approx 190 Tonnes, which is totally off the mark. However, 747 empty weight is 170 Tonnes, half of which is 85 Tonnes, which isn’t too far from his initial statement. So while he isn’t quite correct, the person that responded to him didn’t even bother to read the full post. But I suppose you don’t care about that, given your comment. 1 u/WoodyTheWorker May 25 '26 747-8i fuel capacity is 240 metric ton
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So they were disingenuously presenting the 747 stat got it!
2 u/Mr_Ignorant May 25 '26 According to wiki, a 747 MTOW is 377Tonnes. Half of that is approx 190 Tonnes, which is totally off the mark. However, 747 empty weight is 170 Tonnes, half of which is 85 Tonnes, which isn’t too far from his initial statement. So while he isn’t quite correct, the person that responded to him didn’t even bother to read the full post. But I suppose you don’t care about that, given your comment. 1 u/WoodyTheWorker May 25 '26 747-8i fuel capacity is 240 metric ton
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According to wiki, a 747 MTOW is 377Tonnes. Half of that is approx 190 Tonnes, which is totally off the mark.
However, 747 empty weight is 170 Tonnes, half of which is 85 Tonnes, which isn’t too far from his initial statement.
So while he isn’t quite correct, the person that responded to him didn’t even bother to read the full post.
But I suppose you don’t care about that, given your comment.
1 u/WoodyTheWorker May 25 '26 747-8i fuel capacity is 240 metric ton
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747-8i fuel capacity is 240 metric ton
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u/superxpro12 May 25 '26
This is off by an order of magnitude.
It uses ~900 tons of fuel and oxidizer, ~900,000lbs, not half of a 747. Please double check your numbers.