If a plane is full of the morbidly obese, will it take off?

[Slew Foot]

Fuck the fat people. Bunch of assholes. Make them all sit on top of each other.

 

[shortylickens]

MOTHER FUCKING FATTIES ON THIS MOTHERFUCKING PLANE!

:SLjackson:

 

[IGBT]

how about weight balance? would a cargo master be required to determine even weight distribution in something like a composite AirBuss so the tail section doesn't off??

 

[Evadman]

I probably made some errors in my math, so this isn't going to be exact but you all get the point.

Math looked ok, but you forgot fuel. I used a 737-800 variant. Source is Wikipedia.

A 737-800 weighs 91,108 lb operating empty (which means it has everything needed to fly except fuel) and has a max takeoff weight of 174,200 lb. The difference is 83,092 lbs. Max fuel capacity is 6,875 gallons. A gallon of jet fuel weighs 6.8 lbs so a full fuel load is 46,750lbs leaving 36,342lbs for cargo and people.

So at absolutely full fuel load and maximum seating capacity of 184, the average weight per person + baggage must be under 197.5 lbs.

The max weight will be greatly affected by fuel load, as you are not going to carry 10 hours of fuel for a 3 hour trip. The above is assuming the longest trip possible (max range) of roughly 3,400 miles.

 

[crab]

Is the weight somewhat near the airplanes capability? Pretty much all it comes down to... Overweight airplanes takeoff more than you might think unfortunately.

This is a wild flight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eC73rZPH3Q

But so was this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scd4TWNGLhU

 

[BabaBooey]

Dunno but I don't want my big ass on it when they try.....

I hate flying anyways,did it for karaktu when we were on judge Judy in may and yes they paid for 2 seats for my huge self.....

Working on it finally,got some good support and have lost 30# in the last 3 1/2 months .....:thumbsup: