24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-1.2.2

TWIN-FUSELAGE GIANT SEAPLANE TRANSPORT

R. Onishi
Safety Science Research Div., Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc., Tokyo 100-8141, Japan

Keywords: aircraft design, transport airplane, flying boat, multi fuselage, transportation

The high-speed long-range giant seaplanes that have two and three fuselages carrying 1,000 to 1,500 passengers were studied. The twin-fuselage seaplane with one inboard wing connecting the fuselages located at both wing tips has 1.6Mlb Maximum Takeoff Weight (MTOW) and carries 170Klb payload in the 7,000nm range.

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