Hello,
I noticed how on the A330F and not the normal A330, there is a little bump on the fuselage where the nose gear is. Does anyone know why this is?
I put it in RWA even though it’s also in IF.
I always thought it was there for radar purposes…
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I believe it’s to store the nose gear in, so there is more space for cargo.
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Ah, thank you!
How come other freighters such as the 767f and 777f doesn’t have it?
From my research, I believe it’s because most of the A330Fs are converted from the passenger variant to the freighter variant. In order to have a leveled loading area, that extra “bump” is added to give it that balance unlike the passenger A330 that doesn’t have a leveled loading area.
Superior engineering.
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The A330 had a sloped main deck on the ground, which is perfectly fine for passenger operations, but when Airbus decided to do an “F” variant, they needed to engineer the plane to have a level deck when on the ground. The 777 and 767 were designed with an unsloped deck when on the ground, enabling an “F” variant without modding the gear.
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