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What's the biggest airplane in the world? The biggest airplane in the world can be called a giant

What's the biggest airplane in the world? The biggest airplane in the world can be called a giant

4hw.org: Recently, the world's largest aircraft appeared in California, USA. It is reported that the airframe of this air giant consists of two broadcast 747, but the wing is as long as 117 meters. Let's take a look at the details of the world's largest aircraft!

Stratolaunch, the world's largest twin fuselage aircraft, was launched from Mojave air base in California on May 31 local time. "Stratospheric launch" is the world's largest aircraft jointly built by Paul & middot; Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, and Elon & middot; musk, founder of Tesla, an American electric vehicle manufacturer. It is planned to launch rockets in the air.

"Stratospheric launch" adopts a dual fuselage design, with a wingspan of 117 meters and a length of 72.5 meters. It is equipped with six engines. The fuselage and some parts are from two used Boeing 747 airliners. The cockpit is located on the right fuselage, and can accommodate a total of 3 crew members, including pilots, copilot and aircraft engineer. A 275 ton rocket can be carried between the fuselages on both sides. When the plane rises to 11000 meters, the rocket will separate and ignite, putting the satellite into orbit.

Stratospheric launch systems said the aircraft would be tested on the ground, including the fuel system, after it went offline, and if all goes well, it would launch its first demonstration launch in 2019.

It is reported that the weight of the aircraft when it is offline reaches 227 tons, and the maximum takeoff weight reaches 589 tons, which can carry 250 tons of load. The company plans to use the aircraft to launch the orbiter, the Pegasus XL, initially one at a time, and three at a time when the project matures.

In 2011, Paul & middot; Allen began to build the world's largest aircraft, along with Elon & middot; musk. "Stratospheric launch system" company built this super large aircraft not only want to write the Guinness world record, its main purpose is to become the air launch platform of the carrier satellite rocket.

Launching a rocket in the air has many advantages. It can ignore the interference caused by the adverse weather on the ground and save fuel, because the air launch does not need to accelerate from zero.

According to the design, the aircraft can send 6.1 tons of load into low earth orbit (LEO) in cooperation with the orbiter. However, due to the need for a runway of at least 3600 meters and the huge wingspan of the aircraft itself, most airports are unable to support the aircraft.