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Old 04-29-2003, 03:35 PM
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Default doubts about planes specs.

That's a good question concerning fuselage length. I never really thought about it. My guess would be from the cowl or front of the engine's thrust washer to the back of the vertical or horizontal stabilizer (not including the rudder or elevator), whichever was longer. I do not think the spinner would be included. There are some very different design variations that would challange this ( A Japanese Zero, for instance, has fuselage extending even beyond the rudder).

Wingspan is easier (I think??) and would be wingtip to wingtip fully assembled. Multi-winged aircraft would count only the farthest extremes, not the total of spans.

I can start naming off planes that would disobey these simple guidelines. (FE2 Gunbus Pusher, most multi-engined planes, exposed engine planes like Stiks,

Any Aeronautical Engineers out there with definative answers?