Post by LOU on Jun 11th, 2013 at 4:10pm
Jeff Favignano wrote: I for one would like to see the rear belly door animated correctly. I have never seen a sliding rear belly door like that, it's always been a standard straight opening door.
Jeff, the CS 727-100 is absolutely correct!
All doors on Boeing (except the large main cargo door on the fuselage) and for that matter most other modern jets are plug doors. That is the door is actually bigger than the opening so they open inward and either turn or slide up before they can open out. The sliding part of the rear door on the 727-100 series is just a fairing over the actual plug cargo door.
The cargo door on the 727-200 has the fairing built onto the door...
In order for the door to open it must slide up first before it can open outward because the door is larger than the opening in the fuselage.
Lou
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Jeff, the CS 727-100 is absolutely correct!
All doors on Boeing (except the large main cargo door on the fuselage) and for that matter most other modern jets are plug doors. That is the door is actually bigger than the opening so they open inward and either turn or slide up before they can open out. The sliding part of the rear door on the 727-100 series is just a fairing over the actual plug cargo door.
The cargo door on the 727-200 has the fairing built onto the door...
In order for the door to open it must slide up first before it can open outward because the door is larger than the opening in the fuselage.
Lou
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