2006-07-24 18:49:07 · 5 answers · asked by rgburns4 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
i would guess about 70 feet, but im just guessing, but i am a pretty good guesser
2006-07-24 19:24:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Actually, if you measure along the centerline of the aircraft, the nose wheel is pretty much right below the cockpit, maybe just a couple of feet aft.
In the aircraft that I fly, the C-5 Galaxy, the nosewheel is a full 18 feet behind where the pilots sit in the cockpit. As a result, when you make a turn, you have to overshoot the line that you want to turn on relative to where you are sitting, caster the aft bogies, begin the turn, and the cockpit will swing back towards the line as you center the aft bogies. (Unlike the C-5, the 747's aft bogies caster automatically). It is a very strange sensation that many pilots have a hard time getting used to. It looks like you have already taken your aircraft off the taxiway into the dirt before you begin a turn, then, suddenly, you are back on the line that you intended to turn on in the first place. I have a friend that flies both the 747 and the C-5. He says that it is much more difficult to taxi the C-5 than the 747, but because the windscreen is much smaller, the aerodynamics are such that it has to fly faster, the wingsweep is so great, and it is less stable about the longitudinal axis, that the 747 is more challenging to land than the C-5.
2006-07-26 00:12:20 · answer #2 · answered by Kelley S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure about the length (i.e. nose wheel to nose tip) but if you mean 'distance' in terms of 'height' (i.e. nose wheel to pilot seat) then its exactly 9 metres.
...and during the trials in mid 70s, the chief test pilot got an idea to get a 'feeling' of such high cockpit. He brought a forklift inside the hanger---which could go to 9 metres height. At its top he mounted a replica of the nose & cockpit. He then turned it all around until he got accustomed to its movement. He then flew the real boeing 747...!!
2006-07-25 11:52:26 · answer #3 · answered by Ask Dr. Dingo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 30 feet.
2006-07-25 13:49:38 · answer #4 · answered by 4999_Basque 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get about 25 ft (horizontally) scaling it from my screen while on this site:
http://home.swipnet.se/~w-65189/transport_aircraft/b747/boeing_747_series.htm
2006-07-25 17:03:35 · answer #5 · answered by Steve 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋