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To: sukhoi-30mki

How much does it cost to reconfigure the tanker to a charter passenger configuration then convert it back to tanker configuration?


2 posted on 04/21/2012 9:55:15 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Paleo Conservative
How much does it cost to reconfigure the tanker to a charter passenger configuration then convert it back to tanker configuration?

If the body fuel tanks are all below the cabin floor, none.

4 posted on 04/21/2012 10:10:30 AM PDT by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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To: Paleo Conservative
How much does it cost to reconfigure the tanker to a charter passenger configuration then convert it back to tanker configuration?

When the A-330 MRTT was selected for the KC-X program, one of the KC-X requirements was the ability to be reconfigured to passenger, cargo, or medevac missions in no more than two man-hours with no more than two personnel.

The KC-45A met that requirement. The passenger configuration is palletized, and rolls into the cargo area section by section and locked into the cargo floor.

However, I do beleive the RAF Voyager is not even equipped with a main deck cargo hatch, and remains in a passenger configuration at all times.

8 posted on 04/21/2012 1:28:08 PM PDT by Yo-Yo
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