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Aviation History
1957
1957 - 1619.PDF
1 November 1957 707 S.E.210 CARAVELLE Two Rolls-Royce RA.29 Avons of 11,000 Ib static thrust Dimensions: Span. 112ft 6.4in; length, 104ft 10in; height, 28ft 6in; gross wing area, 1,579sq ft; sweep angle,20 deg at quarter chord; flap ^ area, 266 sq ft; horizontal tail, 301 sq ft; vertical tail,167sq ft without v' dorsal fillet; undercarriage track, 17ft; wheelbase, 38ft 7in; fuselage FREIGHT HATCH outside diameter, 126in; pressurized volume, 6,120 cu ft; total cargo WITH SblDING compartment volume, 608 cu ft. CREW-DOOR INSET ^ Weights: Max. take-off weight, 94,800 Ib; max. landing weight, 90,400 Ib.; zero fuel, 72,750 Ib; operating weight empty, 51,800 Ib; capacity pay load, 19,840 Ib. Performance: Take-off field length at 94,800 Ib, sea level I S.A..^, 5,500ft; landing field length, 5,500 ft; typical cruising speed, 495 "" m.p.h. (at 27,000ft and 80,000 Ib); cruising altitude, 20,000ft to 40,000ft; payload-range performance, see graph. 61 END OF COMET NOSE SECTION DROOP-SNOOT LEADING _,EDGE. MAXIMUM DROOP 15 deg THREE-SPAR TORSION BOX FORMS INTEGRAL FUEL TANK OUTBOARD OF FUSELAGE. INNER-WING FUEL TANK OUTER-WING FUEL TANK JO 6OGIE-TYPE MAIN ' (CARRIAGE, DUNLOP WHEELS RAKES WITH MAXARET. D TYRES CONSTANT-CHORD SLOTTED FLAPS. FOUR' SECTIONS EACH SIDE. MAXIMUM DEFLECTION 35 deg 5T* A. 6 0 W £ £ £ ft FORWARD. RETRACTING NOSEWHEEL 1 Hinged lower cowling 2 Removable lower cowling (upper sections fixed) 3 Front and rear engine-suspension frames 4 Tie-bars to pressure bulkhead5 Transverse firewall 6 Longitudinal firewall (end rib of "stalk")7 Generator 8 Hydraulic pumps 9 Main fuel supply pipe 10 Fuel heater 11 Intakes to air-conditioning heat- exchangers (12) . * 13 Stairway operating-jack 14 Fin de-icing air 15 Tailplone de-icing air 16 Wing de-icing air ' 17 De-icing air around engine intake 18 Powered-control Servodyne units 19 Control cables 20 Manhole 21 Tail braking-parachute 22 Zero-length static dischargers 23 Hydraulic reservoir (blue system) (green to port) 24 Hydraulic reservoir (red system) 25 Passenger door in pressure bulkhead 26 Nine emergency exits (total windows, 28) 27 Handgrips for use during feet-first exits 28 Fuselage centre caisson (pressure walls, undercarriage bay) 29 Conditioned airflow 30 Main undercarriage up-stop 31 Mainpiane centre-line joints 32 Centre caisson/box-spar joints 33 Door to forward underfloor freight hold 34 Wing icing inspection light 35 Hydraulic freight-door control and jack 36 Nosewheel doors (closed until retraction begins) 37 Suppressed D/F. loops 38 Radio racks, port and starboard 39 Step down to flight deck 40 Contact-breaker panel 41 Comet-type seats and flying controls 42 Emergency hydraulic pump 43 D.M.E. strip-aerial 44 Aerial compartment in leading edge 45 Droop-snoot screw-jacks (six each side) 44 Flap-jack driving shaft 47 Flap screw-jacks 48 Air-brake jacks 49 Automatic slot-covers 50 Inboard fuel tank gravity filler 51 Outboard fuel tank gravity filler 52 Fuel gouges (capacitance type, nine per wing) 53 Pressure refuelling valves (under tank) 54 Pressure refuelling valves (outer tank) 55 Pressure refuelling control panel (hinges down) 56 Inspection panels (open) 57 Mass balances (elevators similar) 58 Lower half-ribs (tops not shown) 59 Wing stringers (all extruded) 60 Nosewheel steering wheel 61 Direct-vision panels 62 Mainwheel door closed for ground clearance 63 Fire-suppression bottles (not shown) in this bay 64 Detachable wing-tip 65 Accommodation for collision warning radar and twin lights 66 Spot-welded spanwise stringers, riveted ribs 67 False rear spar68 Main undercarriage jack 69 Seat-rails 70 Tank air-vent float valve 71 Nosewheel jack 72 Main-frame/box-spar joints
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