• Hupf
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    2 days ago

    Of course a plane would be super light, how else could it fly?

    • Joe Dyrt@lemmy.ca
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      8 hours ago

      Empty Weight of a Boeing 747 is 325,660–336,870 lb. (wiki)

      It carries 4 turbo-fan engines, each of which weighs approximately 12,000 lbs. (also wiki)

      So the 747 weighs at least 27 times heavier than one engine, on average. ( iOS calc)