Where can a plane have a middle engine?

A plenty of aircraft have a S-duct from inlet down into the rear fuselage where the engine is. So on Trident the original trijet, Boeing 727, Yak-40, Tristar, Tu-154, Yak-42, Dassault Falcon 50, 900 and 7X.

Only DC-10 and MD-11 have the engine higher in tail, aligned with inlet.

Is there any technical reason why such tail engine placement has not been populat with small trijets?

It is because the weight is placed on the tail is a lot larger.

In the case of the DC10/MD11 the full weight of the engine lies on a structure of perhaps 4 by 0,5 metres. Thats a lot of weight for a small surface. In the case of the other planes the weight is supported by the entire rear fuselage.

Advantage of the DC10/MD11 layout is that it is easier to get to the engine for maintenance. You won’t have the strip half the rear fuselage, you can just open the panel at the tail same as you would for a wing mounted engine.

Not sure of the technical name, but they are stress points.

As a plane lands, the fuselage bends down a bit. Hardly noticable, but it bends the skin. The skin can not bend outwards because it is curved inwards. So it has to bend inwards. Also, the fuselage bends downwards, so the skin bends upwards: action-reaction etc.

These dents are formed in the holes of the frame that holds the airplane skin. You can find this on almost all planes.

This can be found mostly on narrowbodies, and then in particular long ones. Simple reason is that there is more to strech. Try bending a pencil of 3 cm and a pencil of 30 cm. The 30 cm pencil will bend more. A narrowbody has less strength then a widebody, thus making it more prone to the dents. Compare it to bending a 30 cm twig with a diameter of 3 cm, or a 30 cm twig with a diameter of 10 cm.

That Anset RJ, which operator is it? Cant read if from the fuselage.

I’m thinking of a visit during the summer

good idea

what is their viewing deck like

Massive, but facing the light for the most part of day

Can you only see certain movements from there,will i miss anything?

You will be able to log everything except for some cargo and short haul movements. BRING BINOCULARS For photography though you are limited to about half the operations taxiing by in the distance with a good chunk nearby.

Does anyone have examples of photos from there.All help would be great 🙂

Not a lot from the observation platform. I do not really like it as it has the light facing the wrong way. Around the airport exceptional spots can be found that offer unobstructed views of the runways. Please visit my website for details about spotting at AMS.

I’d use Jetphotos but the million adverts that take over my screen everytime I click onto a page puts me right off.

Stop using Internet Exploder and start using Firefox or Avant Browser.

It did fly on the ETA AMS 1930 flight that day. Been looking around a bit, but can not find any reference that any JET2 plane is stranded here.

Regards,
Peter

Is there not a law that says that after 36 series and 8 spin-offs a series may not be renewed?

If there is not, I am gonna talk to my congressman! Whoever that may be.