Tu-114 fuselage

[Mictheslik]

Have a look at this:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1071214/L/

I am puzzled as to where this headroom comes from. Can you have anything that big in the belly hold of a 707 or 320? I mean, 392 cm cabin width would mean Tu-114 is just 40 cm wider than 707 and less than 20 cm wider than 320!

So yes, it is the fuselage height that I wonder about, from underbelly to roof. Preferrably an idea of how this is divided (underbelly to kitchen floor, headroom kitchen floor to kitchen ceiling, thickness of deck and deck beams from ceiling to floor... cabin height is quoted as 218 cm, then roof thickness from ceiling to rooftop... this sort of thing).

The comment on that picture is "Kitchen on a technical floor" which suggests to me that perhaps this tu114 has had another floor added....hence the low headroom, rather like a mezzanine (is that how you spell it lol)

.mic

[C]

Have a look at this:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1071214/L/

I am puzzled as to where this headroom comes from. Can you have anything that big in the belly hold of a 707 or 320? I mean, 392 cm cabin width would mean Tu-114 is just 40 cm wider than 707 and less than 20 cm wider than 320!

So yes, it is the fuselage height that I wonder about, from underbelly to roof. Preferrably an idea of how this is divided (underbelly to kitchen floor, headroom kitchen floor to kitchen ceiling, thickness of deck and deck beams from ceiling to floor... cabin height is quoted as 218 cm, then roof thickness from ceiling to rooftop... this sort of thing).

Ahhhh, Ok.

Firstly this:

Max Height : 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in

looks wrong with the quoted 12' width - that would make the fuselage and oval shape. Maybe this is from cabin floor to the ceiling?

Looking at external photos of the aircraft I'd say this is behind the Nav compartment with the entrance to the cockpit above it. Or even underneath the cockpit - hence the extra height available in the compartment.

[Ivan]

Kitchen is on same level as the cargo deck. Below the passengers cabin

Dimensions wise the fuselage comes very close to that of the Boeing 767... only 20% narrower than the Boeing.

I'm not sure of the height but I believe that feature is because the Tu114 started life as a bomber, and the large nosewheel was to make more space for loading bombs...

It turned out to be a real pain at airports 'cos they had to have specialist steps made for them...

Because it uses the same wing as a Tu-95 but lowered in relation to the fuselage (Tu-95 is a shoulder wing... halfway the height while the Tu-114 is a low wing plane), they had to make the nosegear longer to keep the props from hitting the ground. Maingear is the same as on a Tu-95, as the prop clearance is the same.

For a sense of scale... the nosegear leg alone is over 3 meters high.

[chornedsnorkack]

Kitchen is on same level as the cargo deck. Below the passengers cabin

Dimensions wise the fuselage comes very close to that of the Boeing 767... only 20% narrower than the Boeing.

Boeing 767 is about 541 cm high. Is it the height of Tu-114, too?