feoffee2 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 (edited) Hi Would the 777 trents out of the minicraft kit be able to modified or used to make a340-600 trents Thanks Edited October 24, 2014 by feoffee2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA777 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 The search button, it's been done before on here..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feoffee2 Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 The search button, it's been done before on here..... Ok thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feoffee2 Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Just wondered this Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Probably not. The Trent used on the 777 is a very different animal to that used on the A340... it's larger and the exhaust system quite different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feoffee2 Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Orite thanks I have heard the best thing to do is use the general electric ones from the a330 and convert them somehow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Even then I think they will be undersize. The only A340 -600 Trents I have seen are those in the Braz conversion set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feoffee2 Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 The only problem is I don't really want to spend £80 plus on the bras kit. How undersize are the GE ones Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMG Offramp Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 How undersize are the GE ones Thanks My BraZ kits are in the basement, lazy to go pick them but these are the Trent 556 dimensions in 1/144, not sure the BraZ parts correspond, and in brackets are the CF6-80E1 dimensions measured on the A330 kit : - fan diameter 17.2mm (17.4mm) - max nacelle diameter 21.8mm (20.5mm) - nacelle length 34.7mm (29.6mm) - overall engine length 52.5mm (52.4mm) The dimensions are close, but the proportions are different, the CF6-80E1 has a much more streamlined reverser/exhaust nozzle/plug shape, the Trent 556 is stubbier in that area... anyway it's still a Rolls, the best engine in the world ;-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennings Heilig Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Not remotely the same shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketSurgeon Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Right, cause all you need to do to convert a 343 to a 346 is stick bigger engines on it and extend the fuselage... The only thing they have in common is the nose and the fuse diameter... and the Revell kit's nose is incorrect. I would worry more about finding detailed quality blueprints. If you have the skill to build the correct WBF and wings, than you can probably make the engines out of anything. Until then, why worry about the fan diameter, it won't look anything like a 346 anyway... Just my two cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feoffee2 Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Orite thanks I have found a template on how to do it and I am not to bothered about accuracy as long as the tail and wings and engines as well as the fuse length are correct. I shall think over my options for the engines. Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMG Offramp Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 (edited) Right, cause all you need to do to convert a 343 to a 346 is stick bigger engines on it and extend the fuselage...Don't forget the bigger wing, its chord was increased by 3 frames (1.59m) & the overall span grew from 60.30m to 63.45m. Same with the horizontal stabilizer, bigger in all direction, with a span growing from 19.40m to 22.59m. And last, the body gear doubling to a 4 wheel bogie.Oops, also forgot about the fatter wing/fuselage fairing. Edited October 25, 2014 by PMG Offramp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketSurgeon Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Don't forget the bigger wing, its chord was increased by 3 frames (1.59m) & the overall span grew from 60.30m to 63.45m. Same with the horizontal stabilizer, bigger in all direction, with a span growing from 19.40m to 22.59m. And last, the body gear doubling to a 4 wheel bogie. Yes, I know. I was being ironic. It seems to me that people tend to forget how different these airframes are. If building one was easy, I'd already have at least one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feoffee2 Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 Thanks I didn't know about the wing chord Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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