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Published: 2007-04-06 10:37:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 1327; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 18
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overhead forward view of GrummanCatLiner as seen from an airport tower,with a Naval escort!
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Here it is! Specs on version two of the CatLiner. Hope ya like it.
Grumman CatLiner G12-500ER
Length: 191ft
Wingspan: 150ft
Standard Powerplants: Two modified General Electric CF6-80E1A2 of 100,000 pounds of thrust each
Optional Powerplants
Empty weight: 300,000 pounds
MTOW: 622,600 to 785,000 pounds depending on engines and thrust ratings.
Performance!
Hot Doggin Airshow T/O roll: 4,000ft
Normal Long Distance MTOW roll: 7,550ft
Hot Doggin Airshow landing roll: 3,200ft
Normal landing roll: 5,000ft
Cruise speed: around Mach 0.97 at 30,000ft and above.
Do not Exceed speed:780mph
Max operational speed: 685mph
Climb rate at MTOW: 4,100ft
Service ceiling: 55,000ft
MTOW range:6,850 miles
GPL (Grumman PurrLiner. Executive Aircraft) version range: 10,200 miles
Passenger Seating: around 300 to 435 depending on seating configuration.
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now we,re getting somewhere....!
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you like? or shall i make it bigger? Cause it can get bigger. we're talkin 777-300ER big!!
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not too big or heavy,lest it will lose it,s speed advantage!
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very very rare aircraft indeed. I wish it flew. Love the two Tomcats about to fly escort. Do their wings sweep back?
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just a conceptual idea i came up with. and yes,the wing sweep does work on the Tomcats!
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sweet! Wait a sec....you mean you designed and built that CatLiner yourself?
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sure did! my English Rose,Ferrygirl did a pic of the Grumman 2-tailed Tomcat mascot dressed as an airline captain,so the Catliner was my response! also had the model inspected and approved by the FAA for safety features. it would work,if actually built.
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Dude!! i should start making specs for it. Think you can get somebody to build a model for flight sim 2004? Id help test fly it. 50 knot crosswinds here i come!!
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flightsim? that would be a bit complicated. and i,m also making a second CatLiner as a production version,launch customer will be Royal Barovian Airways,me flying with Captain/Queen Grimhilde7.
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aawww. why not Delta Airlines? or the famed TWA!
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TWA go Bye-Bye....Delta in um-Heap-Big Wampum Trouble right now...
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hhmm...uummm.....US Air in ole skool colors? i loved US Air's 80s colors.
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OK,i,ve got some 80s-style USAir decals,and i suppose i,ll just have to make some of their birds!
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it won,t just happen overnight,tho.
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all handmade,just takes time.
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ya know. Lookin at the CatLiner,i came up with some specs jus out of my head. Lemme know what you think.
Grumman CatLiner
Length: 151ft
Wingspan:105ft
Standard Powerplants:Two CFM International CFM56-7B40
Optional Powerplants:RB211-535E4-B, Pratt/Whitney PW2043 or International Aero Engines IAE V2500, Aviadvigatel PS90A
Power Rating: 45,000 pounds of thrust each
Operating Empty weight:130,550 pounds
Max Take Off weight:235,700 pounds
Performance:
Hot Doggin (Air Show empty weight) Take off roll:2,900ft
Typical MTOW roll distance: 4,500ft
Hot Doggin (Air Show)Landing roll: 2,000ft(full thrust reverse,full brakes,empty weight)
Typical Landing roll: 3,300ft
Cruise speed: 420knots to 490knots at 30,000ft and above
Do Not exceed speed: 635mph
Climb rate in MTOW: 4,800ft per min.
Service ceiling: 51,000ft
MTOW range:3,850 miles
GPL (Grumman PurrLiner. Executive Aircraft) version range: 7,200 miles
Passenger seating: anywhere from 158 to 220 passenger depending on configuration.
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actually, the Catliner,s a bit bigger than that! a widebody in the DC-10/L-1011 size/weight class,using the same engines as a Boeing 777! and lots faster,just nudging the Sound-Barrier at cruise altitude. VnE more likely to be around 750-ish mph.
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wow!! ok ill adjust it. Well jus call that one a CatLiner G12-100 and the big boy the G12-500ER. ill work on some new specs later today when i get off work.
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the one i made is just the prototype in Grumman "house" colors,still need to finish the production version,Launch Customer-Royal Barovian Airways.{Queen/Captain Grimhilde}
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the 787 (I live just up the street from the Renton Boeing Plant) I have been seeing alot of articles lately and they just completed the first tail section and being that it is all carbon fiber the entire plane was created from spools of thread.
I love planes, but have a fear of flying 
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787 had better be good,my Company is going to be the Launch Customer,and i,m probably gonna be flying them until i retire!
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Boeing has always made good jets in my opinon. The thing that bothers me though is this seems to be the first all carbon fiber jet in this size. I wonder what problems will be seen due to flight stress over time?
I wish I could be a pilot
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Boeing hasn,t failed the Industry yet. but only time will tell. I trust them to deliver,unlike Airbus! as far as being a pilot,nothing should stop you.
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quite fitting! all Grumman Cats!
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Nice photo, I like the PoV.
I usually never see aircraft like this one. A welcome change it is.
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just an original creation/design i made at a friend,s request. Boeing was working on a similar design called the SoniCruiser,but it was cancelled in favor of the 787 Dreamliner,for which my Company is intended to be the "launch customer" in 2009? let,s see what happens. Al C.,Captain,COAir it would be nice to see Grumman start making big airliners,i love their Tomcat,take a romp thru my gallery and you,ll see what i mean!
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