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Re:A decade after debut, first A380 jumbos to be broken up by pasbesoin on Friday June 08, 2018 @01:57PM (#17268014)
Why has it not caught on for cargo? Too inefficient? Too much investment in support facilities, tooling, staff required -- and/or too insecure? (Regarding the latter, no one's going to buy a couple of bargain basement priced planes, in the face of support requirements.)
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Re:A decade after debut, first A380 jumbos to be broken up by jandrese on Friday June 08, 2018 @03:36PM (#17268988)
IIRC the cargo doors are too small and the space is broken up by a structural component (the second floor). The 747 was designed from the outset to be converted to a cargo hauler (hence the cockpit mounted on top) so it's much easier for a heavy lifter to work with.
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Re:A decade after debut, first A380 jumbos to be broken up by larkeith on Friday June 08, 2018 @02:05PM (#17268127)
According to another comment [1], it's because their cargo mass is not as large as their volume, relatively to other planes.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17266194

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