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DC9 Or MD80, Which Powerplant Is Bigger  
User currently offlineCritter592 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Posted (12 years 4 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 958 times:

Hi Guys. I was wondering if you could help me on a little optical mystery.

Now, Take a look at the Diameter of the engine on this MD-80.

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Now take a look at the diameter of the engine on this
DC-9-30.
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Now, Doesn't the JT8D-200 engine look like it has a bigger diameter than the DC9s JT8D-9. or is this just an optical illusion due to the size of both aircraft.?

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User currently offlineJettblasterp From United States of America, joined May 2000, 203 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (12 years 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 937 times:

I would be surprised if the MD80 engine was NOT bigger! The MD80 has like 35000 extra pounds of airplane.....

User currently offlineCaptaink From Mexico, joined May 2001, 5095 posts, RR: 13
Reply 2, posted (12 years 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 933 times:

The MD-80 is a pretty big aircarft as compared to the DC-9, the engine is by far more powerful and definetly looks bigger. Check out the info on the aircaft data section on this site..


There is something special about planes....
User currently offlineSxmarbury33 From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 445 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (12 years 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 928 times:

Oh my god. Look at the last pic. It is a DC9 30 at KATL in old US air livery. I thought they got rid of all those and I thought they got rid of that livery a long time ago. The date on the picture says it was in 2000. I am really surprised that that plane is still around in old coulors it looks very EXTREMLY tired if ya know what i mean.

User currently offlineMax Q From United States of America, joined May 2001, 3326 posts, RR: 19
Reply 4, posted (12 years 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 920 times:

The JT-8D-217 or 219 installed on the MD-80 series is
considerably bigger and more powerful than the smaller
JT8 series on the DC9 series.

20000lbs thrust + each on the 80 versus 14000lbs+ on the DC9.


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