A342 From Germany, joined Jul 2005, 4655 posts, RR: 4 Reply 3, posted (7 years 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 3401 times:
Quoting DEVILFISH (Reply 2): The CFM56 on the A318 is already derated, and the wing was originally for the bigger A319. Anything larger would be too much of a good thing.
I named the A321 wing because of its double-slotted flaps. It is not larger.
But still, if the airframe is reinforced, what kind of performance could be achieved with engines rated at ~145kN ?
Pihero From France, joined Jan 2005, 3496 posts, RR: 72 Reply 4, posted (7 years 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 3133 times:
Quoting A342 (Reply 3): I named the A321 wing because of its double-slotted flaps. It is not larger.
As a matter of fact, it is larger, not by much, and not for performance, but this subject is outside the discussion.
As for an answer to your question, the answer is :"Not enough data..."