Aircraft are many weights from about 1,000 pounds fro a small Cessna to over 1,000,000 pounds for many large cargo jets.
low gear ratios
Airplanes need a lot of speed to take off because they are not designed for vertical takeoff and are to heavy to do so.
a plane that is well armored and fast and that can hold heavy weights
Because a plane is heavy enough to crush you, gravity dose'nt just forget about planes.
Iron isn't used that often in airplanes because it isextremely heavy, and brittle. Not to mention expensive.
Yes. Tornadoes have hit airports. When this happens it often results in heavy damage to airplanes.
Pistols,rifles,bayonets,light and heavy machine guns,tanks,armored cars, and airplanes.
Because they would then be incredibly heavy. Please read "Airframe" by Michael Crichton.
Ultra-light light Your average Cessna Multi-prop Multi-prop heavy Turbo-prop light Turbo-prop Turbo-prop heavy Light jet Personal jet Buisness jet Commercial Jet Commercial Heavy Space craft
Silver is too heavy and too expensive. - - - - - It's also not strong enough. But there is a little bit of silver in the electronics.
A plane with maximum takeoff weight over 300,000 pounds is identified as "heavy" in radio traffic. They do this because flying too close to a "heavy" airplane is more dangerous than flying too close to a "large" or regular-size airplane.
Fighters (Hellcats); Dive Bombers (Dauntless); Torpedo Bombers (Avengers); Medium Bombers (Mitchells); Heavy Bombers (Superfortress).