Neil Williams wrote:
On 8 Sep 2004 08:52:29 -0700, (Boltar) wrote:
And a modern double decker weights 11 or 12 tons. You have to wonder where
that extra 3 or 4 tons of flab was needed.
Length, width, height, interior trim and glass. A modern decker is
*substantially* larger in all dimensions than a Routemaster.
But the 1970s/80s generation of high-floor double-deckers were only
around the 10 ton mark, and they're not much smaller than modern
low-floor deckers. And no way were they as much as 25% bigger in area
than RMLs - 12% longer, 4% wider (and no taller).
Obvious conclusion: lots of extra metal needed to put the engine at
the back, lots more again to make low-floor buses strong enough, and
enormous amounts to keep a bendi-bus rigid and flexible in the right
places.
Colin McKenzie
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