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Aircraft and configuration
Shenshee's Boeing 720 package separates the turbojet 720 from the turbofan 720B. Version 4.4.1 revises flap and wheel geometry. The author documents the absence of FMS vertical guidance in this implementation.
Boeing 720
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Shenshee's Boeing 720 package separates the turbojet 720 from the turbofan 720B. Version 4.4.1 revises flap and wheel geometry. The author documents the absence of FMS vertical guidance in this implementation.
History & design
A shorter-range member of the jet family
Boeing shortened the 707 fuselage by nine feet and revised its leading-edge flaps for the 720’s shorter routes and runways. Turbofan engines followed in later development.
Boeing · Select products in Boeing history ↗Select Products in Boeing History: 707/720 chapter
A role passed to later jets
Boeing built 154 examples between 1959 and 1967. The 727 and 737 subsequently took over much of the short- and medium-range role for which the 720 had been developed.
Boeing · Select products in Boeing history ↗Select Products in Boeing History: 707/720 chapter
Systems & details
Controls and equipment
The FAA describes tab-assisted elevators and balance panels that transmit aerodynamic force through the controls. Electric and manual stabiliser trim change the tail load.
Elevator tabs and stabilizer trim
The FAA’s 720B systems account explains an elevator arrangement in which control tabs and aerodynamic balance panels participate in transmitting the pilot’s command. Column force changes with aerodynamic loading; it is not simply a fixed centering spring. Stabilizer trim is a separate change to the tail’s setting, operated electrically or manually. The account arose from the investigation of Flight 705 and related pitch upsets, which led to changes in operating procedures and transport-aircraft design requirements.
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Controls and equipmentBoeing 720
The FAA describes tab-assisted elevators and balance panels that transmit aerodynamic force through the controls. Electric and manual stabiliser trim change the tail load.
FAA Boeing 720 flight-controls discussion
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Boeing 720 — simulator documentationShenshee · FAA Boeing 720 flight-controls discussion Boeing 720 — simulator documentationFederal Aviation Administration · FAA Boeing 720 flight-controls discussionAircraft documentation
Select products in Boeing historyBoeing · Boeing, Select Products in Boeing History, p. 158Built-in force-feedback profiles
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Catalogue programme-20261011-v3 · 2 profile choices
Shenshee Boeing 720
Shenshee · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
The 720 airliner in turbojet and 720B turbofan configurations.
Shenshee Boeing 720B
Shenshee · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
The 720 airliner in turbojet and 720B turbofan configurations.
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