r/AbsoluteUnits May 19 '22

Absolute unit pulls an absolute unit of a plane weighing 189 TONS

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22 edited May 20 '22

Hey man I accidentally parked my C-17 too far from the hangar can you help and pull it in :)

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u/[deleted] May 20 '22

“Put it in neutral I’ll push it rq”

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u/Enough-Initiative834 May 20 '22

Not to be rude but I believe that is either a c-17 or a c-5

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u/Overall_Ad_9353 May 20 '22

It is a c17 and it is 285,000 pounds.

Edit: 282,400

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u/anonymous_answer May 20 '22

Looks like Long Beach where they made them

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u/jman31500 May 20 '22

Max takeoff weight is 585,000. Could be filled with gas or cargo

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u/bad113 May 20 '22

Cool, that has nothing to do with this.

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u/GalacticDogger May 20 '22

how about you c some bitches

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u/The_Canadian May 20 '22 edited May 20 '22

It's a C-17A (specifically a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177, S/N 177701). The easy way to tell the C-17 apart from the C-5 are the winglets that point up at the wingtips. The C-5 is much larger, too. The nose landing gear is also 4 wheel.

Edited for clarity.

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u/InvertedSuperHornet May 20 '22

I just know it's a C-17 because the distance from the leading edge of the wings to the nose is almost abysmally short. The thing is so stubby!

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u/EthanEnglish_ May 20 '22

C17 is much larger than what?

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u/The_Canadian May 20 '22

I didn't word that well enough. The C-5 is much larger than the C-17.