basic operating weight for the A340-300

[spiro]

hello to all
just a quik qestion on the a340
i was looking at some operating weights and i am a bit confused so need help
this is what i saw

A340-300 BASIC OPERATING WEIGHT 287,000LBS
A340-600 BASIC OPERATING WEIGHT 400,900LBS

I saw this from a pdf file for wilcos airbus vol2
i then loaded my A340-300 FSX with zero fuel and zero pay load
i saw that my aircrafts weight was 177,001 kg
converted it to lbs and got 389,402lbs it is closer to the A340-600
can some one explain this problem or dose any one know the basic operating weight of the A340-300???
kind regards spiro

[nevart]

Hi Spiro,

It's amazing how many threads have over 500 views and nobody bothers to help, even with these simple questions! So much for a community!

Anyway, since I am here I thought I might as well answer your question, although you've undoubtedly already found the information by now.

The MSFSX problem could be due to a bug in the software. They have bad data because that software is a "game". Try XPlane instead. But there is also the possibility that you have selected the E model instead of the standard model.

The empty operating weight of an A340-300 is 286,150 lbs.
The maximum take-off weight is 573,200 lbs.

The "E" model can increase the limits by between 24,250 lbs and 33,000 lbs, depending on how it is configured.

[spiro]

Hi nevart
thanks for your reply i was thinking something like that was going on

as for xplane well i did try it before 2 years ago i was impressed with graphics and it felt more realistic for me but!!!!!!!

i have mover on with a different setting
FSX
FSUIPC
Project Magenta
sq4(vatsim)
and it working on win7 64bit with 4 PC

i only fly the airbus a320 and a340-300
i have a full a320 sim set up with out the over head yet!!!!
i don't really know if i can go with xplane and if it will work as i wish
at the moment i am very happy with my set up every thing is working with no crashes or problems
i think many people will agree that its never enough we always want more out of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

do you use xplane?is it worth changing with my current set up or will i be getting into another problem!!!!!!

kind regards and thanks for the info