messiach
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@Dazzler thankyou.
Extractive changes are more significant. Removal of mechanical backups has defined more space in mid fuselage and rootlets -- Perhaps for fuel / internal bay?. Posterior fuselage has undergone redesign -- not sure why? to accommodate more than one type of fan?? Wings are definitely recrafted, it looks canted at a slightly dihedral angle creating a non 0 angle of sidestep -- this may be providing greater clearance.
Need higher zoom photographs to look at fine changes.
Extractive changes are more significant. Removal of mechanical backups has defined more space in mid fuselage and rootlets -- Perhaps for fuel / internal bay?. Posterior fuselage has undergone redesign -- not sure why? to accommodate more than one type of fan?? Wings are definitely recrafted, it looks canted at a slightly dihedral angle creating a non 0 angle of sidestep -- this may be providing greater clearance.
Need higher zoom photographs to look at fine changes.
Thanks!
I did some pixel counting to compare this pic with that of B2 (attached). The screenshot of Excel file summarizes my findings:
1. B3 wing span is more.
2. B3 total height is more.
3. There is certainly a difference in Landing Gear configuration, with slight difference of height probable.
4. B3 inlet may be slightly larger, though the difference indicated could be due to measurement error (which is ~2%).
The differences are small, but significant enough to be noted. @messiach is probably right after all, though one might have expected greater difference.