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GE recalls 777X turbofans to address compressor issue amid scramble to minimise 777X delays
GE Aviation is recalling four GE9X powerplants from Boeing to address a previously disclosed engine compressor issue that already forced Boeing to delay the 777X's first flight. (www.flightglobal.com) المزيد...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Couldn't they piggy back mount on the 747 like the space shuttle, those planes could be spare at the moment anyway, and they wouldnt need to worry about ground clearance either.
Both shuttle carriers are now decommissioned museum pieces (N911NA retired on February 8, 2012 and N905NA Sept 2012 if I read it right), the amount of procedure to get them flying would be costly and time consuming. Also the planes were specially modified & reinforced with mounts to carry the shuttle with weight distribution in mind. Same mounts would be incorrectly placed to transport the engines. Again time and money problem to change, time for which there isn't enough to spare.
More time and money...they would need to design an actual container to hold the engine so it could be aerodynamic and allow the engine to withstand pressures exerted in a non run state. Another point, it would only be 1 engine at a time.
Yep, only 1 at a time. Not sure what happens with a 5th eng under wing carry to make them aerodynamic?
Under wing does not stick out like a sore thumb with no airfoil over it, and under wing are left neutral so the fan turns and allows some passage.
Remember that Swiss Air triple 7, with port engine failure, that landed in Nunavut back in 2017. It too had an AN-124 deliver an engine from Zurich
Remember that Swiss Air triple 7, with port engine failure, that landed in Nunavut back in 2017. It too had an AN-124 deliver an engine from Zurich
I dont remember that diversion there Rapin. Do you have a flight number or anything so i can look it up. Thanks.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/swiss-air-777-engine-repair-iqaluit-airport-1.3970708
And it was bloody cold!
And it was bloody cold!
Well ya your in the Artic what do you think its going to be. 85 degrees lol. Thank you btw.
Tell that to the engine...WTHeck couldn't it have shut down off the UK coast..at least Heathrow would be warmer in daytime..lol
That engine was comfortable running a fever untill it shut down. Like most things it was having a bad day and said it needed a vacation and mis judged the ground below. Lol.