777X Takes off. Eventually.

[Butch 3,456]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4t7L6p2Rug

Put it in as a link rather than a screenshot, take off at 1:07 or thereabouts.

I'm not getting into the whole Airbus vs Boeing thing, this is another great example of Engineering.

I read a claim (not sure if true) that the Engine diameter is larger or the same as a fuselage on a 737.

 

[jacko 8,814]

That is 1 hour 7 minutes into the video, not 1min 7 seconds. Must be using a BA pilot!

They will be doing a landing test in a couple of weeks.

Edited January 25, 2020 by jacko

[midlifecrisis 4,048]

2 hours ago, jacko said:

That is 1 hour 7 minutes into the video, not 1min 7 seconds. Must be using a BA pilot!

They will be doing a landing test in a couple of weeks.

Midair fueling until then?

[yorta2 693]

Don't worry, Jacko, I got your point....,

[keyman 1,413]

9 hours ago, jacko said:

That is 1 hour 7 minutes into the video, not 1min 7 seconds. Must be using a BA pilot!

They will be doing a landing test in a couple of weeks.

 

That's a fuck of a long flight!! I hope they have plenty of toilet rolls!!

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[MrMango 671]

6 hours ago, keyman said:

 

That's a fuck of a long flight!! I hope they have plenty of toilet rolls!!

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I did see something interesting, the engines....

They are huge! something like 11 feet in diameter and they are mounted ahead of the wings, not underneath, similar to the new 737...

[midlifecrisis 4,048]

1 hour ago, MrMango said:

I did see something interesting, the engines....

They are huge! something like 11 feet in diameter and they are mounted ahead of the wings, not underneath, similar to the new 737...

That's a scary thought.

[MrMango 671]

1 hour ago, midlifecrisis said:

That's a scary thought.

I did not imply that the bird was badly designed, but to point out that the 737 engine placement was not the root cause for its problems.

In the past, we have engine(s) mounted in the tail, nose, above the wings and in back of the cockpit and none had stability problems.

[midlifecrisis 4,048]

1 hour ago, MrMango said:

I did not imply that the bird was badly designed, but to point out that the 737 engine placement was not the root cause for its problems.

In the past, we have engine(s) mounted in the tail, nose, above the wings and in back of the cockpit and none had stability problems.

It was the root cause.

737 no stability issues.

They moved the engines without other redesign (expensive).

They then expected the computer program to compensate for new instability. They stiil think they can fix a bad design with a computer program fix.