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To: DennisR

Thanks. Is the 777x similar in concept to the 737 Max? Meaning, they tried to fit larger more fuel efficient engines onto the fuselage but had to reinforce/enlarge the wings and reposition the engines to accommodate?


25 posted on 06/27/2021 8:21:46 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: monkeyshine

Do not know about that.


26 posted on 06/27/2021 9:30:54 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: monkeyshine
Meaning, they tried to fit larger more fuel efficient engines onto the fuselage but had to reinforce/enlarge the wings and reposition the engines to accommodate?

The 777X does not appear to have that particular aerodynamic stability problem - but the issue of an uncommanded downward pitch initiated by the flight control software is similar. Maybe it’s just a minor glitch and easy to fix, but given the 737 MAX crashes happened so recently the FAA has no choice but to put on a display of hyper-cautiousness.

30 posted on 06/28/2021 6:45:25 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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