"There were times where I wasn't sure it was going to work," Luthra admits. "But I guess I was too stubborn. I thought it was the right path."
THIS is what makes America great.
Very interesting article. Thanks for posting.
10% fuel savings?
That is really huge, to an airline...............................
Almost every major breakthrough in technology in the last three thousand years was an improvement to someone else’s previous design. Some are considered genius.
This is true going back to the invention of the wheel. Some cave man probably said: “Hey, instead of using this log to move things around, why not attach it to something and it will roll easier.”
They have been talking about ceramic car engines for decades. Could the tech be scaled down?
Interesting, there are some mighty big numbers being thrown around here and I hope they pan out.
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Unlike a lot of claims we see, this material is already in an engine and on the market. Nice article.
Jet engines are already amazing for their performance and reliability. Now they will be even better.
Big Bang Theory?
"There were times where I wasn't sure it was going to work," Luthra admits. "But I guess I was too stubborn. I thought it was the right path."
THIS is what makes America great.
But what jumped out at me was the omission of who the other stakeholder(s) is in CFM International. From another site:
CFM International is a joint venture between GE Aviation, a division of General Electric of the United States and Snecma, a division of Safran of France. The joint venture was formed to build and support the CFM56 series of turbofan engine.Why this development, funded mostly by US taxpayers via NASA & DOD, had to partner with France is completely beyond me...
But I suppose it is marginally better than partnering with a multinational conglomerate such as United Technologies (Pratt and Whitney).
Yes indeed, big numbers of improvement in performance and fuel savings, I do not believe it is being exaggerated either, these can be real numbers of improvement.
Imagion what this material done on the cheap can do for the auto industry, engine blocks, pistons, connecting rods, crank shafts, transmissions made out of this stuff, even brake rotors.
I do believe NASA used some kind of spray on ceramics for the space shuttle that is being used for commercial insulation.
A small example of why free-enterprise and capitalism is actually the most environmentally-friendly economic system as well.
FTA: like the ceramics people have been making for 25,000 years
Only took 25,000 years. A little more research money and I bet it could have been done in 20,000
A cousin to Rearden Metal?