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Shower thought here. With all the NEO, and Max reengineering to add larger turbofans why did tail-mounted engines disappear?
Shower thought here. With all the NEO, and Max reengineering to add larger turbofans why did tail-mounted engines disappear?
Because with ETOPS there isn’t a need for the 3rd engine and its associated larger fuel burn.
Shower thought here. With all the NEO, and Max reengineering to add larger turbofans why did tail-mounted engines disappear?
That makes sense, though the MD-90 is about as long as a 757-200 for whatever that’s worth.Guessing the obvious engineering problem. After the 2nd or 3rd fuselage stretch, the CG is so far aft you can't do another one.
Ahhh carry on guys. Sorry in my own little world today.I think he meant side of the tail, like a DC-9 or CRJ.
I had the same thought.Ahhh carry on guys. Sorry in my own little world today.
Boeing’s YC-14
Larger engines? Why not do what the Russians did on the AN-72?
It looks like some engineers in Wichita went crazy with some cocktail napkins and scotch one night...
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The original bitchjet.
Well, ETOPS was supposed to be the rarest of exceptions to fit odd and unusual circumstances, yet, somehow the bean counters got it so muddled that most people now think it's perfectly normal to cross a large body of water with only one spare ... Three engines, as opposed to the "old" norm of four was actually fairly controversial.Because with ETOPS there isn’t a need for the 3rd engine and its associated larger fuel burn.
I believe the term you are looking for is the "normalization of deviance."Well, ETOPS was supposed to be the rarest of exceptions to fit odd and unusual circumstances, yet, somehow the bean counters got it so muddled that most people now think it's perfectly normal to cross a large body of water with only one spare
I guess you won't be going to Europe much longerWell, ETOPS was supposed to be the rarest of exceptions to fit odd and unusual circumstances, yet, somehow the bean counters got it so muddled that most people now think it's perfectly normal to cross a large body of water with only one spare ... Three engines, as opposed to the "old" norm of four was actually fairly controversial.
I suppose, with the superior reliability of modern engines, I shouldn't feel resentful, the gathered data should be just as correct as the data for the MAX. Nevertheless, we still travel to Europe every couple of years and I always spend the few extra $$ on ID-90 to ride LH or BA 747s...
I guess you won't be going to Europe much longer