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Fascinating timelapse video shows five-tonne Airbus jet engine being changed hours before take-off
Virgin Atlantic has released a timelapse video of its engineers replacing a five-tonne engine worth millions of pounds on one of its aircraft just hours before it flew across the Atlantic. (www.telegraph.co.uk) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Vid dsnt seem to down load
No need for severe abbreviations. "plenty of room.
Why is it that reporters can't be specific on time frames? They stated that a 5-tonne engine was replaced "just hours" before takeoff. How many hours?? If it was 2 hours before takeoff, then say so in the HEADLINES. Furthermore, they stated that the engine was worth "millions of pounds". How many millions of pounds? This also applies to distances. In one "Air Disasters" documentary the narrator stated that a plane crashed "just miles" from the runway. How many miles? Every news outlet does this, and there's no reason for it.
A more "severe" engine change took place in February of this year at a remote Canadian airport when a Swiss Airline 777 had to land there when its left side GE90 had to be shut down. Very interesting reading.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/airlines/a25590/changing-worlds-largest-engine/
http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/airlines/a25590/changing-worlds-largest-engine/
I don't know much about R/R a jet engine but it's evidently a cleaner quicker chore than swapping out an RD501 in a class 7 or 8 truck. The fastest I could get it done was 8 hours. AC engines and pods must be set up with the mechanic and fast change out in mind.
As a young Captain flying a KC-135A on a training flight we experienced an engine failure just after start at Wright Patterson AFB in the early '70s. 55 minutes later we received a call to return to the plane where the maintenance supervisor called me into the cockpit and advised that the new engine had not been trimmed so just match power levers and watch temps. We departed on a critical support mission involving 5 legs and returned with nothing to write up! Great ground crew coordination!!!
Did they say how many hours are required for the change, and don´t they have to take a test flight to check the new engine aloft.