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Emirates Airline chief executive wants more power from Boeing 777X engines
The larger 777-9X may need more thrust to lift the maximum amount of payload during the hottest month in the Middle East, as higher temperatures weaken the power produced by the engines with a 132in-diameter front fan. (www.flightglobal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Where did I miss the WATER INJECTION part?
Ditto.
Some of the articles about this major order mention the request for higher thrust by the middle east carriers, so that they can takeoff fully loaded midsummer in their hottest month (August) when temps get to 120.
There was an article squawked about that issue in particular, but it may have been consolidated, since there were so many squawked in the past 2 days about the megaoreder and the show in Dubai.
There was an article squawked about that issue in particular, but it may have been consolidated, since there were so many squawked in the past 2 days about the megaoreder and the show in Dubai.
The one article about the thrust issue and some others reported that GE had proposed getting higher thrust in particular situations with water injection technology like were used on plane turbines earlier on, and still used widely in industrial turbine engines.
Apparently the carriers in question seemed to reject that approach.
Apparently the carriers in question seemed to reject that approach.
"Those Indians" don't have anything close the number of aircraft and passenger operations. Forget all the other Mid East operators, do you really think just Emirates alone could have all their flights depart at night? How would this affect their entire network and flight scheduling? And what you're forgetting is that Emirates and other mid east buyers are buying the bulk of these planes so they, from a business perspective, have the leverage and rights to request options/changes.
You didn't think this one through, did you? Not very clever.
You didn't think this one through, did you? Not very clever.
The Indians also have a problem with high altitude airports and heat. They solve the problem by having the supers and heavies arrive and leave at night. Take-off is generally planned for the coolest part of the night. Very clever those Indians.