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« There's nothing fundamentally wrong with the 737MAX » This would be like Harley Davidson putting a much more powerful engine in an old bike frame, perhaps be
by mtw 8y ago
« There's nothing fundamentally wrong with the 737MAX »
This would be like Harley Davidson putting a much more powerful engine in an old bike frame, perhaps because they feel threatened by new technology. However the new engine is so powerful it creates wheelies, and potentially fatal accidents as customers were not made aware they'd need to change their bike driving habits.
There is something fundamentally wrong with the 737MAX and how they installed the engines. I'm not an aeronoticaul engineer so I don't know the best solution to minimize the instability. But they certainly should have tried out more configurations, different wing shapes, done more tests etc. Somehow they skipped all that to get more $$
- kayfox 8y agoThe new engines are not that much more powerful (NG: 120kN, MAX: 130kN max thrus), its that they are physically larger. The issue (nose up tendencies at high power settings) was an issue with the 737 Next Generation as well, its just more prevalent with the Max. Also, nose up tendencies at high power settings is a known issue with all jet aircraft that use underslung engines.