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Boeing doesn't make a lot of the components on their planes. The plane doesn't fly until Boeing is satisfied with how those components work.
by ralph84 7y ago
Boeing doesn't make a lot of the components on their planes. The plane doesn't fly until Boeing is satisfied with how those components work.
- blackflame7000 7y agoOk but having to overcome an engine problem isn't boeings problem its the manufacturers.
- bigiain 7y agoThat depends a bit on the "engine problem". This is, to my layman's understanding, could be considered an "engine problem" because how the newer more fuel efficient engines with their bigger bypass fans don't fit under the wings of the 737. That's not an engine manufacturers problem. (It makes more sense to classify it as an airframe design compromise problem, but it's about those big fat geared turbofans not working with the little landing gear legs which let them get the doors down nice and low, but put the wings too close to the ground to fit the more modern engines.)
- blackflame7000 7y agoWhy are you talking about the 737 when the response was to the design of the 777x which is the largest boeing not the smallest so talking about the engines under the wing doesnt make sense in the context.
- digikazi 7y agoYou are of course, correct. My first engineering job fresh out of university was for GE. I worked at a (big) site in the British countryside in the Midlands. One of our clients was Boeing, and we made a lot of sensors for them: anything from landing gear stuff, cabin oxygen and pressure sensors... you get the picture. Quite a lot of them were ultimately destined for the 787. I also remember manufacturing sensors for Hamilton-Sunstrand... who would then fit them in 737 rudder assemblies and then sell them to Boeing. The whole subcontracting business was very byzantine in its complexity! I also distinctly remember Boeing execs coming over very frequently to give updates, feedback, etc.