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The 777 was enabled by the new, super high powered GE-90s. The size of those engines needed to be taken into account at the initial design. Or, to kick HN's f
by coredog64 5y ago
The 777 was enabled by the new, super high powered GE-90s. The size of those engines needed to be taken into account at the initial design.
Or, to kick HN's favorite Boeing whipping boy, the 737 MAX can't have new engines, only improved SNECMA ones, because the knock-on effects of changing the nacelle size/location would be such that you might as well design a new airplane.