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I have been against the 737 max since it came out. You have a proven safe reliable design in the 737. Then you bolt on engines it was never designed to use. It
by hackernoteng 3y ago
I have been against the 737 max since it came out.
You have a proven safe reliable design in the 737.
Then you bolt on engines it was never designed to use.
It changes the flight dynamics of the plane, which needs to then be monitored and "corrected" with special software.
Changing dynamics with different engines could cause all kinds of unforeseen issues with fuselage integrity, different stresses, airflows, etc.
How do we know bolts dont loosen due to different stresses from different types of engines? The whole dynamics of the plane is suspect.
- inferiorhuman 3y agoThen you bolt on engines it was never designed to use. Congrats you've described the overwhelming majority of 737s ever built, as only the first 1,100 or so (around 9% to date) were built with the JT8D. Or you've described none of the 737s ever built if you consider that any airliner was designed for whatever engines it was installed with.