by "GE90man" (ge90man)
Published 03/09/2017 at 17:01
by "GE90man" (ge90man)
Published 03/09/2017 at 17:01
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why has boeing and/or GE removed the engine swirls from the GEnx on the 787 and 747-8? I loved it when GE put massive swirls on the massive GE90.
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"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
03/09/2017 at 17:29, STARS: 5
They hate ground crews?
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
03/09/2017 at 17:39, STARS: 1
Those blades are a thing of beauty. The swirls were probably removed by some middle manager who thought they were dumb. Or didn’t want to be accused of copying RR.
"GE90man" (ge90man)
03/09/2017 at 17:41, STARS: 1
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RR swirls are quite fantastic- they’re yellow! I will say though, the GE fan blades look more special and beautiful
"CodyVella" (codyvella)
03/09/2017 at 19:48, STARS: 1
A few years ago I worked with British Airways in YYZ when they started bring the 787-8 in. They had a Boeing engineer on station to help work out all the entry into service problems (the 787 was still new). A few of us asked this very question. He said that because the fan blades are multi-coloured (black/silver) they were no longer needed.
I’ve been working with Icelandair the last few years, and I’ve noticed that 75% of their RR powered 757s don’t have the swirl, yet all their P&W powered 767s do. In fact, every time they overhaul an RB-211 on one of their 757s, it gets this fancy orange fan cone.
"GE90man" (ge90man)
03/09/2017 at 20:01, STARS: 0
huh, that’s actually very interesting. id certainly love to see the swirl come back
"Jayvincent" (jayvincent)
03/09/2017 at 20:09, STARS: 1
nomnomnom... crunchy yet satisfying
- GE90, when asked about the missing ground crew