Boeing 797 **EXCLUSIVE SPY SHOTS**

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09/24/2015 at 00:01 • Filed to: None

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DISCUSSION (14)


Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > TheHondaBro
09/24/2015 at 00:05

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Man, thats gotta be one of the oldest shops in the webs


Kinja'd!!! GhostZ > TheHondaBro
09/24/2015 at 00:10

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Okay, serious question this silly picture made me think of:

How does turbine engine efficiency scale? Would a single large turbine be better thrust per lb than many small ones of the same weight/power?


Kinja'd!!! Jcarr > TheHondaBro
09/24/2015 at 00:11

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No ETOPS for you.


Kinja'd!!! Jcarr > GhostZ
09/24/2015 at 00:17

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The fact that the 777 that this shop is made from gets over 100,000 lbs of thrust from each GE-90 turbofan seems to support that idea.


Kinja'd!!! DrJohannVegas > GhostZ
09/24/2015 at 00:33

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That question is SUPER complicated. Thrust and efficiency are two VERY different parameters.


Kinja'd!!! Amoore100 > TheHondaBro
09/24/2015 at 00:55

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As a really gullible little kid I thought shops like this were real...then I would ask my dad why I had never seen planes like this and how they even worked...let’s just say I had a bit of an isolated childhood...


Kinja'd!!! Richtofen, Baron von Pickup > TheHondaBro
09/24/2015 at 02:24

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I’m wondering if Boeing will go to the 808 eventually.

Don’t look at me funny, you started this train of thought.


Kinja'd!!! orcim > Richtofen, Baron von Pickup
09/24/2015 at 03:16

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Maybe. It’s a plane that, wherever it takes off from, will land in Hawaii.


Kinja'd!!! GhostZ > DrJohannVegas
09/24/2015 at 04:12

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You could just plot the current engines by their unit weight and thrust capability and see if there’s a common trend. Fit the line, find the derivative, that should tell you if where marginal gain is diminishing or increasing.

I don’t mean fuel efficiency, I mean measuring the efficiency of the thrust / weight ratio.


Kinja'd!!! Alex B > HammerheadFistpunch
09/24/2015 at 06:15

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Yeah. I remember seeing this back in like 08’ IIRC.


Kinja'd!!! Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > TheHondaBro
09/24/2015 at 06:22

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Make it happen Boeing


Kinja'd!!! Alex B > Amoore100
09/24/2015 at 06:49

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SAMES. I legitimately thought that this was a real plane. And it’s not like I knew nothing about planes, because I did know a decent amount at the time I first saw this image. I asked my older brother & dad if it was real or not, they both said no. :(


Kinja'd!!! Amoore100 > Alex B
09/24/2015 at 10:20

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Hah, I actually knew a bit about planes as well, which is why I asked my dad...he didn’t want to burst my bubble so he just offered some odd explanation which I accepted and moved on...


Kinja'd!!! DrJohannVegas > GhostZ
09/24/2015 at 11:28

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Ah. Yea, I totally whiffed on that one.