what's going on @boeing

"GE90man" (ge90man) 03/09/2017 at 17:01 • Filed to: None

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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 > GE90man 03/09/2017 at 17:29

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They hate ground crews?

ttyymmnn > GE90man 03/09/2017 at 17:39

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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 > ttyymmnn 03/09/2017 at 17:41

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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 > GE90man 03/09/2017 at 19:48

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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 > CodyVella 03/09/2017 at 20:01

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huh, that’s actually very interesting. id certainly love to see the swirl come back

Jayvincent > HammerheadFistpunch 03/09/2017 at 20:09

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nomnomnom... crunchy yet satisfying

- GE90, when asked about the missing ground crew