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"Structural modifications like these are not uncommon in the development of new airplanes, and this is not an issue related to our choice of materials or the assembly and installation work of our team," he adds
Originally posted by solidshot
Stories on the BBC as well, surely any extra strengthening will also add weight as well and affect the payload/fuel usage?
Originally posted by waynos
Would subsidised A330's (in the sense of Airbus paying Qatar, not the way that angers you so ) really pacify them enough to wait for the A350?
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Originally posted by Harlequin
flight are talking about an `indefinate delay` to first flight - it seems they will have to tear apart the first jet and rebuild it - again
Originally posted by Harlequin
the boeing reps are saying its something simple - the engineers in the `know` are saying bollocks is it - the entire package has to be strengthened . both sides , which means stripping it all apart , modeling what went wrong , and over compensate for fixing it , then static testing , the FAA will demand a destruction test now for sure.
Originally posted by Harlequin
i can bet airbus are watching this VERY closely and will over engineer the flexing parts to make sure this doesn`t happen to them
Originally posted by RichardPrice
For what its worth, Boeing have already said that the proposed fix can be made on the flightline, but then again they also said that they haven't finalised any fix yet. Their stance seems to be very confused.
There is another blog reporting that the delamination occurred during the wing bend test, at just 120% of maximum design load. Not sure on how to take that, Im dismissing it as an unfounded rumour at hte moment.
However, Leeham has received information suggesting that key customers knew of the decision to postpone a month ago. If this is true, Boeing is going to get into a lot of trouble with the SEC.
Originally posted by kilcoo316
First of all they have to correct the models that gave the wrong result in the first place!!
That is no easy task in itself.
(why do you think Airbus have been keeping their mouth shut)
Originally posted by kilcoo316
Worried.
Right now, I'm very worried that the 787 might break Boeing. It is quite obvious something has went badly wrong in their Finite Element work. Be that design allowables or poor methodologies. How significant might that turn out to be?