February 15, 201313 yr Well...... According to Emirates Airline officials, the Boeing 777X is set to debut within 9 months time. I really hope PMDG will make the 777x before the 787 if the T7X really does become a reality within 9 months. Just can't wait!!! :wub: The 777x can go farther on less fuel with more passengers and also much, much bigger wings however I'm not too sure about the folding wings. http://www.arabianbusiness.com/emirates-sees-new-777-model-in-6-9-months-488931.html Lionel
February 15, 201313 yr Hmmm....since Boeing has said nothing on their website about a timeframe for the 777X, I'm curious to know what EK knows that Boeing doesn't... Dave Lamb David L. Lamb FAA Certificated Aircraft Dispatcher -------------------
February 15, 201313 yr Their confident they can deliver it to the airlines in 2020. Link Chuck Biggins
February 15, 201313 yr yeah, they're referring to launching the 777X program within 9 months. Not flying in 9 months Mitch Brown Private Pilot | Aerospace Engineering Major
February 15, 201313 yr Typically Boeing will do the following, please forgive me if I forget any. Also this would be for a "Clean Sheet" design, derivatives are much easier to certify and get board approval. Evaluation Study - Typically ask airlines what they want, make some renders of possibilities. Once they complile them and make a configuration that flight models tell them will work... Board Approval to sell - They will take the design to the Boeing board and if it is approved then the sells team is authorized to begin selling it.. But does not mean it will ever make it off paper (Sonic Crusier) Launch - When they have obtained enough orders, something the board decides. Then the board will decide to Officially Launch the program. Engineering - Design and Develop said aircraft. Usually start on the parts that will not change, get them ordered from suppliers. Final configuration also set early on. Flight Test - Start Building and once one or a few are done, begin flight testing. Any problems, sent back to engineering for fix or re-design. Certification - FAA and others certify the aircraft is flight worthy. Issues fixed or returned to engineering for re-design. Entry Into Service - Once it has been check and many thousands of hours of flight testing, it is given an Airworthy Certificate and passengers are allowed on. Units delivered to customers. Bugs worked out, major changes approved by FAA or other governing bodies. 787 - Completed, however the FAA has grounded (suspended the certificates) them. Boeing will have to solve the battery issue, get it re-certified because it is a change. 737MAX - Currently in Engineering, Final Config sometime this year, Flight test probably late 2014/early 2015. 777X - Not even board approved yet. EIS est 2019/2020 I am licking my chops to fly PMDG's 777 sometime soon!!! Jhan M. Jensen KOGD / KSLC Beta Tester: PMDG [MD-11, 747v2(LCF/-8), J41, NGX, 777, 747v3], FlightBeam [KSFOhd, KMSPhd], PacSim [KSLC, KRNO], Turbulent Designs [KIDA, TerraFlora, KGFI], Drezweicki Designs [Patches], Aerosoft [Airbus A32X Professional], Microsoft [FS98, FS2000, FS2002, FS9, FSX], Fly2K!
February 15, 201313 yr Folding wings just like an F-18. Now that's something I never thought I'd see on a commercial airliner. That 71 meter wingspan even has the C5 beat, but just a smidge shorter than the An-124. Perhaps PMDG will be rolling this big boy out in 2020 as well :lol: Chris Sunseri
February 15, 201313 yr No surprise if they go with folding wings, especially since it was proposed for the original 777. Also, what a bloody huge wingspan! Thanks Matthew T Gardiner
February 15, 201313 yr Author Guys!... My bad. I guess I was reading the article with so much happiness, I lost plot and misunderstood it for a debut while it was meant to be a sales date that would take place within 9 months for the 777X. No surprise if they go with folding wings, especially since it was proposed for the original 777. Also, what a bloody huge wingspan! The before taxi checklist for the T7X would also be quite unique. Something like " Flaps 15, Taxi lights on and wings down!" Lionel
February 16, 201313 yr Hmmm, seeing as that excerpt is dated 1995, I think it was a proposal that never "lifted off". I distinctly remember reading about the folding wings proposal in 1993 as well. Cheers, Todd ATP MEL Commercial SEL B-747, BE-300, BE-400, DHC8, ERJ 170/190, MU-300 C-17A Globemaster III
February 16, 201313 yr Exciting news ahead! Lets hope she's a big success like the current fleet; unlike the B787. - Luke Pabari
February 16, 201313 yr Typically Boeing will do the following, please forgive me if I forget any. Also this would be for a "Clean Sheet" design, derivatives are much easier to certify and get board approval. Evaluation Study - Typically ask airlines what they want, make some renders of possibilities. Once they complile them and make a configuration that flight models tell them will work... Board Approval to sell - They will take the design to the Boeing board and if it is approved then the sells team is authorized to begin selling it.. But does not mean it will ever make it off paper (Sonic Crusier) Launch - When they have obtained enough orders, something the board decides. Then the board will decide to Officially Launch the program. Engineering - Design and Develop said aircraft. Usually start on the parts that will not change, get them ordered from suppliers. Final configuration also set early on. Flight Test - Start Building and once one or a few are done, begin flight testing. Any problems, sent back to engineering for fix or re-design. Certification - FAA and others certify the aircraft is flight worthy. Issues fixed or returned to engineering for re-design. Entry Into Service - Once it has been check and many thousands of hours of flight testing, it is given an Airworthy Certificate and passengers are allowed on. Units delivered to customers. Bugs worked out, major changes approved by FAA or other governing bodies. 787 - Completed, however the FAA has grounded (suspended the certificates) them. Boeing will have to solve the battery issue, get it re-certified because it is a change. 737MAX - Currently in Engineering, Final Config sometime this year, Flight test probably late 2014/early 2015. 777X - Not even board approved yet. EIS est 2019/2020 I am licking my chops to fly PMDG's 777 sometime soon!!! Actually the certification process runs concurrent to the engineering and flight test activities. During that period Boeing will produce masses of paperwork showing that the new plane meets all the requirements. When the weight of that paperwork equals the MTOW of the plane* the FAA will issue a type certificate, which means the plane is legally allowed to carry passengers. *Ok, that's not really the criterion, old joke in the plane building world though, and only half untrue. John-Alan Pascoe
February 16, 201313 yr The before taxi checklist for the T7X would also be quite unique. Something like " Flaps 15, Taxi lights on and wings down!" I think the whole idea would be to taxi with the wings up, then put them down before entering the runway for takeoff. Robert Yunque
February 16, 201313 yr Exciting news ahead! Lets hope she's a big success like the current fleet; unlike the B787. 787 has been a big success, once the battery issue is worked out she will be back on top. On a side note Airbus paid close attention and decided to ditch Lithium Ion batteries for the A350 in favor of traditional units. Alex Jevdic KORD/KHOT/KPWKA<380 love at first flight
February 17, 201313 yr On a side note Airbus paid close attention and decided to ditch Lithium Ion batteries for the A350 in favor of traditional units. Get outta' here with that Airbus'smer'bus talk :LMAO: - Luke Pabari
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