SWA's New Jet.....

[Whale Rider]

Boeing's replacement for the 737 is in the works.

Sorry Guys see reply #3 below to see the article............Thanks Twodogs.

 

[USAFftrplt]

link doesnt work

 

[SWA/FO]

nice link....

 

[Twodogs]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/220689_boeing19.html

 

[Carl_Spackler]

They have too, all of the variants for the 737 have been taken. The replacement will be the 797. Any guesses what they will call their next plane after the 797?

 

[kevdog]

They have too, all of the variants for the 737 have been taken. The replacement will be the 797. Any guesses what they will call their next plane after the 797?

The Airbus A-400.

jk.

 

[Dizel8]

"In addition to the widespread use of composites, the 787 will be much more of an electric airplane than current jets, which use air bled from the engines to power some onboard systems."

Huh?

 

[kevdog]

i thought the same thing when i read that. i think they are talking something about the a/c system improvements on the 787. isn't there supposed to be more humidity for pax comfort?

 

[Fly-n-hi]

The Airbus A-400.

jk.

Actually, Airbus already has the A-4xx. They are military transports. I don't know if they were just concepts or if they became production airplanes, though.

 

[dkwid]

"In addition to the widespread use of composites, the 787 will be much more of an electric airplane than current jets, which use air bled from the engines to power some onboard systems."

Huh?

All flight controls will have individual electric motors rather than heavier hydraulic systems.

 

[8vATE]

ACMs will be electic too..

Won't bleed the engines...

 

[Swerpipe]

Electric airplane not just fly-by-wire

"In addition to the widespread use of composites, the 787 will be much more of an electric airplane than current jets, which use air bled from the engines to power some onboard systems."

Huh?

The aircraft does not use bleed air for pressurization, wing anti-icing, , engine starting or anything else. In others words there is no bleed air like you know it. The aircraft has an electric version of all those systems and the engines generate about 3-4 times the electric power that the current engines generate. That coupled with the aerodynamics, lower weight from the largely composite aircraft is what creates the 20% fuel savings. Also, the fly-by-wire allows them to save additionally on flight controls and hydraulics weight.