Les winglets sont des consommable un peu comme les pneus... on les changes au bout de 3/5 ans ... et si la techno évolue on en met de nouveaux...
D'ici à 2017 sortie du MAX ça fait presque 5 ans...
Admin a écrit:Non à priori c'est leur solution pour réduire les modifs structurale (enfin il me semble)
Boeing today announced a revised winglet to add 1.5% in fuel efficiency for the 737 MAX, releasing a photo. See here. This will be on top of the advertised 10%12% fuel burn gain previously announced.
Separately, David Hess, CEO of Pratt & Whitney, told the PW media day “that as far as we know, the 737 MAX is not an opportunity for us,” citing the Boeing-CFM exclusivity agreement.
Update, 0900 PDT: Boeing held a tele-press conference to discuss the new “Boeing Advanced Technology Winglets,” (BATW) which it also called “dual feathered” winglets.
Boeing said this is an exclusive Boeing design and not derived from a similar design promoted by Aviation Partners. Key points:
Up to 1.5% lower fuel burn, depending on the length of mission;
The design used Computational Fluid Dynamics to design it, a process used from the 787/747-8 programs;
This is completely new technology, not having roots to the MD-11 which has a similar-looking wingtip arrangement;
The wingspan is increased by only “inches” compared with the NG;
The BATW is likely scalable to larger aircraft;
There are no current plans to make the BATW available on the NG, though this could change;
Although there will be some benefit to range, the BATW isn’t significant;
Boeing now claims 18% better all-in costs than the current Airbus A320 (based on figures as a starting point Airbus disputes);
This just about does it for aerodynamic changes to the 737; architectural changes should be nailed down in the third or fourth quarter; and
“Our major trades aerodynamically are done.”
Admin a écrit:http://www.orientinsight.com/2012/05/03/boeing-737-max-dual-feather-winglet-teleconference-highlights/
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