>From what I've heard the 747X (Stretch) was attempted at the design stage on many occasions but never proved feasible on any occasion. I'd guess that the press release is slightly misleading.
On Sun, 2003-07-20 at 14:07, Jim Wilson wrote: > Erik Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > Jon Berndt wrote: > > > > > Anyhow, for those guys that have made JSBSim models lately, do we have a > > > turbine for it? > > > > Hmm, Boeing 747-400: > > > > Thrust (lb) > > CF6-80C2-B1 58000 > > PW 4056 56000 > > RB211-524H 60600 > > > > Which one do you want? > > > > According to this page (not sure where the data was sourced)... > http://www.januranusjaymartin.de/air/aircrafttechdata-boeing-747-757.html > > ..the 747-400 only comes with the CF6, with the exception of a "74X Stretch" > version that is a little larger. That model is in discussion here... > http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2000/news_release_000629b.html > > ..but I'm not sure they've actually built any yet, in fact IIRC they > cancelled production late in the game for lack of orders. It was to run the > GP7000 engine as described here... > http://www.geae.com/engines/commercial/gp7000/ > > So basically I'm saying that if you want to model a 747-400 series, the > General Electric CF6-80C2-B1 is the probably one you want. > > Best, > > Jim > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
