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What we really don't know yet is what a high cycle aircraft will do when it is nearly all composite. There have been many examples of composite aircraft in general aviation, however nothing with this large of an application. All in all, I think the 787 has the chance of going down as the greatest aircraft Boeing ever built.....but time will tell.
If it ain't Boeing, I'm not going!
quote:Originally posted by JohnHJ:Although the 787 has been mired with several delays, I believe this is a testament to the design, analysis, and how rigorous the certification process is for an aircraft.
In addition, the entire construction philosophy is being re-thought. That's been the source of the bulk of the delays - rather more than the design issues. Boeing thought that it could sell the aircraft cheaply by nailing down the prices for contracts from suppliers from all around the world who would deliver bits that Boeing would just "snap together" in final assembly. But in this industry, if the suppliers find they can't deliver, it's Boeing's problem even more than the suppliers', as Boeing can't just go out and buy another set of screwdrivers or another length of timber from a different hardware store.
[ 09-04-2011: Message edited by: Globaliser ]
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