Jul 06, 2019 · Folding wingtips for the B777X are Boeing’s trump card. Photo: Boeing. The 777X (777-8 and -9) was launched in November 2013. Within two years, Boeing had received 326 orders for the type. Customers included Lufthansa, Etihad Airways, ANA and Singapore Airlines. Boeing had initially hoped to begin the 777X flight test program in March.
06.07.2019 · Folding wingtips for the B777X are Boeing’s trump card. Photo: Boeing. The 777X (777-8 and -9) was launched in November 2013. Within two years, Boeing had received 326 orders for the type. Customers included Lufthansa, Etihad Airways, ANA and Singapore Airlines. Boeing had initially hoped to begin the 777X flight test program in March.
The new Boeing 777x family will also have folding wingtips. Boeing made the new wing out of carbon fiber. It is much longer than the classic 777 family. This ...
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Feb 06, 2020 · The folding wingtips of the 777X are not offered as an add-on; they’re all included in the price. Added to this, Boeing is now only folding away around 11’ of the wing, which requires a much lighter and less complicated system to operate. Are you excited to fly the new 777X? Let us know in the comments.
Dec 06, 2021 · The Boeing 777X is slowly edging towards certification, with the first deliveries currently planned for 2023. One of the unique features of the jet compared to other widebody commercial aircraft is the jet’s folding wingtips. Simple Flying was able to get up close and personal with the 777X at the recent Dubai Airshow, including the new wingtips.
Boeing partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to create a tool used to build the folding wing tip for the forthcoming 777X airplane. The wing trim and drill tool is ...
06.02.2020 · The folding wingtips of the 777X are not offered as an add-on; they’re all included in the price. Added to this, Boeing is now only folding away around 11’ of the wing, which requires a much lighter and less complicated system to operate. Are you excited to fly the new 777X? Let us know in the comments.
06.12.2021 · The Boeing 777X’s folding wingtips are a space-saving measure. When Simple Flying caught up with one of the 777X’s test pilots, Brian Carlisle, at the recent Dubai Airshow, he revealed that when the wings are folded, the aircraft falls into the same size category as existing 777 aircraft. If the wingtips didn’t fold, the jet would have a ...
Sep 04, 2020 · The Boeing 777X is an eye catching plane for many reasons. For a start, those enormous GE9X engines that could swallow a 737 fuselage whole. Then there’s the sheer size of it, longer than anything else in the skies (barring the Antonov An-225 Mriya). But it’s those folding wingtips that have really caught the imagination of the wider public.
Oct 05, 2018 · Related: Beyond the carrier deck: A glimpse at the 777X folding wingtip The new folding mechanism will allow the 777X to fit onto these Code E taxiways and gates used by the smaller 777-300ER, but the aircraft is cleared to use Code F (A380 and 747-8) runways when the wing tips are unfurled to its 235-foot 5-inch (71.8 m) tip-to-tip span for ...