Originally Posted by
msprj2
Bombardier says they won’t put
GTF’s on their crj900 because it won’t save anything because of higher weight of engine. Complete BS if you ask me. Not sure why though. Let airbus help with cost of new engines, wings and avionics. 76 seats and 86,000lbs.
It’s not the weight of the geared engines (newer higher compression engines are heavier), it’s where that weight goes. Too much in rear would require forward ballast to make the CoG right.
GF