Thread: NMA= 767x ???
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Old 10-11-2019, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by KonaJoe View Post
From the Flight Global article:

"As these engines would be larger than the current CF6 engines, the 767X would require a modified landing gear, to give greater clearance below the plane."

Why not just move the engines further forward and abov... Nevermind.
That’s what Airbus did on the A330-900. Seems to work fine. The issue was MCAS without a backup. Almost all stretched airliners have poor high AOA characteristics including the issues now coming out on the A320/21 NEO
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