Not really. Historically, Ford Oz's best selling model was Australian designed and built, albeit with some Ford international family parts and structural sharing. We tended to use bigger engines here than the UK in 'tougher' cars for rougher roads and big distances. The Australian Ford Falcon (Australia only) came with engines up to a 436 bhp turbo six cylinder. It also came with a 5.8 litre V8 but this was actually less powerful.
Yes, some lower volume models were straight from Europe (eg. the Mondeo and Focus from Belgium), and some time ago, some models were based on UK models such as the Cortina and Escort, but again, usually with bigger engines. Our Cortina for example offered a 4.1 litre six cylinder.
However, Ford no longer manufactures cars in Australia.
Bloomberg:
Boeing officials have failed to fully cooperate with US investigators looking into how a panel blew off a 737 Max 9 in January, according to testimony at a Senate hearing Wednesday. The National Transportation Safety Board hasn’t received all the documents and information it has sought from Boeing since the dramatic incident, agency Chair Jennifer Homendy told lawmakers.
Boeing officials have failed to fully cooperate with US investigators looking into how a panel blew off a 737 Max 9 in January, according to testimony at a Senate hearing Wednesday. The National Transportation Safety Board hasn’t received all the documents and information it has sought from Boeing since the dramatic incident, agency Chair Jennifer Homendy told lawmakers.
I suppose that this has been said before, but as an "Oldun" and an Engineer for all my working life, I see some of the issues now plaguing many products and projects, from fairly simple ones to, as in the case of the 737Max very complex ones, resulting from very poor management. They may have good "paperwork" but many do not seem to understand the complexities of designing and manufacturing "new" things. It's been my experience that even a simple item has many more ways in which it can fail compared to those that make it work well. These managers then do not understand the process of training for younger staff, and the instilment of the rigorous processes and mind-sets required. Errors are bound to happen, but systems should account for this and be fault tolerant, because as one technical director once told me,
"The only person who never makes a mistake, is the person who does not do anything".
It's not because new intake are less able, it's just that new intake are not given the time to Acclimatize to these ways of working. CAD has removed some of the fault finding stages in product definition, and products go straight from screen (via manufacturing) to customer, those stages were most useful in honing the product into shape.
"The only person who never makes a mistake, is the person who does not do anything".
It's not because new intake are less able, it's just that new intake are not given the time to Acclimatize to these ways of working. CAD has removed some of the fault finding stages in product definition, and products go straight from screen (via manufacturing) to customer, those stages were most useful in honing the product into shape.
boeing 777 loses tire while taking off
That means the assembly was loose on the undercarriage (sorry, did not watch the video) ?
It must be similar to trucks and cars, the load has to be borne by the wheel, and a brake system also must be in place.
And those are high speed high load capacity tires...
Fighter aircraft tires are a similar story I think, proportions are different from vehicle tires...777 main wheel 52 inches tall, 21 inches wide, nose wheel is 43 inches tall and 17.5 inches wide.
That is from a net search, and they do have to bear a big load, 777 MTOW is 297 to 348 metric tons, distributed over only a few wheels...
It must be similar to trucks and cars, the load has to be borne by the wheel, and a brake system also must be in place.
And those are high speed high load capacity tires...
Fighter aircraft tires are a similar story I think, proportions are different from vehicle tires...777 main wheel 52 inches tall, 21 inches wide, nose wheel is 43 inches tall and 17.5 inches wide.
That is from a net search, and they do have to bear a big load, 777 MTOW is 297 to 348 metric tons, distributed over only a few wheels...
Yup I watched it. News outlets are saying tire blowout though. A big fat tire like that spinning at runway speeds can shred a lot of stuff around it.
Oh no, another Boing!
I'd expect the blowout to occur while the tyre is on the ground, under load. Maybe as Jedi said, it blew and shredded some stuff, causing the wheel to fall off once in the air.
Surely it's more likely that something was left loose though, by the airline maintenance people. Imagine if you were the guy that worked on that wheel last, even if it wasn't your fault!
I'd expect the blowout to occur while the tyre is on the ground, under load. Maybe as Jedi said, it blew and shredded some stuff, causing the wheel to fall off once in the air.
Surely it's more likely that something was left loose though, by the airline maintenance people. Imagine if you were the guy that worked on that wheel last, even if it wasn't your fault!
We've discussed documentaries as they came out. I may have seen Downfall, but don't remember it well. There was another one on one of the major/traditional USA TV networks (NBC, CBS, ABC) but I forget which network it was on or its title.
Here's a Downfall review from earlier in the thread:
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/737-max.335239/page-85#post-6916777
The third one is the one I recall best (and think is best) was on Frontline, "Boeing's Fatal Flaw:"
Here's a Downfall review from earlier in the thread:
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/737-max.335239/page-85#post-6916777
The third one is the one I recall best (and think is best) was on Frontline, "Boeing's Fatal Flaw:"
Another once in a million event that could just happen to anyone.
https://onemileatatime.com/news/united-boeing-737-max-gear-collapse/
https://onemileatatime.com/news/united-boeing-737-max-gear-collapse/
- Status
- Not open for further replies.