Good video. What is the reason for discoloration on Turbine Rear Frame?
@planesimple85142 жыл бұрын
Temperature ir the reason for the discoloration. That's the hotest part of the engine. It gets hot enough to change the color of the metal but not enough to damage it.
@aquactrl14843 жыл бұрын
Want to see the ge passport on the b52 for the fuel efficiency performance increase.
@planesimple85143 жыл бұрын
I agree! That'd be awesome!
@adamdarbro12 жыл бұрын
Would have been a horrible idea
@planesimple85142 жыл бұрын
Hello Adam, why would it have been a terrible idea? Care to elaborate?
@laertesl43243 жыл бұрын
Very nice. Good look into the bypass area and a few of the core casings
@planesimple85143 жыл бұрын
Yes Sir! Thank you. That's the reason I recorded this video. GE was in the house balancing this engine and I took the opportunity to record it while they had the engine open.
@planesimple85143 жыл бұрын
Well, "open" as far as the cowlings and bypass duct is concerned. I didn't get to look inside of the engine itself, but hey, it still is a pretty cool view in my opinion anyway. Nice to hear from you again.
@roberts90953 жыл бұрын
I hope the Passport wins the B-52 CERP contract.
@planesimple85143 жыл бұрын
I agree. That would be cool and it would give the mighty B-52 a whole new life.
@roberts90953 жыл бұрын
@@planesimple8514 just found out Rolls-Royce won 3 days ago
@planesimple85143 жыл бұрын
Hello Robert S, sorry I took so long to reply. Yes! I saw. Well, I'm ok with that decision too. The US still has stakes in RR. And, as a guy that works on Bombardier products that use those same engines, I like to see the market support for them grow. Either way, the good news is that the B-52 will live on!
@bulentalacatli35263 жыл бұрын
Whole set is in one piece. How about a damage on a fan blade only ? They have to replace the set insteat of one blade. Seems a little costly. But I think GE has already calculated this and made such a design after all the non incident feedbacks.
@planesimple85143 жыл бұрын
Well, those blades can take quite a bit of damage and it can be blended out or filed away before it becomes scrap. You would be surprised how much material can be taken away and still be functional, as long as the whole assembly is rebalanced. But yes the cost of replacing one of those discs would be astronomical but the chances of that happening are small enough I guess that would justify the cost. Like you said, I'm sure GE considered all that before making that decision.