How Powerful Are The Boeing 777’s GE90 Engines?

[@hewhohasnoidentity4377]

Not only can a single GE90 keep a full 777 airborne, it can also perform a go around if necessary. Going from low and slow to climbing out on one engine is impressive.

[@cfg003]

every engine can do that though. that is a certification requirement. still impressive though!

[@lorenzo99945]

@@cfg003 their sound is the best

[@jrkc9218]

Insane

[@mingming9604]

A single GE-90 can keep the 747 airborne

[@discountdave4537]

@@mingming9604 Not true. You need the rest of the plane, like fuel, wings, electrics etc with atleast one pilot to keep it airbourne

[@rifayadasruf5557]

My absolute favorite aircraft must be and will always be the 777-300ER. And the spool up noise of the GE90-115B is just mesmerising

[@thatguyalex2835]

Same here. The 777-200/300 are my favorite planes. 1. B777 2. B747 3. A330 4. B757 5. CRJ-900 6. Any aviation technology demonstrator -------- Worst A380 B737 B767 B737 Max A350

[@andersonrodriguez8258]

@@thatguyalex2835 I love the 330 engine on cold start sound so refine nd smooth but has a unique sound typical RR not GE

[@sergiolaurencio7534]

@@thatguyalex2835 well whit the worst one not everyone would agree, except me, jut that the 340 is one of my faborites

[@lawrencet83]

Learn how to spell!@@sergiolaurencio7534

[@caribbeanaviator1964]

The triple7 is an amazing aircraft. It just amazes me when we are training in the simulator and we do single engine go around, the fact that you can climb so easily on one engine while just holding the controls with your fingertips and not even having to have your feet on the rudder pedals (although we do anyways just in case) is just a fantastic performance machine...

[@igotanM16]

Put it this way: just ONE GE90 engine generates more thrust than all 8 of the JT3D engines mounted on the B52 bomber.

[@1000BT]

TF-34

[@trob0914]

My uncle worked in the design of the early DC-10 engines, there's been a huge performance upgrade since then. I love flying the "-200 & -300" 777s! Living in Seattle metro, I've seen the "X" sitting and flying out of Boeing and Paine Fields! Bring em on!!

[@robk3005]

Always loved GE engines. Only had 1 flight on a 777-300, but I can't count the number of time I've actually started and maintained the GE LM2500, a marine derivative of the CF6-50.

[@timothycook2917]

Am I a fan of the GE-90? That's like asking if I am a fan of going places

[@filledwithvariousknowledge2747]

I see what you did there

[@thatguyalex2835]

Are you a fan of insanely powerful turbofans?

[@Dinara1up]

are you made of carbon fibre composite

[@RobEJC]

I've only flown on a B777 once and loved it - those powerful engines are amazing feats of engineering and technology, indeed.

[@tjr-007tt]

The B777 is a modern marvel and is easily the greatest commercial aircraft ever created.

[@vqey2]

The 777! Is built like a tank it’s solid and reliable. I’ve flown thousands of miles in many of them , most with GE90 engines

[@filledwithvariousknowledge2747]

Powerful enough it took until 2017 during the GE9X testing to beat the GE90-115B record thrust of 127 000ibf in 2002 when the GE9X reached 134 000ibf though its maximum certified takeoff thrust is 5000 ibf less than its predecessor at 110 000ibf

[@avgeek7775]

I think it’s great that this GE90 awesome engineering work of art blew the doors off its containment area ! Simply awesome. I’m a huge fan of the GE90 and GE9X and all their variants as well as the Boeing 777 which they power. The sound of the GE90 is unmistakable and delightfully haunting !

[@davidsheen9978]

My wife and I have flown on quite a few 777 variants. The ge90 engines is a sweet noise, especially on take off.

[@markiangooley]

I didn’t fly on a 777 until 2019. Great experience but I’m really a latecomer. It was a Delta 777 and presumably retired from their fleet now.

[@FirstLastOne]

"And are you a fan of the triple 7 and it's GE90 engines?" Yes, I am a fan with all the thrust I can muster.

[@MegaWingman7]

We had one installed on the 747 flying test bed and it flew the plane by itself. However, the GE9X broke the max thrust record

[@Jakobly]

another cool thing, GE offers variants of the GE90 for use as a turbine generator for ships and offshore oil rigs, it makes up to around 100,000shp

[@eddiev2257]

Flew over the pacific quite regularly in the early 2010s, had the fondest memory of Virgin Australia's 777-300ER, personally a much better experience than A380 or 787, or the human rights violation in the form of an ageing 747.

[@gerardroxas509]

Im a fan of the 777’s and the GE90. Yes, especially it’s engine sounds which are music to my ears.

[@MandoMonge]

Nothing better than the massive rumble in the cabin when the engines are turned on

[@Amathusukx]

Reassuring from an in flight perspective to see the engine has the power to destroy the facility.

[@AP2780]

My favorite aircraft, the 777-300ER 🙌

[@MSRTA_Productions]

Those GE90s spools/takeoffs make my skin crawl 😍

[@alipontiac]

as a passenger I love how the rawness of the GE90 shake the cabin when ignite.

[@send2gl]

Flown a few times from Heathrow to San Diego on British Airways 777. Not sure of engines but found the runway acceleration seemed more impressive than same journey on a 747.

[@keukenrol]

Lovely sound, the spool-up and startup are very special.

[@tanner165]

I seem to remember hearing that a single GE-90 can pull the air out Madison Square Garden in 5 minutes or something insane like that.

[@thomast6851]

Imagine standing on the back of a GE9X engine while the 777x is standing on its nose You might as well be the first person to go to mars

[@askhowiknow5527]

“Giving the impression that a tornado had touched down” Kind of a good nickname for this engine

[@somethingsmart3975]

@2:50 “as if a small storm had somehow parked over the hanger.” No, a small storm was parked INSIDE the hanger 🤣😂

[@travisjohn5793]

You cant beat the sound of a roaring GE 90 at full thrust..

[@edwardsalmon5658]

Flew on a 777-200 yesterday that had them fitted!

[@ezrafiroz8662]

@@techbyyatharth4618 777-200LR has the GE-90 engines

[@techbyyatharth4618]

@@ezrafiroz8662 he said 200 only so i said it. But I also wasnt knowing that 200 lr also has GE90, so thanks for that😊

[@filledwithvariousknowledge2747]

@@techbyyatharth4618 You might want to know non ER -300 (only sold 60 made) never had GE90 certified for it as no airline ordered it whereas 42 were Trent 800 and the other 18 P&W 4090-112. For the -300ER it was made the exclusive engine with the higher thrust variant

[@techbyyatharth4618]

@@filledwithvariousknowledge2747 okay🤨 Thank you dude😊

[@Daxelinho9]

I would love if you could convert the imperial units of thrust for example to metric units and add them in upcoming videos

[@captain150]

A way I always think about the GE90's power is the shaft power required to turn the front fan. It's a high bypass engine so most of the thrust comes from that fan, and the power required to turn the fan is in the neighbourhood of 100,000 horsepower each. So a 777 has 200,000 horsepower running the two fans. For scale, the largest container ships have similar (~100k horsepower) outputs. The Nimitz class aircraft carriers have about 260,000 shaft horsepower...similar to the 777.

[@adub1300]

Am I a fan of the GE-90? I routinely go out of my way to see BA288 climb out of KPHX just so I can hear those 90s sing.

[@hurithinkbefore1340]

From Singapur to London, in the middle of the night, we easily flew over a heavy thunderstorm, with 1080 km/h. I felt very safe.

[@jezza82]

My friend was working there that morning. They found insulation two miles away on a motorway..

[@AgentPepsi1]

I am very much a fan of the Boeing 777!! ☺☺☺☺☺

[@ayhemshaban9745]

I sure am a fan of the 777, you can see me on it's engines, spinning like there's no tomorrow.

[@royeb63]

After I started keeping records of my flights I have clocked 11 flights on a 777. It's by far my favorite aircraft, although that may change later this year when I get my first A350 flight if everything goes according to schedule. 🤩

[@alexanderhall4281]

Yes I'm a huge fan of the plane and can't wait until I get to go on one.

[@NeonSamurai4381]

Of course the 777 is my favourite aircraft. There is no sound in aviation better than a GE90 spooling up and roaring down the runway. It's a shame that the GE9X doesn't have the same amazing spool up sound as the GE90 but it's a lot quieter.

[@americanicon8774]

My very first flight on a 777 with the GE90-115b’s the one thing I noticed on takeoff different from any other aircraft: On rotation normally on most aircraft regardless of engine type when the main gear lift off there’s a slight and sometimes pronounced lull before the power kicks in and the aircraft really climbs. Not on this beast. It was like a rocket. Only that overpowered unicorn, the 757 compares, but the 757 isn’t lifting 777,000 lbs on takeoff!! One time I was going SFO to Chicago on a 777-200. I was soooo disappointed to find out that we had the Pratt & Whitney’s. On takeoff it felt like we had lawnmower engines. The difference was incredible. I was just sitting there shaking my head. People were probably wondering why the heck is this guy shaking his head in obvious disappointment 😂. If you haven’t already check out in KZbin the 5 part series The Making of the 777 the 21st Century Jet. It is fantastic. Lastly when GE got the GE90 certified for 777-300ER, Boeing flew it on one engine for nearly 6 hours flying to Taipei. If that doesn’t give you comfort I don’t what will.

[@oneworld2642]

Engine spooling sound , GE90 vs RR Trent 1000 , would like to hear the engine sound please

[@sergiolaurencio7534]

could the GE90 power the a340-600? only asking

[@GintaPPE1000]

Not sure about the "throw the heaviest tank in the world" claim. The heaviest battle tank in service today is the M1A3 Abrams, which tips the scales at some 80 tons. Fun fact, the Abrams' main engine is a gas turbine adopted from the APU of the 767, which was later used for the 777 as well.

[@zabiarayyan7056]

I was in the airport, boarding the plane and I was Amazed how massive those enginces are. I have seen the A380 engines as well they look small. I thought they are all the same but when I saw the engines of this 777 I was blown away. they are way way too big.

[@azmike1956]

Looks like great fun!!

[@wanem1622]

B777-300ER ❤❤ GE90 ❤❤

[@themastorparty]

GE90 - the Chuck Norris of aviation engines.

[@arindamkumar7725]

No country can beat the Americans in jet engine technology. GE Aviation, P&W and Honeywell are huge assets to the US.

[@jamiebeverley9705]

The Boeing 777-300ER is without question an extremely good airplane, and only made better by the GE90 Engines, it's just quality all round, no matter how you look at this plane.

[@CreightonDuke84]

The only engine delta tech ops couldn’t work on, thing is a beast

[@jermainealexis5067]

The 777 will always be my favourite airplane

[@ronaldcuieii4775]

That's amazing. Most definitely a fan😃😃.

[@ChrisZoomER]

It's safer to stand behind a B-1 Lancer during takeoff than it is to stand behind a 777-300ER during takeoff, if that tells you something... Yes I am a *fan* of the GE90, nice word play!

[@sorgfaeltig]

Yes, you missed the fact that ONE of those engines can accelerate, lift-off ond climb a Boeing 777-300ER at maximum weight in case the other of the two engine fails at take-off after the decision speed V1. This is more impressive than "keeping the 777 flying after one engine fails". And another remark: When you put the title "How Powerful Are The Boeing 777's GE90 Engines?" - you should answer the question. The international unit for power is the Watt, or Kilowatt, or Megawatt. Please try to convert the non-international unit of "lbf" to ISO (international units) Note : The international unit for force is N (Newton). I have done the conversion to Newton, Watt, HP and PS. But I let you do the same. Enjoy learning something.

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

Short answer is that the GE90-115b is the highest thrusting commercial high bypass engine ever ! It actually has a higher thrust than the new GE9x (115540 lbf vs 110000 lbf) GE9x is more fuel efficient

[@ivangeo3319]

Is it thirsty machine?

[@shivas7393]

STILL MUSIC TO MY EARS GE 90 💝💝💝

[@zebwas]

Im surprised how simple flying used the Swiss 777 in the thumbnail

[@HiSteOfMnd]

I know this might sound crazy but would it be plausible to put two of these engines on a 747, considering how powerful just one is?

[@oscarmartin2300]

The combined power of the B747-8 engines is of 266,000 lbf, whereas the combined power of x2 GE9X Max power is of 268,000 lbf. So the answer to your question is YES. However, the wing design of the jumbo is to fit 2 engines each, so the weight distribution is different. In order for the 747-8 to have two engines, it would have to undergo major design changes in the wings and possibly in the fuselage and other components too. On the other hand, we must not forget that GE9X engines are operating max power if installed on jumbo aircraft, and these are not supposed to work under max pressure all the time because they could fail.

[@nairbalakrishnan6493]

yes very much.....GE 90 is an awesome engine .....

[@EdOeuna]

You only fully appreciate the thrust from a GE90 when you lose one after V1 and take the old girl into the air.

[@stephenduck4628]

Insane engineering, on take off one engine will pull in 1.2 tons of air per second, it would empty a squash court of its air in 1 second.

[@Noah-lc6ou]

Fun fuct: 777 engine is as big as 737 cabin.

[@johnkelly8078]

“Are you a fan of the….engine?”. I though5 the engine came with its own fan! Gee guys! Choice of words, guys!

[@Bragga664]

My favorite 777

[@Sacto1654]

The GE90-115B is rated at 115,000 lb. (514 kN) thrust, the most powerful engines in commercial operation in the world. Why we haven't seen more damage like this is actually kind of amazing. The upcoming GE9X-110B1A (GE agreed up upgrade the engine thrust to 110,000 lb. (490 kN) thrust in consultation with Boeing) on the 777-9 will probably generate almost as much blown air as the GE90-115B.

[@joshmichaelluistro3817]

they really are in one strong force..

[@jimmyyu2184]

Yours goes up to 11? Mine goes up to 12! (Apologies to Spinal Tap) 🤣

[@agnesvillasis5254]

Even tho the GE9X Surpassed the GE90, GE90 will still be my favorite.

[@philiproseel3506]

Am I a fan of the 777X and the GE9X? Silly question. Of course.

[@Ryanslife_uk]

These engines literally shake the ground.

[@dre9813]

I would like four of them on a 747sp. Should be interesting😂

[@danielhomes8791]

I love the ge-90 world best.

[@user-cj7il8pw5g]

The fact GE-90 The same diameter as a 737😭

[@chadsheppard3576]

It produces up to 115,000 lbs of thrust

[@omerbinsaadat4973]

The 777 & GE 90B is marriage made in heaven's so to speak. Both engine & aircraft are absolutely perfect combination for safety & reliability. To quote nat geo aircrash investigation on the Heathrow 777-200 ER crash involving the rolls royce variant engines, 777 is the gold standard in aviation safety. Feat of engineering to be marvelled at. Truly iconic. GE -90 B is stated to have six sigma levels of inflight shut downs i.e. 3 times in a million flight hours. When GE engineers sat down to make this series of engines they probably said lets build something flawless. For the 777 aircraft type GE won the battle for safety & reliability hands down, rolls royce and pratt&whitney are distant competitors.

[@adamrameli1990]

Cool

[@sc1338]

American Muscle! 🇺🇸

[@TheSvrstorm]

Yes !!

[@LNYT-Aviation]

GE90 is so powerful ngl

[@Cristian-005]

they should let a 777 takeoff from st marrten

[@farzadnaail9685]

This engine is just a BIG BEAST that likes to destroy everything 😂💪💪

[@LaczPro]

I really want to see the tank being blown by this engine, in a mythbusters type of video.

[@rexowastaken]

small engines 😳😳😳

[@sfrsteel]

Noise protection hanger = Hush House

[@millimetreperfect]

A noisy plane, can be heard in the cruise from further away than any other commercial aircraft.

[@sudheerreddy2670]

Those are some thicc engine's 😅

[@mohibzworld10]

Pov 100% throttle on 777X Ge9X

[@rager1969]

In a way, it was hit by a tornado.

[@omarijoseph3189]

i think i need one of those engines attached to my car, which dead slow and lazy..

[@LockheedStarliner]

....."carbon fiber fan blades".....NOT! Composite titanium/carbon fiber fan blades.....YES

[@dodoubleg2356]

It's like I always say...go GE90 or, err, I mean GO BIG or GO HOME, ha!! 😉👍✌️

[@djdinobravo]

Maybe Airbus Should Look at Replacing the 4 engines on the A380 With Two GE90. That Plane Would have better success if it was powered by two engines instead of the current 4

[@ArmyofSeaturtles]

On engine start up the 777 can shake the ground

[@LittleLazyCat]

ge90 engine who destroys?

[@klyplays]

Not powerful enough for two of them to fly the 747

[@enceoth94]

They are. b747-400 have 4 engines, 280kN each, thats 1120kN in total. b777 have 2 engines, 512kN each, thats 1024kN in total. 96kN difference is "nothing"....

[@edwardmyers1746]

How about the 9X now? LOL