Incredible footage has revealed the moment that the world's biggest jet engine took to the skies for the first time, ahead of its planned maiden commercial flight in 2020.

The huge GE9X powerplant, which is as wide and tall as the fuselage of a Boeing 737, is being built for the latest version of the firm's long-haul 777, the 777X 'megaplane'.

General Electric has now begun flight trials of the prototype, after delays caused by technical problems stopped tests originally planned for late last year.

The GE9X was attached to the plane alongside smaller engines to allow engineers to put it through the motions of flight without risking the safety of passengers onboard.

It features a massive fan stretching 134 inches in diameter, more than 11 feet, and fits into a 14-and-a-half-foot nacelle.







http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5509063/Watch-worlds-biggest-jet-engine-skies.html
Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Ftc

Do u know that I've not seen a parked plane before?

Oh mehn this is massive.. Na tripledecker plane be this ...

horlahsunbo225:
Ftc

E never reach front page...learner

Oh mehn this is massive..

Dubbed the largest jet engine in the world, GE9X's front fans span 11 feet in diameter, its inlet duct measures 18 feet by 12 feet and can generate 100,000 pounds of thrust.


This massive engine is the first working prototype that was developed to power Boeing's 777X aircraft and is was first tested at the firm's boot camp for engines near Peebles, Ohio.


Testing of the engine was seen as a critical step.




It will have the largest front fan in the world, GE says, at 134 inches (11 feet) in diameter, while its inlet duct measures 18 feet (215 inches) by 12 feet (145 inches).

Rolls Royce has already tested its enormous Trent XWB-97 engine (pictured) in flight.


With a fan diametre of almost ten feet it can produce 97,000lb of thrust during take-off

Nice fuselage

O boy see huge plane

bodejohn:


E never reach front page...learner

So now what are we gonna call it

The odd for this thread to reach front-page is 1.00

horlahsunbo225:
Ftc

It's 11:26 PM already, and you are still awake "ftcing."

Cmyname:


It's 11:26 PM already, and you are still awake "ftcing."

What are you doing also?

horlahsunbo225:
What are you doing also?

I mean "ftcing" at this hour is not allowed.

horlahsunbo225:

So now what are we gonna call it

RTC

Rush To Comment...

People and countries that knows what they r doing.
Naija, wetin we see do if not to chop money and carry keep for our generations unborn.

Holywizard:
Do u know that I've not seen a parked plane before?

you're not alone. I hv only seen it in the sky

henrygale:
People and countries that knows what they r doing.
Naija, wetin we see do if not to chop money and carry keep for our generations unborn.

Change should start with our leaders.

I'm praying that God should remember and bless my hustle.
I promised myself that once I make it I'll take a holiday trip for 2 weeks outside Nigeria

crotonite:
you're not alone. I hv only seen it in the sky

Holywizard:
I'm praying that God should remember and bless my hustle.
I promised myself that once I make it I'll take a holiday trip for 2 weeks outside Nigeria

may God grant u your heart desire.

Amen!

crotonite:
may God grant u your heart desire.

In countries that do such stuff Daly, their leaders may not be saints, but they pump cash into the right areas of society. It's part of why gangsters like Pablo Escobar had loyal followers that couldn't snitch on him one bit.

And this is not in FP yet? I hate Nairaland for real.
Mod, you can ban me.. but that's just it.
NL is now value less, just today I saw 7 BBN news on FP.. Issa shame!

Germany, South Korea, Russia and United States...
Who takes the lead in Engineering?!

Besides that, i refuse to become a liability to myself. Hustle hard but know more.

Pilot

This is very cool

I'm more interested in performance. van the engine fly for more than 22hrs. and does it consume lesser fuel than previous versions or the only selling point is the bigness

Sorry if this is off topic,
Check out my 222mm homebuilt jet engine.
Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffffbE-iSU8&app=desktop

How do homo sapiens build stuff like these

Anonimoux:
How do homo sapiens build stuff like these

With prayer. With fire. With stone. Heavy, hot stone.

TrajansKong:

With prayer. With fire. With stone. Heavy, hot stone.

Its so amazing