Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Path: news From: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM (Karl Swartz) Subject: Re: Safety and design rankings (was Re: Flight controls) X-Submission-Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 07:00:42 GMT References: Message-ID: Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Organization: Chicago Software Works Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM X-Submission-Message-ID: <1992Dec30.070042.13889@ohare.Chicago.COM> Date: 29 Dec 92 23:02:31 PST In article drinkard@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Terrell D. Drinkard) writes: >I don't think I'm giving anything away by saying that the folding wingtip >option is still being studied, primarily by the New Large Airplane >Division. They apparently don't think they can get away with a 'damn the >infrastructure' attitude. :-) It's also still being offered on the 777, as far as I know. My understanding was the part of United's reason for not ordering the option was the weight penalty -- 3,900 lbs., or 2,000 for just the hinges and stuff without the actuation mechanism, which allows easy addition later on. United preferred the weight savings and even at that went with a higher MGTOW version in order to operate the 777 on Chicago to Hawaii routes, which are right at the range limits of the A-market 777. -- Karl Swartz |INet kls@ditka.chicago.com 1-415/854-3409 |UUCP uunet!decwrl!ditka!kls |Snail 2144 Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park CA 94025, USA Send sci.aeronautics.airliners submissions to airliners@chicago.com