Comments on: Amazing new Aviation Manufacturing System Revealed http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/12/amazing-new-aviation-manufacturing-system-revealed/ Aviation buzz and bold opinion Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Max Flight http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/12/amazing-new-aviation-manufacturing-system-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-53970 Max Flight Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:40:14 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/12/amazing-new-aviation-manufacturing-system-revealed/#comment-53970 We (myself included) like to rag on Boeing and Airbus for 787 and A380 delivery problems, but as this video hints at, these things are enormously complex. Boeing has certainly had a lot of time to perfect the flow of components and subsequent assembly into a 777. Now imagine doing the same with something completely new. Something, say, as large as the A380. Or something made out of a different material, like the 787. If the airframers got it perfectly right the first few times through, it would be a near miracle. Probably we should give them an editorial break. Soon enough Boeing will be able to produce a similar video of a Dreamliner assembly. One where the components arrive just in time, not late. And the proper fasteners are correctly installed. And so on. We (myself included) like to rag on Boeing and Airbus for 787 and A380 delivery problems, but as this video hints at, these things are enormously complex. Boeing has certainly had a lot of time to perfect the flow of components and subsequent assembly into a 777.

Now imagine doing the same with something completely new. Something, say, as large as the A380. Or something made out of a different material, like the 787. If the airframers got it perfectly right the first few times through, it would be a near miracle.

Probably we should give them an editorial break. Soon enough Boeing will be able to produce a similar video of a Dreamliner assembly. One where the components arrive just in time, not late. And the proper fasteners are correctly installed. And so on.

]]> By: Smitty http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/12/amazing-new-aviation-manufacturing-system-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-53943 Smitty Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:33:04 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/12/amazing-new-aviation-manufacturing-system-revealed/#comment-53943 Very interesting article. Thanks! Very interesting article. Thanks!

]]> By: Jeffrey Sigmon http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/12/amazing-new-aviation-manufacturing-system-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-53671 Jeffrey Sigmon Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:31:10 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/12/amazing-new-aviation-manufacturing-system-revealed/#comment-53671 It's unbelievable how something so massive can be put together and defy gravity! It’s unbelievable how something so massive can be put together and defy gravity!

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