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Offline RAIDER14

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Is the 757 overpowered
« on: December 09, 2005, 09:04:05 PM »
From recent flights on 757s and asking pilots at the AA maintenence facility at AFW I think the 757's engines might be to powerful for the aircraft


listen  2 the engine noise
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« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2005, 09:09:08 PM »
Define "too powerful".

I personally think the 757 is "nicely powered".
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« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2005, 09:10:52 PM »
Part of designing an over-water, twin engine aircraft has to be consideration given to extended signle engine flight.

With that in mind, a lot of power seems pretty reasonable, especially for an aircraft that regularly spends many hours over arctic nothingness.
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« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2005, 09:15:02 PM »
One other thing to consider is with very powerfull engines, while cruising at alt they are running at very low power settings there by being more fuel efficient.
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Offline RAIDER14

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« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2005, 09:23:04 PM »
they need to develope a quiter engine for the 757 though
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« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2005, 09:41:04 PM »
Is that like a "girl too sexy"?

A great thing about an "overpowered" aircraft is single engine climb capability when you lose an engine on takeoff.  This gives a much improved margin of safety in one of the most critical phases of flight.

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« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2005, 10:14:41 PM »
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
they need to develope a quiter engine for the 757 though
Who?
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« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2005, 10:23:34 PM »
Magical genies.
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« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2005, 10:24:35 PM »
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Who?
any aircraft engine company or just develope a more advanced hush kit
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« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2005, 10:30:11 PM »
The Hush Kit that my wife had installed on me is pretty powerful...  I'll put her in contact with the engine genies...maybe they can work something out. :lol
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Offline 1K3

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« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2005, 01:07:42 AM »
guys we gottta understand that 757 is 1970s plane.  Right now boing has 767 and 777s.  767s and 777 planes's engines are powerfull too but much quiet now :)

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« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2005, 01:16:20 AM »
The fact that the 757 is out of production is also relevant to the discussion.
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« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2005, 01:35:43 AM »
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The fact that the 757 is out of production is also relevant to the discussion.


Too bad.. only thing it really needs is the modern engines and it'd be still popular.
Otherwise its only problem is the turbulence category of heavy, for a medium size plane.
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« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2005, 01:47:03 AM »
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One other thing to consider is with very powerfull engines, while cruising at alt they are running at very low power settings there by being more fuel efficient.


IIRC turbines are in their most efficient use when running close to the max rpm (fuel usage vs thrust) or at least they were 10 years ago.
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