Originally Posted by
Less Hair
Not a pioneer? It's robot built CFRP-Wing and engines are the latest top technology on the market.
Robot building is not new or cutting edge if you put BS in, BS comes out - it should be a step forward not backwards. The first 777 passed the test no problem (many years ago).
Wings are not a massive design/construction difference from the 787.
Engines (not made by Boeing) have been used as the excuse to delay - Gas turbines are not new, extracting the last % from them is not new either (yes it is very big, but so is the A380).
The 777X is not much different to a change from a 737 classic to a 737 NG (hopefully not a MAX) as a comparison. It is simply tweaking current and past technology.
After all it is using grandfathering, so a pioneer it is not - just a sibling.
The 747 was a pioneer but the A380 was not