Corrosion found in RR Trent 1000 Gearboxes

[Turbine D]

The part in the Trent 1000 gearbox that exhibited corrosion is know as a crown gear, a form of a bevel gear. Apparently a processing change during gear manufacturing lead to this problem.

[Mark in CA]

It appears now that GE engines are throwing out parts. Debris fell from an engine on a new Boeing 787 Dreamliner during a preflight test Saturday in South Carolina.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/bu...ef=todayspaper


July 31: United Airlines is supposed to roll out their first 787 today. Hope it doesn't shed any engine parts.

https://hub.united.com/en-us/videos/...iner-live.aspx

[Shergar326]

This was correct, Lockheed Tristar was the best commercial airliner ever built ,it would have driven the DC-10 out of business but it had one achilles heel , Rolls Royce. Lockheed should have had an alternative engine.
it sold only 250 units, could have easily surpassed DC-10's 450 units.