So we are on FTD facts
We generally look at people cultures places and countries from all around the world and find out what's great about them
but recently we've been learning a lot about
Different military divisions and different types of military aircraft and gear and compare them against each other
however with the recent groundings of the 737 max
I feel it necessary that we do a video on this plane to learn as much as we can about this aircraft and
Why it's a huge fiasco for the company known as Boeing today everybody what's going on?
My name is Dave Walpole and welcome to FTD facts the channel
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So to get all started now the Boeing 737 max is the fourth generation of the Boeing 737
Series prior to this there was the Boeing 737 next generation or ng which proved to be a very successful?
plane with over six thousand nine hundred and ninety six built as of January 2019
but as for the Boeing 737 max
It's a rather new plane for the company in which the series was introduced to the world on August 30th, 2011
now one of the major reasons for the introduction of this plane is because well
Let's be real Boeing has been in major
competition with Airbus for a long time now and as for the company Airbus in 2010, they had released to the
a320neo
which was a major competition for Boeing planes and this plane one of its major features was that it had new engines that
Operated very efficiently by burning less fuel which we all know when we go to the airport
You guys are probably complaining as much as I do. Why do we spend so much on a flight ticket?
Well, a lot of that is fuel cost or so they say I don't know about you
But I feel like every couple of years
They're always adding on a new sort of thing that you got to pay for whether or not it's luggage space
fuel
Whatever next it'll be the price for using the air on the plane
I swear to god that's going to come however to compete against this new aircraft the company scrambled and announced the launch of its re-engined
737 and this was to be the
737 max now their initial goal was to get the plane to burn 16% less fuel than their competitor planes
Which was the popular Airbus?
320 CEO and make this new plane burn also 4% less than the new Airbus a320neo
I know all these Ennio CEOs
They sound really confusing but I'm really only talking about two different types of planes and during this time before production even began
American Airlines had a major interest in these planes with the intent to buy over a hundred of them now by
2011 the cost of this new airplane for the airframe design
was stated to be anywhere between
10 to 15% of the program cost which was estimated to be 10 to 12 billion dollars. Keep in mind for this video
I'm gonna be talking in US
dollars not anything else I say that cuz I got a lot of viewers from different parts of the world and don't want anybody to
get confused however by
2015 the production of this aircraft began the original test for this aircraft was built at spirit Aeronautics, which is in Wichita
Kansas in which during that time?
70% of the airframe for this aircraft came from this very production plant and it wasn't long until the very first Boeing
737 max was introduced and rolled out on December 8th
2015
and for Boeing they were really excited for this aircraft because one of the big things was it was delivered on time and
Oddly enough when this aircraft was rolled out. They played it with the sung. We are the champions by Queen
Well, I'm just gonna say this and it's a little bit unfortunate. They're not really the champions right now
So I guess they really didn't see this coming and by its release the Boeing 737 max
Was listed to be 20% more fuel efficient than the modern-day 730
sevens and with that on it's released Boeing had immediate orders of
2995 units insane and this actually made it the fastest-selling Boeing aircraft in the company's history
It should also be mentioned that the original
737 has been a very popular plane
and as of
2019 they have sold over ten thousand four hundred and seventy eight and with that for the amount of years that it's been going there
Have been only three hundred and sixty eight incidents for that also
There are three major versions that I definitely should point out. There is the common very original
737 there is also when I mentioned before the
737ng which was designed to have a more narrow body an airframe. And of course there is now the
737 max which has been re-engined with a CFM international leap
1b engine as a matter of fact
This engine was first introduced to the world on the Airbus 320, Ennio
which in case because we're talking weird numbers the CEO nao the NAO was the main competition for the
737 max so basically they took that engine and put it on the 737 and besides its engine upgrade
There were also some major changes within the aircraft such as a split tip winglet
there was also liquid crystal displays that were taken from the
787 Dreamliner, which was aimed to help pilots
There was also an improvement on the fly-by-wire controls and as well
They did some
modifications to the airframe to increase the max weight
Takeoff for the newer engines as they were heavier now with this aircraft
We should also look at some of the different variants that were made and what is different about them the main ones to pull from?
This are the max seven the max eight the nine and of course the new max 10
The max seven however was originally intended to be rolled out to Southwest Airlines by 2019
however, this got pushed back to 2023 as
WestJet got the first five of these this aircraft seats approximately
153 people to about 170 to the next variant is the max eight which is the more common one that you see today
Malindo air flew this fair for the first time on May 22nd
2017 going from Kuala lumper to Singapore with the air flight named OD
803 and this particular version was extended in length. Just slightly as it seated
178 to 200 there was also the max
200 which had a version that added up to 200 passengers on top of that
There is the max 9 version which the Thai lion Air Group acquired their first batch in March of 2018
this one seats between
193 and IMAX of 220 people, but however
The max 10 is the new big baby that is for the company being planned to enter service in 2020
It's estimated to lower passenger costs by five percent compared to their Airbus competitions
The max 10 was launched on June 29th
2017 and immediately two hundred and orders were made
As a matter of fact America was the highest purchaser of this aircraft
Originally, they were gonna go with the max nine, but they changed their orders to the max 10
also
this plane was upgraded for its seats from a minimum of 204 to a maximum of
230 people and speaking about orders how many of these planes are out there today?
Well good question as of 2019 the estimated deliveries are around 5,000
111 currently however, only
376 of these have been made with most of them being delivered as of February 2009 teen and
Considering we've just talked about variants. Let's talk about some of the specifications of this aircraft for your cargo
It changes from variant to variant dependent on size basically for the max 10
It has 55 point 5 meters cubed for cargo the length of course changes dependent on the version
however
Let's look at the max 8 which is the more common version
That is flying today that Kim's and at 39 point 4 7 meters where the new max 10 comes in at 40
3.8 meters the wingspan is of course one size for all variants coming in at 35 point 9 2 meters and
Similarly, the height is the same for all versions coming in at 12 point three meters
Of course because the size is a little bit different the maximum takeoff weight the mt. O w is
Lately different on different versions for the MTO w-4 the max 8 it comes in at 180
1200 pounds whereas the max 10 has been upgraded to carry
197 thousand nine hundred pounds all versions do have a maximum payload of
Forty six thousand forty pounds with a fuel capacity of forty five
Thousand six hundred and ninety four pounds across the board
The cruising speed is also matched at Mach a point seven nine for the range of this aircraft
The max eight is six thousand five hundred and seventy kilometers
however for the max nine and the max 10
These are changed simply due to the fact that of course the size is different and therefore they get less range because of the fuel
However for the max nine and the max 10 they do have an auxilary tanker
But the max 10 can go six thousand one hundred and ten kilometers for the maximum ceiling of this aircraft
It sits at forty one thousand feet. And other than that, let's take a look at the individual costs of these versions
Basically for the max seven it comes in at ninety-nine point seven million u.s. Dollars the max eight
However is a little bit more coming in at one hundred and twenty one point six million u.s
Dollars the max nine gets another four million added on to that coming in at one hundred and twenty eight point nine million u.s
dollars and as of 2019 the stated price for the max ten is
Around one hundred and thirty four point nine million u.s
Dollars now, obviously, I have to mention the events that happened in 2018 and 2019
One of the worst parts is one of these planes only had about 800
Hours of logged flight time and the other one was only four months old
Which basically these were brand new aircrafts and these events happened only five months apart from each other
but however
It was on march 13th that thirty two countries from around the world had issued that these new over
300 planes be grounded with also the company announcing
Shortly after that global grounding was to commence for all of these planes
Despite the fact that boeing had faith in the safety of the aircraft heck even norway even asked for compensation
For the groundings of these aircrafts, it's quite insane
As well on March 11th, the company of Boeing dropped seven percent in the stock markets
which
effectively wiped almost 16 billion dollars off Boeing's market value and although they have issued a
Software update for their flight control until these problems can be easily identified
This has been an absolute fiasco for the company known as Boeing. So there you have it guys
That is me looking at the Boeing 737
Max, I hope you guys liked this video. I didn't really want to do a story about the whole bad thing
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