Comments on: Boeing 777 time-lapse construction video http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/boeing-777-time-lapse-construction-video/ Monkey #121643810 reporting for duty... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:43:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jonathan http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/boeing-777-time-lapse-construction-video/comment-page-1/#comment-3169 Jonathan Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:19:46 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/121/#comment-3169 I forgot to add this comment, but I did look into the paint question and found that Boeing actually studied this. If memory serves, removing the paint results in fuel savings on the order of a hundred thousand dollars. However, then the airplane has to be polished regularly, or it will start to look bad. They found that the cost of polishing pretty much offset the fuel savings. I forgot to add this comment, but I did look into the paint question and found that Boeing actually studied this. If memory serves, removing the paint results in fuel savings on the order of a hundred thousand dollars. However, then the airplane has to be polished regularly, or it will start to look bad. They found that the cost of polishing pretty much offset the fuel savings.

]]> By: Jonathan http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/boeing-777-time-lapse-construction-video/comment-page-1/#comment-3168 Jonathan Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:16:26 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/121/#comment-3168 Interesting! I didn't know they did that during the war. Interesting! I didn’t know they did that during the war.

]]> By: K. Price http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/boeing-777-time-lapse-construction-video/comment-page-1/#comment-3167 K. Price Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:27:45 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/121/#comment-3167 During WW-2, my Mother worked at the Boeing plant in Seattle, and after a while, they stopped painting the G-models to save weight so they could carry more bombs! I don't know what the weight savings was, but maybe it amounted to one more bomb? During WW-2, my Mother worked at the Boeing plant in Seattle, and after a while, they stopped painting the G-models to save weight so they could carry more bombs! I don’t know what the weight savings was, but maybe it amounted to one more bomb?

]]> By: Christian Anderson http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/boeing-777-time-lapse-construction-video/comment-page-1/#comment-3128 Christian Anderson Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:40:14 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/121/#comment-3128 haii..jonathan i'm Christian from Indonesia. do you know indonesia aircraft. all indonesia flight carrier there is no use boeing 777,they use boeing 747,737-400,737-200adv,A320,A330,A319 did you know when Garuda Indonesia Boeig 777-300er will be finished construction,, hahaha.. by the way nice to meet you. hahah,, thanks haii..jonathan i’m Christian from Indonesia.
do you know indonesia aircraft.
all indonesia flight carrier there is no use boeing 777,they use boeing 747,737-400,737-200adv,A320,A330,A319
did you know when Garuda Indonesia Boeig 777-300er will be finished construction,,
hahaha..
by the way nice to meet you.
hahah,,
thanks

]]> By: Jonathan http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/boeing-777-time-lapse-construction-video/comment-page-1/#comment-3058 Jonathan Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:15:44 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/121/#comment-3058 Except for the YouTube version I've found and posted, I'm not sure where to get an actual copy. I think this was just something that Boeing made at some point and didn't publicly distribute. So, you might want to just contact them about getting a copy. I assume they wouldn't mind the publicity. Except for the YouTube version I’ve found and posted, I’m not sure where to get an actual copy. I think this was just something that Boeing made at some point and didn’t publicly distribute. So, you might want to just contact them about getting a copy. I assume they wouldn’t mind the publicity.

]]> By: Susan DeLong http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/boeing-777-time-lapse-construction-video/comment-page-1/#comment-3050 Susan DeLong Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:12:43 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/121/#comment-3050 I would like to know where I can get a copy of the Boeing-777 time lapse construction video. We had a large part in designing portions of the 777 and I would like to include the video in our Orientation process. Thank you, Susan I would like to know where I can get a copy of the Boeing-777 time lapse construction video. We had a large part in designing portions of the 777 and I would like to include the video in our Orientation process.

Thank you,
Susan

]]> By: Jonathan http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/boeing-777-time-lapse-construction-video/comment-page-1/#comment-2100 Jonathan Wed, 14 May 2008 19:53:10 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/121/#comment-2100 Alain: That's pretty cool. I'd love to know how much it saved in the time to climb. Alain: That’s pretty cool. I’d love to know how much it saved in the time to climb.

]]> By: Alain DeWitt http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/boeing-777-time-lapse-construction-video/comment-page-1/#comment-2050 Alain DeWitt Tue, 13 May 2008 01:22:36 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/121/#comment-2050 Your comment about the weight that paint adds reminds me of an F-15 "Streak Eagle" I saw on static display at the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. It was plain silver as it was used to set climb records. According to the information about the display, the omission of paint saved about 300 lbs. (if I recall correctly). Your comment about the weight that paint adds reminds me of an F-15 “Streak Eagle” I saw on static display at the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. It was plain silver as it was used to set climb records. According to the information about the display, the omission of paint saved about 300 lbs. (if I recall correctly).

]]> By: Jonathan http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/boeing-777-time-lapse-construction-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1798 Jonathan Sat, 03 May 2008 02:02:08 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/121/#comment-1798 You know, I was thinking there's no way Boeing hasn't modeled this to the nth degree, and has this all figured out. But maybe they don't. They don't save any money on fuel if they use less paint, the airline does, so maybe they haven't had the motivation to really work on it. A friend of mine in operations research at the business school was telling me that it's shocking how many opportunities there are for optimizing things in business. So maybe Boeing is using too much paint and somebody could make a ton of money transferring what Maaco knows to painting airplanes. You know, I was thinking there’s no way Boeing hasn’t modeled this to the nth degree, and has this all figured out. But maybe they don’t. They don’t save any money on fuel if they use less paint, the airline does, so maybe they haven’t had the motivation to really work on it. A friend of mine in operations research at the business school was telling me that it’s shocking how many opportunities there are for optimizing things in business. So maybe Boeing is using too much paint and somebody could make a ton of money transferring what Maaco knows to painting airplanes.

]]> By: Ken http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/boeing-777-time-lapse-construction-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1795 Ken Fri, 02 May 2008 22:38:24 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/121/#comment-1795 That is indeed a lot of paint. It looks like they use more than they need, too; they should talk to their friends in the auto business, who have mastered the art of using the absolute minimum possible thickness of paint while still getting the car the correct color. There, their cost savings is just from needing less paint, though. That is indeed a lot of paint. It looks like they use more than they need, too; they should talk to their friends in the auto business, who have mastered the art of using the absolute minimum possible thickness of paint while still getting the car the correct color. There, their cost savings is just from needing less paint, though.

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