RENTON, WA - Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Boeing a me CFM International i kēia lā ua hoʻomaka maikaʻi lākou i ka hoʻāʻo lele ʻana o ka ʻenekini LEAP-1B* ma ka lā 29 ʻApelila ma kahi hoʻokolohua lele 747 i hoʻololi ʻia ma GE Aviation Flight Test Operations ma Victorville, CA.

ʻO ka hoʻāʻo ʻana ka mea nui e hiki mai ana ma kahi papahana ʻelua makahiki e hoʻopau i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka mīkini ma 2016 a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka Boeing 737 MAX mua ma 2017. Ua hana maikaʻi ka mīkini a hoʻopau i nā helu hoʻāʻo aeromechanical he nui ma nā kiʻekiʻe like ʻole i loko o ka hola ʻelima. 30 minuke lele mua.

"Ke hoʻomau nei au i ka hauʻoli nui i ka LEAP," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Chief Test Pilot Steven Crane, CFM International. "Ke hōʻike nei kēia mau mīkini i kahi oʻo ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike mau i nā huahana hou. Manaʻo wau e hauʻoli nui kā mākou mea kūʻai mokulele i kēia mīkini. "

ʻO ka ʻenekini LEAP-1B ka mea kanu mana kūʻokoʻa no ka ʻohana Boeing 737 MAX a he ʻāpana ia o ka papahana hōʻoia hōʻoia honua a lele lele i ka moʻolelo o CFM. Ua hoʻomaka ka ʻenekini LEAP-1B mua i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka honua ma Iune 13, 2014, ʻekolu lā ma mua o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka wā i hoʻomaka ʻia ai ka papahana ma 2011.

"Me kēia mea nui engine milestone a me nā hopena ho'āʻo a hiki i kēia lā, ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka hilinaʻi e hāʻawi ka LEAP-1B-powered 737 MAX i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku i ka mokulele ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, hilinaʻi a mālama ʻia i ka mākeke hoʻokahi," wahi a ia. Keith Leverkuhn, hope peresidena a me ka luna nui, 737 MAX papahana, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Aia ka 737 MAX ma ke ala e hāʻawi i ka 14 pakeneka ʻoi aku ka nui o ka wahie ma mua o kēia lā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o Next-Generation 737s a me ka 20 pakeneka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka Next-Generation 737s mua e komo i ka lawelawe."

I nā pule e hiki mai ana, e hoʻopili ʻia ka papahana hoʻāʻo lele i kahi papa hoʻāʻo holoʻokoʻa e ana i ka hana ʻana o ka ʻenekini, ka palena stall, ka hana, nā hoʻokuʻu a me nā acoustics. E hōʻoia hou ia i nā ʻenehana holomua i hoʻohui ʻia i loko o ka ʻenekini, e komo pū me ka peʻahi huila carbon fiber composite, ka Twin-Annular, Pre-Mixing Swirler (TAPS) combustor, ceramic matrix composite shrouds i loko o ka turbine kiʻekiʻe a me ka titanium aluminide blades i loko. ʻo ka turbine haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa.

"Ke hana maikaʻi nei ka ʻenekini LEAP i loko o kahi papahana hoʻāʻo ʻāina a me ka lele ʻana," wahi a Allen Paxson, ka hope pelekikena hoʻokō, CFM International. "Ua kūpono nā hopena i kēia lā me ka mea a mākou i wānana ai a ma hea mākou i makemake ai i kēia mīkini."

I kēia lā, ua hōʻiliʻili ka 737 MAX i nā kauoha 2,724 mai nā mea kūʻai aku 57 ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.

* He huahana ka LEAP-1B na CFM International, he hui hui 50/50 ma waena o Snecma (Safran) a me GE.

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The testing is the next major milestone in a two-year program that will culminate in engine certification in 2016 and delivery of the first Boeing 737 MAX in 2017.
“With this major engine milestone and the test results to date, we continue to be confident that the LEAP-1B-powered 737 MAX will provide our customers with the most fuel efficient, reliable and maintainable airplane in the single-aisle market,”.
The LEAP-1B engine is the exclusive powerplant for the Boeing 737 MAX family and is part of the most extensive ground and flight test certification program in CFM’s history.