Boeing confirms 787 weight issues¶
Kingsley-Jones, M. (2007). Boeing confirms 787 weight issues. Flight International.
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- Second-System Effect
- Second, aerospace platform design: a successful first aircraft built under a strict weight budget yields a successor program freed of that budget, into which engineers pour every deferred capability — more range, more payload, more avionics — until the airframe is too heavy to meet its performance targets, failing where the lean predecessor succeeded.
This sourceReports that early Boeing 787s ran 2-3% (up to ~8%) over target weight, with a corresponding range shortfall — a documented case of weight growth missing advertised performance targets.
- Second, aerospace platform design: a successful first aircraft built under a strict weight budget yields a successor program freed of that budget, into which engineers pour every deferred capability — more range, more payload, more avionics — until the airframe is too heavy to meet its performance targets, failing where the lean predecessor succeeded.
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