RENTON, WA - Boeing ma CFM International faʻasalalau i le aso nei na latou faʻatautaia suʻega vaʻalele o le LEAP-1B * afi ia Aperila 29 i luga o le 747 faʻalelei suʻega suʻega i GE Aviation Flight Test Operations i Victorville, CA.

O le suʻega o le isi mea taua tele i se polokalame e lua-tausaga o le a faʻamaeʻaina i le faʻamaoniaina o le afi i le 2016 ma le tuʻuina atu o le Boeing 737 MAX muamua i le 2017. Na lelei le faʻaogaina o le afi ma faʻamaeʻaina le tele o suʻega aeromechanical i maualuga eseese i le lima itula, 30 minute lele muamua.

“O lo'o fa'aauau pea lo'u fiafia i le LEAP,” o le fa'aaliga lea a le Fa'atonu Sili o Su'ega Steven Crane, CFM International. "O nei afi o loʻo faʻaalia se matua e te le o vaʻaia i taimi uma i oloa fou. Ou te manatu o le a matua fiafia a matou kamupani vaalele i lenei afi.

Ole afi ole LEAP-1B ole fale malosi fa'apitoa mo le aiga Boeing 737 MAX ma o se vaega o le polokalame fa'ata'ita'i fa'ata'ita'iga sili ona tele i luga o le eleele ma va'alele i le tala fa'asolopito o le CFM. O le afi muamua LEAP-1B na amata fa'ata'ita'iina le eleele ia Iuni 13, 2014, tolu aso i luma atu o le fa'atulagaga na fa'atulaga ina ua fa'alauiloa le polokalame i le 2011.

"Faatasi ai ma lenei tulaga maualuga afi afi ma taunuuga o suʻega e oʻo mai i le taimi nei, o loʻo faʻaauau pea ona matou mautinoa o le LEAP-1B-powered 737 MAX o le a tuʻuina atu ia matou tagata faʻatau le vaʻalele sili ona lelei, faʻalagolago ma tausia lelei i le maketi tasi," o le tala lea. Keith Leverkuhn, sui peresitene ma pule aoao, polokalame 737 MAX, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "O le 737 MAX o loʻo i luga o le ala e tuʻuina atu ai le 14 pasene sili atu le malosi o le suauu nai lo le sili atu ona lelei o le Next-Generation 737s ma le 20 pasene sili atu le lelei nai lo le muamua Next-Generation 737s e ulufale i le auaunaga."

I nai vaiaso o lumana'i, o le polokalame o su'ega va'alele o le a aofia ai se fa'asologa atoa o su'ega e fuaina ai le fa'aogaina o le afi, fa'agata fa'agata, fa'atinoga, emisi ma leo. O le a faʻamaonia atili ai tekinolosi faʻatekonolosi ua tuʻufaʻatasia i totonu o le afi, e aofia ai le lalagaina o le carbon fiber composite fan, le Twin-Annular, Pre-Mixing Swirler (TAPS) combustor, ceramic matrix composite shrouds i totonu o le turbine maualuga ma le titanium aluminide i totonu. le turbine maualalo-oomi.

“O le afi LEAP o loʻo faʻalelei lelei i se polokalame faigata tele o le eleele ma le vaʻalele," o le tala lea a Allen Paxson, sui peresitene pule, CFM International. "O faʻaiʻuga e oʻo mai i le taimi nei e fetaui lelei ma le mea na matou vaʻai ma le mea na matou manaʻo e i ai lenei afi."

I le taimi nei, o le 737 MAX ua faʻaputuina 2,724 poloaiga mai le 57 tagata faʻatau i le lalolagi atoa.

* O le LEAP-1B o se oloa a le CFM International, o se kamupani tu'ufa'atasi 50/50 i le va o Snecma (Safran) ma 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.