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Occamsrasr
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 Posted: Feb 10, 2009 - 04:52 AM
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I was out at Anchorage today and noticed eight or nine MD-11s from FedEx. I thought (correct if wrong) their planes used GE CF-6s. Today, however, I noticed what looked like different engines on some of the planes. Some have that "cone" on the end of the exhaust nozzle and others are squared off. Now I am stumped as to whether these are newer versions of an old engine or indeed FedEx uses both types of motors.
Is there an easy way, without seeing a manufacturer's tag, to tell a CF-6 from say a P&W 4000? |
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Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 11:30 PM
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| While the majority of our MD-11s have the GE CF6, 19 of 'em do have Pratt engines. As for the visual ID, the exhaust cone differences are as good an indicator as any, AFAIK. |
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