In this episode we discuss the folding wing tips of the Boeing 777x airplane, and what this engineering feat means for the plane's versatility. We revisit 737 Max troubles and discuss engineering testimony, plus dive back into the Otto Aviation Celera 500L and talk more about laminar flow and its claims of fuel efficiency. Lastly, we look at the AutoFlight V400 and talk through this EVTOL's possibilities in the market.

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Transcript: EP27 - Boeing 777x Wing Tips, 737 Max Troubles, More Otto Celera 500L and AutoFlight V400 News

Dan: You're listening to the struck podcast.

Dan: And here on struck, we talk about everything. Aviation, aerospace engineering, and lightning protection for aircraft radomes.

All right. Welcome back to the struck podcast. In today's episode, we are going to cover a bunch of interesting topics. Number one. There was a recent, uh, engine fire causing a emergency landing with an . We're going to chat a little bit about that. Uh, and our engineering segment, the 777X. So obviously Boeing's had a lot of press recently, most of it bad, but we're going to talk a little bit about the engineering and the 777X and they're folding wind wingtips, which is pretty cool technology.

Uh, we're going to chat more about the Boeing 737 max. Obviously the congressional report just came out today. We're not going to touch on that in this episode, but we are going to talk a little bit about some of the executives and the D the D design process and their defense of it. And then we're going to chat a little more about the Otto Celera.

500L - So the Otto aviation, they're one of their really unique jets, um, uh, planes. Uh, they have some crazy efficiency claims. We touched on it last time. We're going to chat a little bit more about it today. And then lastly, in our EVTOL segment, we're going to talk about the Autoflight V400. Uh, which is a unique cargo, um, you know, electric vehicle that's coming out of, and it looks like China and we will chat about it.

And as well as maybe the, some of the bigger models that auto flight is going to be spring off of that one. So, Allen, how are you, sir? Let's jump right in the,  had an engine fire this weekend. Uh, I was at American airlines or this week and American airlines, Airbus, a three 20. They landed safely, but how common is this?

How scary is this? I mean, what's your take here.

Allen Hall: It's not common. And to have engine fires, obviously it usually raises some red flags with all the certification authorities when that happens and all the mechanics that are associated with it in the pilots too. So there'll be paperwork filed. Uh, it'll get reported, uh, and you, if you actually follow the aviation safety, Databases.

You'll see those lists of incidences pop up. So you can actually scan, uh, how many times they've had brake problems, landing gear problems. Don't deploy flaps,