We have to spool them up to cross 2 runways, as when you look, there's planes stacked all the way to Macon coming in on 3 runways at a time, 2.5 miles behind each other. If they tell you to "expedite", you better have both engines running 'cause it takes like 15 seconds for the CFM to spool up. They are VERY good engines...The plane I just brought over had EVERY parameter perfectly matched...Fuel flow, N2, N1, EGT, even oil temp and pressures were exact. Much better engines than the Rolls Royce BR715 that we have on the 717's...we changed 90 engines in the last 3 months due to internal degradation. One 717 actually caught the field on fire in Fort Myers on take-off when it shelled the #2 engine. Passengers never knew it....Don't be afraid tho, as they are very powerful engines producing 21,000 lbs, and very capable of climbout on single engine and you never know it....
Last edited by b717doc; 09/02/2011 8:50 PM.
