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Japanese airlines say 787 batteries replaced up to 10 times
TOKYO — All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines said they replaced lithium-ion batteries in their Boeing 787 Dreamliners on multiple occasions before a battery overheating incident led to the worldwide grounding of the jets. ANA said Wednesday it replaced batteries on its 787 aircraft 10 times because they failed to charge properly or showed other problems and informed Boeing about the swaps. Japan Airlines said it had also replaced lithium-ion batteries on its 787 jets but couldn't… (news.msn.com) Altro...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I was right. Airbus is now getting rid of their lithium batteries that they had planned for the A350. I guess seeing that about 50 787's have been grounded because of this problem moved Airbus to do something
It really is a pity that the reputation etc of such a good aeroplane can be tarnished by something that is not really aviation-related.
I have a suggestion for Boeing! If the problem turns out to be too much battery load then they need to be changed for a battery type that can take both a heavy load and heavy charge i.e. lead/acid batteries. I know they can be a bit heavy so the best place to put them would be in the nose instead of the tail thus improving the stall characteristics of the a/c. Two birds with one stone I think!!
The electric model R/C industry can teach you a lot about charging batteries - you don't need to be an aerospace engineer working at BA to know when something is wrong.
I know the German's and Korean's are laughing at us.
I know the German's and Korean's are laughing at us.
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Hey BA, Graupner makes a great charger for Li-ion batteries here's a link:
http://www.graupner.de/en/products/028062b2-f59e-4c91-9147-8b6e261b0774/6444/product.aspx
Hey BA, Graupner makes a great charger for Li-ion batteries here's a link:
http://www.graupner.de/en/products/028062b2-f59e-4c91-9147-8b6e261b0774/6444/product.aspx
Hope Boeing sort it soon ,as I am due to fly out of London to Chicago on the aircraft in question. What will it be replaced by? Bryan.