3,500 Starts and Counting

General Electric’s “more-electric” GEnx-1B engine has racked up 3,500 trouble-free ground starts using Hamilton Sundstrand variable frequency starter generators as part of validation tests for the Boeing 787. The generators collectively provide almost 1.5 megawatts of power for each 787. During...

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