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User currently offlineViscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21448 posts, RR: 24
Posted (2 years 4 months 3 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 2976 times:

Just curious why some 737NGs have a row of 10 vortex generators on the nose just behind the radome, and others do not?

For example, these aircraft (737-700 and 737-800) have the vortex generators:


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And these (both 737-700) do not appear to have them.


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Re the Aeromexico 737-700 above, there are photos of other AM 737-700s that do have those vortex generators. One below. Why the difference?


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Another general question: Why are these types of vortex generators much more common on Boeing than on Airbus aircraft? It seems that almost all Boeings (except possibly the 747; I'm not sure about the 787) have many of these protruberances.

I was on a KLM 737-400 a couple of weeks ago, seated just in front of the wing, and counted 26 vortex generators on each wing and another 4 or 5 on the inner side of the engine cowl. There are also 4 on each side of the rear fuselage between the vertical and horizontal stabilizers, for a total of about 70.

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User currently offline737tdi From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 464 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (2 years 4 months 3 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 2968 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

The vortex generators just below the windshield are there to reduce noise. The vortex generators on the wings are a totally different beast. They are there to direct airflow, either away/or towards a flight control, or to maintain the boudary flow/direction on the wing. On the wing it's all about lift and if a little generator helps? it's applied. You will probably get many more answers but this is the basic.

User currently offlinebohica From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2407 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (2 years 4 months 3 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 2912 times:

I just noticed something in the pictures that got my attention. The planes without the vortex generators came with eyebrow windows. In the picture of the GOL plane, they have been plugged up. The ones with the vortex generators have no sign of ever having eyebrows. When Boeing started building the 737NG without the eyebrow windows, did they start adding the nose vortex generators at the same time?

User currently offlineZANL188 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 3244 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (2 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 2813 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

Quoting bohica (Reply 2):
When Boeing started building the 737NG without the eyebrow windows, did they start adding the nose vortex generators at the same time?

Yes, part of the same improvement package as I recall

A thread from 2005, same subject...

RE: Any Feedback On 737 Windshield Vortex Generators? (by OPNLguy Mar 19 2005 in Tech Ops)

[Edited 2010-12-25 05:27:04]


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User currently offlineHAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31201 posts, RR: 58
Reply 4, posted (2 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 2663 times:

Quoting bohica (Reply 2):
When Boeing started building the 737NG without the eyebrow windows, did they start adding the nose vortex generators at the same time?

I believe Both mods were issued together.
regds
MEL.


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