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Aviation's been Boeing through a rough patch: Software tweaks blamed for Airbus A220 failures

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Re: Both engines?

" I'm assuming the software change is to expand the range where the lower gear ratios are used"

And I'm assuming that it doesn't work like that. But ICBW, citation welcome.

Afaik the gear ratio is fixed at design time. The geared turbofan has no equivalent to "changing down" (or up) like there is in road vehicles.

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