So this plane has : a different fuselage, different wings, and different engines than the "regular" 777 but somehow is still called a 777.
Has Boeing learned anything from the past 12 month ?
Has Boeing learned anything from the past 12 month ?
Besides, the 777 wasn't designed for low loading at small airports.
The core difference is that even the original 777 is a Fly-By-Wire system with programmed behaviour, in fact it was a well known case study in building civilian safe FBW systems.
Because of that, there's no need to "patch over" differences like it was done with MCAS, as the minute adjustments can be done across the whole flight envelope protection system that is already there since first 777. In fact, 787 controls are derived from that and use software adjustment extensively in order to make control surface generate less drag yet still be usable.
Just the fact that these planes are getting longer and longer will have some side effects on how they handle. Maybe more caution is required when taking off, maybe the body vibrates very differently. While weight may be the same it is also further out which changes the handling dynamics. These make be small matters which may not matter until they do.
Compare this to the 737 MAX which still relies on mechanical linkages and two different flight computers with the pilot supposed to be the safety when they disagree, there any change introduces differences in the feeling and handling at the pilots hands.
Question Boeing's recent engineering and similar all you want, but this is completely different.