The British Comet was the first passanger jet aircraft. The trouble was it had a dangerous end. Five of them blew apart in the air, due to defective engineering. The windows were square, instead of oval, as they are to day. The weak point in a square window is the corners, which gave out, due to pressuration of the aircraft at high altitude.
Composite Aircraft, was developed, by a member of the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) Ken Rand, the first plane was called the KR-1. The big problem with composite material, is it can deteriate, after long exposure to UV rays. Also there is a big problem with Freeze-thaw effect, that is why I question the wings. They have to paint these aircraft with special Paint, and the more flex of the wings the paint cracks, then UV rays deteriate the composite material. The question is what will be the life of the wings? I just don't want to see another disaster like the Comet! Jim Laughead EAA# 79769
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To: jdlaughead
Welcome to FR. Prepare to be zapped.
2 posted on
07/12/2007 9:20:42 PM PDT by
jra
To: jdlaughead
3 posted on
07/12/2007 9:21:04 PM PDT by
NinoFan
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4 posted on
07/12/2007 9:22:19 PM PDT by
rottndog
(Government is a necessary evil, but as with all evils, the less of it the better.)
To: jdlaughead
To: jdlaughead; Aeronaut
Are you an A & P technician? Do you have verifiable sources you can attribute and link to?
If so, Welcome to FR.
6 posted on
07/12/2007 9:25:39 PM PDT by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
To: jdlaughead
Uhhh do you work for Lockheed or something???
To: jdlaughead
Don’t worry, be happy!
BTW this post of yours in NOT news it is opinion and should be filed under Vanity posts.
Also Boeing has demonstrated that they are the finest group of aircraft engineers in the world, and I plan on being one of the early pilots to fly the 787.
8 posted on
07/12/2007 9:26:33 PM PDT by
AmericanDave
(Over it's not, till over it IS, Jedi....... Yoda Berra)
To: jdlaughead
9 posted on
07/12/2007 9:27:08 PM PDT by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: jdlaughead
Soooo ..... you signed up today just to post this vanity? IB4TZ!!!
To: jdlaughead
Boeing has used an all composite tail section for over a decade on the 777. If there was a Comet type of problem it would have shown up by now.
11 posted on
07/12/2007 9:29:22 PM PDT by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: jdlaughead
Instead of the KR-1, think of modern sailplanes, the B-2 and the X-29.
Sheesh...Boeing will probably touch the wingtips before the wing fails.
13 posted on
07/12/2007 9:30:26 PM PDT by
hattend
("Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway." - John Wayne)
To: jdlaughead
And don't forget that frogs like to have sex in the wheel wells of composite jets. Ever seen frogs sucked into the engines from the wheel wells? It ain't pretty pal. Not pretty at all.
Sheesh.
14 posted on
07/12/2007 9:30:32 PM PDT by
r9etb
To: jdlaughead
Do you work for knockneed?
15 posted on
07/12/2007 9:30:49 PM PDT by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
To: jdlaughead
Comets are cool!
17 posted on
07/12/2007 9:32:22 PM PDT by
Rb ver. 2.0
(eHarmony reject)
To: jdlaughead
Are the 787 wings SAFE!Yes, but your FR career isn't.
18 posted on
07/12/2007 9:33:35 PM PDT by
JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
To: jdlaughead
The Comet crashes were caused by metal fatigue, a little known problem at the time. The problem was solved and the Comets were fine.
There are already commercial airliners with major composite parts. They have been in service for decades. They have not deteriorated due to UV rays or freeze/thaw cycles.
19 posted on
07/12/2007 9:33:54 PM PDT by
ltc8k6
To: jdlaughead
No I don’t remember the comet. What year was than?
As for square vs oval windows hobbits have round windows and I have never heard of their house exploding in midair. Now trailer houses have square windows and they do fly apart in midair with the help of a tornado.
To: jdlaughead
hey jim, do you know william shatner?
22 posted on
07/12/2007 9:40:13 PM PDT by
isom35
To: jdlaughead
A comet hit a plane? When?
To: jdlaughead
Pressuration!
Deteriation!
special Paint!
(.......oh, my!)
Just an aside, did they teach sentence structure in that engineering school you went to? Or, do all your sentence belong to us?
35 posted on
07/12/2007 10:08:48 PM PDT by
shibumi
(".....panta en pasin....." - Origen)
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