To: dalereed
Good answer!
Drag & fuel consumption would go up, but safety should not have been compromised.
18 posted on
11/03/2007 6:09:02 PM PDT by
BwanaNdege
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To: BwanaNdege
>but safety should not have been compromised.
Rather famous last words, I would say.
21 posted on
11/03/2007 6:11:08 PM PDT by
bill1952
("all that we do is done with an eye towards something else." - Aristotle)
To: BwanaNdege
" Drag & fuel consumption would go up, but safety should not have been compromised. "
Yes, that would be the only thing that would happen, if ? only the plane was not fitted with the wingtips.
But ? in this case, another plane hitting the wing, there could be major or minor fractures in the wing that could compromise the structural integrity of the wing.
The old versions of the 747 i.e. 747-100 747-200 747-300 didn't have the wing tips, so, it could fly without them.
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