I'll be flying to Asia later in the year, for the TRANSPAC segments I'll be on the 777. Those are great planes, IMHO.
Posted on 02/07/2012 7:37:50 PM PST by Gamecock
Edited on 02/07/2012 9:26:45 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
I'll be flying to Asia later in the year, for the TRANSPAC segments I'll be on the 777. Those are great planes, IMHO.
Dreamliner and A380 ridiculous albatrosses and unecessary....
It’s certainly hard to accept that cracks in structural elements are not a safety issue. Maybe they mean it’s not an IMMEDIATE safety issue.
I still prefer the 747’s but its getting harder and harder to fly them
“Just an ugly beast.”
Not inside!
I flew on a Singapore Airlines A380 London Heathrow to Singapore.
GREAT accommodations, food & service, even in Economy!
I would love to believe this.
I'm not so sure, however. (Caution, I am NOT an engineer, so my opinion is merely intuitive reasoning.)
So, aero engineers, please help me out here.
Wing rib feet help translate the stresses from the skin (via the feet) through the ribs to the stringers and then concentrates on the spars and then the carry-through. Is this close?
If the feet are cracking, does this not mean that the stresses are exceeding the calculated loads (including safety margins); and that there might (might) be stresses that were not accounted for in design?
Again, I don't know, I'm just asking.
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Lowest cost per seat mile double aisle aisle aircraft in the industry. More planes sold in the shortest time in history. Largest number of planes on back-order in history.
Yes, a real pig./sarc.
Lowest cost per seat mile double aisle aisle aircraft in the industry. More planes sold in the shortest time in history. Largest number of planes on back-order in history.
Yes, a real pig./sarc.
Ya don’t have to be an engineer to know that the plane wasn’t designed to crack - anywhere - at any time.
Forces are showing up of some magnitude and/or direction not anticipated. This would be understandable if the planes had undergone some unique maneuver or impacted some unusual object. But to crack under normal operations?...
Not cool.
From a story published by Bloomberg News Feb. 2006:
Airbus said a wing of a 550-seat A380, the world's biggest commercial aircraft, snapped during factory stress tests at its headquarters. The company said the incident won't delay the first deliveries due by the end of the year.
Airbus had to make design changes to the wing after it failed just below the specified ultimate limit in a stress test.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2002810576_airbus17.html
While it was still on the drawing board, I projected the 380 would have the shortest lifespan of any craft in the history of the commercial jet fleet.
No worries, Boeing is producing the next version of the 747 (747-800).
I’m glad Fedex didn’t buy them. Wait until the ‘too short’ wiring problems arise.
I haven’t heard about the wiring. What is the problem?
Well, they started production in 2010 and there are, so far, over 110 orders. Most of those have been for the Cargo version. Lufthansa is one of the Pax customers.
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