To: SF Republican
Is this where they actually bend a wing until it breaks? An entire aircraft for this test. One or two prototypes are built for testing to destruction. They simply pull up on the wings and see how much deflection occurs before the wings break. The usual goal is 150% of design limit load. Looks like they hit 147% which is still quite good.
The video I have of the Boeing 777 wing test showed they got to 154% of design limit load before the wings broke. When the wings let go, it sounds like a cannon going off.
31 posted on
02/16/2006 2:23:16 PM PST by
COEXERJ145
(Pat Buchanan lost a family member in the holocaust. The man fell out of a guard tower.)
To: COEXERJ145
At the Boeing plant in Everett they have a 767 that they never were able to break the wing. We saw it during a tour. The whole fuselage twisted but the wing never broke ...
40 posted on
02/16/2006 2:36:51 PM PST by
SkyDancer
("I'd Rather Go Hunting With Cheney Than Ride With Ted Kennedy Over A Bridge")
To: COEXERJ145
The video I have of the Boeing 777 wing test showed they got to 154% of design limit load before the wings broke. When the wings let go, it sounds like a cannon going off. Where we get a copy of the video?
51 posted on
02/16/2006 2:45:10 PM PST by
Cobra64
To: COEXERJ145
If computers were designed with these sorts of margins, well, let's just say that there would be a whole lot less cussin' goin' on!
57 posted on
02/16/2006 2:49:16 PM PST by
GOP_1900AD
(Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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