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Boeing 787 Dreamliner wing passes ultimate test
Seattle P I ^
| March 28, 2010 6:56 p.m.
| Aubrey Cohen
Posted on 03/28/2010 7:36:55 PM PDT by skeptoid
The wing of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner passed its ultimate test Sunday, bending without damage to 150 percent of the load it is ever expected to experience in service.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: aerospace; boeing; dreamliner
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To: OldDeckHand
The pilot and pax may have some problems, but the plane should be okay to get you to the nearest airport for maintenance, as the test has just proven.
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posted on
03/28/2010 9:27:41 PM PDT
by
ltc8k6
To: stboz
To: OldDeckHand
If I saw that out my window I’d just be amazed I’m still in the air.
To: skeptoid
When they bent the wings on the Triple-7, they bent them until they broke. The article didn’t mention if they did that with the Dreamliner.
I was on my way home from Seattle on Friday afternoon. You can see Boeing Field from I-5, and one of the Dreamliners was there, getting ready to taxi. It was next to the new 747-8 Freighter, which is one big mother-hummin’ plane.
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posted on
03/28/2010 11:10:21 PM PDT
by
hoagy62
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To: hoagy62
When they bent the wings on the Triple-7, they bent them until they broke. The article didnt mention if they did that with the DreamlinerThey no break'em this time.
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posted on
03/29/2010 12:55:12 AM PDT
by
skeptoid
To: OldDeckHand
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posted on
03/29/2010 3:52:36 AM PDT
by
G-Man 1
To: skeptoid
The airbus people can’t say that about the a380
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posted on
03/29/2010 3:53:54 AM PDT
by
G-Man 1
To: hinckley buzzard
"The whole field of commercial flight seems to have gone dark." What is the Status Quo in the Obamanation?
I'll take "Socialists Dictators screwing up the economy..." for 400 next Alex.
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posted on
03/29/2010 3:56:30 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
To: OldDeckHand
“pickup a Rosary”
What good would that do?
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posted on
03/29/2010 6:03:05 AM PDT
by
RoadTest
(Religion is a substitute for the relationship God wants with you.)
To: G-Man 1
The airbus people cant say that about the a380.
Which needs to be seen in context: The aerospace industry works with a safety factor of 1.5, meaning everything must be able to withstand 1 1/2 times the maximum forces that the aircraft will ever encounter. The Airbus wing snapped at 145% instead of 150%, some minor design changes / reinforcements put it over the 150% mark. Not a perfect showing, but still ok. You have to realize that more in this case isn't necessarily better, because if you reach 190% that means your plane is way to heavy and inefficient. So engineers try to hit 151% and sometimes they miss slightly.
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posted on
03/29/2010 4:20:01 PM PDT
by
wolf78
(Inflation is a form of taxation, too. Cranky Libertarian - equal opportunity offender.)
To: Cousin Eddie
>>>
...anyone who hasnt seen the 707 barrel roll video on youtube,<<<
I arrived in Seattle a few days after the infamous barrel-roll at he Seafair hydro races on Lake Washington.
That was all anyone could talk about at the time. Tex Johnson, the test pilot, was fired and re-hired all in one day after dozens of airline companys placed orders.
Some days it still seems that it's all Seattle has to be proud of and talk about - what with all the liberals here, it's a dull town
To: stboz
Never seen a jumbo jet wing bend that far. Is this craft’s wing designed to be less rigid, more flexible, than its predecessors?
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posted on
04/04/2010 9:11:32 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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