Re:The Silent Anniversary: Fifteen Years Since Our Last Majo...
by WalterBright on Friday December 09, 2016 @02:48AM
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> dropping 10-20 feet and seeing/feeling the frame of the aircraft flexing about is just plain unsettling.
If it helps, Boeing tests the wings to failure by mounting them to a diabolical torture device that bends them. They have to be bent near vertical before failure.
A little turbulence flapping the wings is about as dangerous as your car's suspension flexing over rough roads.
If it helps, Boeing tests the wings to failure by mounting them to a diabolical torture device that bends them. They have to be bent near vertical before failure.
A little turbulence flapping the wings is about as dangerous as your car's suspension flexing over rough roads.