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Re:Electric Planes Usher in the Second Great Age of Aviation by nacnud on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @09:31AM (#9961296)
Surely the landing gear, wing spar attachments, and brakes all have to be able to cope with an unexpected turnback and landing with most of the original weight? (not to mention heavy landings in adverse weather conditions)
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Re:Electric Planes Usher in the Second Great Age of Aviation by yread on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @09:43AM (#9961367)
No see http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=90&pagei... or http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_3...

They are only certified to the maximum landing weight which typically is lower than the maximum takeoff weight. When an overweight landing (ie. the weight is higher then maximum landing weight) occurs engineers have to perform a thorough inspection of the plane structure - landing gear, spars, wings, wingbox

EDIT: thanks ForHackernews

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Re:Electric Planes Usher in the Second Great Age of Aviation by ForHackernews on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @10:13AM (#9961587)
> the maximum landing weight which typically is larger than the maximum takeoff weight.

I assume this was a typo and you mean that the max landing weight is typically less than the max takeoff weight.

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Re:Electric Planes Usher in the Second Great Age of Aviation by nacnud on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @11:04AM (#9961998)
I guess I was thinking more about smaller GA aircraft, but thanks for the detailed reply.
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Re:Electric Planes Usher in the Second Great Age of Aviation by hiharryhere on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @09:42AM (#9961361)
Planes usually fly around for a bit dumping fuel if they need to turn back.
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Re:Electric Planes Usher in the Second Great Age of Aviation by 1stop on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @09:41AM (#9961355)
I have not idea: But could this be why Planes will often dump fuel for a turn back.
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