Except that was a 777 in the movie I think. The failure occurred at around 2.66% greater than what the designed it to fail at. (The structure needs to be tested to not fail at 150% of design limit load (this point is called ultimate load))
I am told that at Boeing, if it fails at greater than 4%, then the structure is too heavy and you no longer have a job as a design engineer. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Sent: Thursday, 28 June 2007 8:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] B787 They did break it see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uo0C01Fwb8 What a noise!! Failed at 154% max load! Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Newton Sent: Wednesday, 27 June 2007 3:36 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] B787 Dave wrote: > **maybe it could be > bend far enough for the wingtips to touch above the fuselage- I guess that's one way to minimize tip vortices. - mark -------------------------------------------------------------------- I tried an internal modem, [EMAIL PROTECTED] but it hurt when I walked. Mark Newton ----- Voice: +61-4-1620-2223 ------------- Fax: +61-8-82356937 ----- _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
