Re: [Aus-soaring] B787

2007-06-28 Thread Tom
in Australia.' Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] B787 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

Re: [Aus-soaring] B787

2007-06-28 Thread Anthony Smith
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Sent: Thursday, 28 June 2007 7:03 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] B787 The fact that it said 1995 at the bottom is a clue :-) - Original Message - From: Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Aus-soaring] B787

2007-06-27 Thread Mark Newton
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]

Re: [Aus-soaring] B787

2007-06-27 Thread Derek Ruddock
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

Re: [Aus-soaring] B787

2007-06-27 Thread Dave
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

Re: [Aus-soaring] B787

2007-06-27 Thread Anthony Smith
.' 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

Re: [Aus-soaring] B787

2007-06-27 Thread Dave
.' Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] B787 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

[Aus-soaring] B787

2007-06-26 Thread Dave
Hi all, So this is where all the carbon fibre is going! http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/06/the-new-boeing-.html Quote Boeing has completed static testing of a three-quarter wingbox, but engineers are still considering whether to limit testing of the full wing to a 150% load limit held