Boeing 787- "Dreamliner"
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For reference a similar test of the 777
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe9PVaFGl3o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe9PVaFGl3o&feature=related
Originally Posted By: tom slick
When parts stop flexing is when you have to worry!
Beautiful plane
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I kind of wonder how the plane feels in extreme turbulence with the wings flapping around, maybe it creates more vibrations in the cabin? Anyways I feel better with an advanced composite flexing than aluminum... All the aluminum sports equipment I've used failed quite early, squash racquets, golf club shafts, hockey sticks, the composite versions of these seem to last far longer.
Also it would be interesting to see how the cabin flexs?
My wife was not impressed when we were flying in turbulence in one of the longer skinny airliners, sitting in the back, and I showed her how you could see the whole cabin flexing if you looked down the row of overhead bins... I think it was a few inches atleast, very noticable once you looked for it.
When parts stop flexing is when you have to worry!
Beautiful plane
+1
I kind of wonder how the plane feels in extreme turbulence with the wings flapping around, maybe it creates more vibrations in the cabin? Anyways I feel better with an advanced composite flexing than aluminum... All the aluminum sports equipment I've used failed quite early, squash racquets, golf club shafts, hockey sticks, the composite versions of these seem to last far longer.
Also it would be interesting to see how the cabin flexs?
My wife was not impressed when we were flying in turbulence in one of the longer skinny airliners, sitting in the back, and I showed her how you could see the whole cabin flexing if you looked down the row of overhead bins... I think it was a few inches atleast, very noticable once you looked for it.
Boeing has stated that wing flexing in extreme turbulence absorbs the turbulence and makes for smoother flight.
I wonder how they deal with lightning, it does nasty stuff to composites
Originally Posted By: tom slick
I wonder how they deal with lightning, it does nasty stuff to composites
You would think they would have some bonding metal in different areas of the plane to prevent that.
I wonder how they deal with lightning, it does nasty stuff to composites
You would think they would have some bonding metal in different areas of the plane to prevent that.
Finally!
Boeing has a deep order book for this airplane, and there is a huge fleet replacement market out there.
If every sale from here on out were made up of only the replacement market for aging 767s, the 787 would still be a very sucessful program.
I may finally have cause to smile when I check current market on my Boeing stock.
Boeing has a deep order book for this airplane, and there is a huge fleet replacement market out there.
If every sale from here on out were made up of only the replacement market for aging 767s, the 787 would still be a very sucessful program.
I may finally have cause to smile when I check current market on my Boeing stock.
Yes I'm kind of hanging on this plane to buoy my Boeing stock. Hopefully it will skyrocket up at some point in the next year or so......
Yes almost a thousand of these planes is a lot of coin.
Yes almost a thousand of these planes is a lot of coin.
I'm not a huge fan of airtravel. But if it buoys the economy of the NW, I'm happy for them.
It's more likely to buoy the economy in South Carolina in the long run.
OK, at least SC is in the USA!
Sounds like they want to get out of Washington. The state needs to do more to help them want to stay.
No matter what it might not be enough though.
No matter what it might not be enough though.
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