Slartibartfast Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 On a car website, no less. http://jalopnik.com/5504530/boeing-787-dre...-wing-load-test I saw video of the 747 wing test to destruction a while back. Amazing stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 ...And you are SO right..it is AWESOME...thanks for posting !!! ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arkhunter2002 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 ;) I just took a strength of materials test yesterday over deflection.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Cool, thanks for the link .... ;) Greg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oroka Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 That test was not to destruction, it was 150% load, as required by the FAA. They dont want to do it to destruction because the carbon fiber splinters and makes a big mess when it fails, triggering a costly clean-up. Now is a video of various Boeing airliners doing crosswind landing tests (crabbing)... some are quite extreme! 1:28 and 2:00 is quite impressive! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Huey Gunner Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Great video. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Baker Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Wow, amazing picture. Would love to see pictures from other angles. And amazing video Oroka. I have a hard time believing the plane even stayed in the air on that last approach, that was just insane. Im assuming those were test flights before the plane when into production? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oroka Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 It was, every airliner (and I would assume jet, fighter, prop, freighter...) has to do cross wind landings before certification. It is often done in Brazil at a airforce base there... I forget the name of the base though. I have never done a crosswind landing, but it is very much the same as side-slip landing in a glider, but done for different reasons. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oroka Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Yay, double post. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Boeing/Boei...iner/1675724/L/ Pic of the massive wing flex of the 787-9. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GoBlue96 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 I saw "Plane pr0n" and "787" in the subject line and thought for sure that this thread was going to have Mary Kirby in it. (note: link is safe for work, unless you work with people who do not like attractive redheads who know the airline industry) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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