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RE: 787 Dream Liner wing stress test

brad kaste

brad kaste

Charter Member
RE: 787 Dream Liner wing stress test

Video runs about 4 and a half minutes......well worth the watch. Specially when the wing is brought up to and down...then up to 150% wing loading capacity....wings are of a composite material




> > 787 wing flex test – This is a fascinating video of the testing that
> > took the wings to 150% of the design structural load. This was not a
> > test-to-failure but to that pre-set target limit. Watch those wings
> > bend!
> >
> > The URL below is long, but just click anywhere on it and the page will
> > come up.
> > You might have to click on the arrow in the middle of the dark page.
> > *******************************************************************


> > http://787flighttest.com/hanger/wp-content/plugins/flash-video-player/mediaplayer/player.swf?streamer=rtmp://cp81820.edgefcs.net/ondemand/tpn/firstflight/&file=TestLog4.flv
 
I vaguely remember a simiilar thread on this test, but I could be wrong.

Anyway, those wing stress tests are really amazing things to watch. Anyone nervous about flying should simply look at one of those test videos and relax!

My mom one time asked me about whether turbulence could rip the wing off my Skyhawk. I told her not to worry because long before that could happen, she'd pass out from the forces and never know what happened! :icon_lol:

I don't think she thought that was funny! :mixedsmi:

Ken
 
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