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TimothyFarrar TimothyFarrar is offline
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787's flexable flappers

"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 for 3 sec. of to continue bending it to see when it breaks. "There's a raging debate within the engineering team to see if we should break it or not," says [787 General Manager Mike] Bair.

Breaking it isn't necessary for certification, but Bair says the wing is so strong and flexible that there's been talk that maybe it could be bend far enough for the wingtips to touch above the fuselage—or come quite close."


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Raging debate? Engineers not wanting to do destruction testing? Perhaps they were going to deduct the price of the wing from the engineering teams combind sallary.
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