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First flight of 787
Robin Guess Aviation Historian, Photographer, Web Designer.
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Flightblogger is an extremely reliable source. Given the fact that they have actually put a date on it, I give it much credibility. They have given so many earlier ranges of dates, but now that they have given a firm date I feel confident in it.
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Originally posted by Jerrycobra Boeingflight blogger is very reliable
All it takes is one Boeing employee to feed him some untrue 787 material which he will post - and poof!
All his "reliability" will be in tatters.
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Originally posted by Bok269Flightblogger is an extremely reliable source. Given the fact that they have actually put a date on it, I give it much credibility. They have given so many earlier ranges of dates, but now that they have given a firm date I feel confident in it.
Flying along with this. I also figure the guys at Flight to make regular cross checking.
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I think flightblogger provides a reliable alternative to the normal bland press releases.
His latest news is fascinating regarding a new nose section that appears not to have any production related destination, and suggests it is possibly a new test piece.
As a humble engineer I still wonder about the 787's ability to withstand the flexing that is associated with conventional metal fuselages.
It is after all allegedly "stiff", and although the wings are easily explained by the fact that the fibre layers are laid in the direction of flexing, a composite barrel does not enjoy that luxury.
Many years ago I flew sailplanes with composite wings, and they were great!
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Originally posted by chaserI still wonder about the 787's ability to withstand the flexing that is associated with conventional metal fuselages.Robin Guess Aviation Historian, Photographer, Web Designer.
http://www.Jet-Fighters.Net
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Composites flex very well when they are laid in the expected load paths, like a wing spar for instance.
The problem I see is that the barrels composites are laid to provide circumferential (big word) strength and integrity.
The bending of the fuselage as a whole is in a completely different plane (no pun intended)
Just hope my fears are unfounded, but the minimum unstick test may be interesting when the aft section drags along the runway. That is a big bending moment
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