Many modern passenger jets can flex their wings nearly 90 degrees in a test rig. Airbus, for example, performed the ultimate load test on a specially built static airframe of its A350 XWB Airbus in December 2013. The plane’s wings received loads of up to 1.5 times higher than they would ever encounter in service. And at ultimate load, the plane’s wingtip deflection exceeded five metres – that means the load bent the wing up almost 90 degrees...snip
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140319-stress-tests-for-safer-planes G: This seems impossible in practice considering that the wings contain fuel tanks, piping, structural components, etc. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
