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Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:26 pm ]
Post subject:  787 makes maiden flight
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Author:  Zippy [ Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 787 makes maiden flight
:o

It just shouldn't fly!! I know it's all lightweight and fuel efficient but just LOOK how narrow those wings are!?!?

It shouldn't be able to get off the ground :?
Author:  rustybucket [ Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 787 makes maiden flight
Zippy wrote:
:o

It just shouldn't fly!! I know it's all lightweight and fuel efficient but just LOOK how narrow those wings are!?!?

It shouldn't be able to get off the ground :?

It'll be fine - the wing root chord (length from leading edge to trailing edge) is 38.94ft or 11.9m.

That's 50% deeper than your average Taylor-Woodrow semi-detached house.

Or to put it another way, you could park 4.8 Routemaster buses side by side.

From here

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Author:  l3v1ck [ Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 787 makes maiden flight
Zippy wrote:
It just shouldn't fly!!......It shouldn't be able to get off the ground :?
You sound like my mum when she's watching a jumbo jet taking off. :lol:
Author:  Fogmeister [ Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 787 makes maiden flight
rustybucket wrote:
Zippy wrote:
:o

It just shouldn't fly!! I know it's all lightweight and fuel efficient but just LOOK how narrow those wings are!?!?

It shouldn't be able to get off the ground :?

It'll be fine - the wing root chord (length from leading edge to trailing edge) is 38.94ft or 11.9m.

That's 50% deeper than your average Taylor-Woodrow semi-detached house.

Or to put it another way, you could park 4.8 Routemaster buses side by side.

From here

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Yeah but that doesn't stop it looking like a normal jet that swapped its wings for small sticks. :D
Author:  EddArmitage [ Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 787 makes maiden flight
rustybucket wrote:
Zippy wrote:
It shouldn't be able to get off the ground :?

It'll be fine - the wing root chord (length from leading edge to trailing edge) is 38.94ft or 11.9m. ... Or to put it another way, you could park 4.8 Routemaster buses side by side.

I'd like to see it take off with 96 of them attached. Just to prove the point. Will someone let me turn off the laws of physics and common sense for half an hour?
Author:  l3v1ck [ Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:42 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 787 makes maiden flight
Fogmeister wrote:
Yeah but that doesn't stop it looking like a normal jet that swapped its wings for small sticks. :D
Don't forget the false impressions of scale. The wing is a similar size to a 767's, but they look smaller as the turbofan on the 787 have a much larger diameter (2.85m v 2.19m), giving a false prospective.
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