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| Thread ID: 111238 | 2010-07-19 07:58:00 | Boeing 787 | kenj (9738) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1120330 | 2010-07-20 00:31:00 | Thomas , was that the 2707 design? Certainly looked the part. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1120331 | 2010-07-20 00:40:00 | Ever seen what happens to carbon fibre when it gets a huge dose of electricity through it? ie a lightening bolt? :( :( | Zippity (58) | ||
| 1120332 | 2010-07-20 00:41:00 | ...A magnificent design that made even the Concorde look clumsy - ... yet never got off the drawing board. Lots of nice paper planes (just kidding) |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1120333 | 2010-07-20 00:56:00 | device. Pity that because of its streamlined and beautiful design we could never find any way of getting the passengers in and out of the thing. Just a minor hitch. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1120334 | 2010-07-20 00:56:00 | The Englanders designed and built some nice planes like the TSR2 but Englander planes are built with maintenance as an after thought. American planes much easier to work on they dont put components in dumb places where you have fit fasteners and lockwire with a mirror or use crazyily bent spanners and special tools. Take for example BAC167 to get engine out you have to remove canopy to get ejection seats out to get to remove panel to take remove hydraulic pump from engine. The components on the engine are on the bottom and sides of the engine to replace the fuel components in situ was a nightmare. You want a horrible job try changing starter on B170 engine have to use a ruler with grease stuck on it to get the inside nuts on. Mr Bristol and Mr Rotax never talked to each other. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1120335 | 2010-07-20 01:33:00 | Ever seen what happens to carbon fibre when it gets a huge dose of electricity through it? ie a lightening bolt? :( :( Is this a new invention to reduce weight? Should sell well. :D Take for example BAC167 to get engine out you have to remove canopy to get ejection seats out to get to remove panel to take remove hydraulic pump from engine. The components on the engine are on the bottom and sides of the engine to replace the fuel components in situ was a nightmare. You want a horrible job try changing starter on B170 engine have to use a ruler with grease stuck on it to get the inside nuts on. Mr Bristol and Mr Rotax never talked to each other. It was the British aircraft industry that gave the meaning to the phrase, 40,000 rivets flying in formation, most often applied to the B170. :D But the British aviation industry was to follow the path of self destruction pioneered by the car industry ... technically innovative, superior in many, many ways to its rivals. But fatally inefficient. And sometimes to chagrin of those left behind (e.g. in the wake of Comet). |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1120336 | 2010-07-20 01:37:00 | loose formation | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1120337 | 2010-07-20 01:39:00 | Mea culpa | WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1120338 | 2010-07-20 01:41:00 | WalOne - my bad :( I can't believe that I typed that :) Still, have you seen the result of what a high electric charge can do to carbon fibre? |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1120339 | 2010-07-20 01:50:00 | Still, have you seen the result of what a high electric charge can do to carbon fibre? No, but surely in-flight safety would not be compromised? To my non technical mind, in-flight there's no grounding, so no issue. I've seen Elmos fire on cockpit windows before, but the crew just turned up the lights and nonchalantly went about eating their meals ... |
WalOne (4202) | ||
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