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Boeing 777 Wing Test

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Aviation & aerospace engineeringCivil engineering & constructionMechanical & precision engineering

What it is

A short video of a Boeing 777 wing being tested to destruction, finally breaking at 154 percent of its designed limit load. The wing is flexed upward until it fails.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN links it constantly as vivid evidence of how much margin aircraft structures have and that destructive testing is real.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Check out this video”

    Modern aircraft structural engineering shown in wing test.

    vanderZwan, 2015-02 · Recommendation · in “The Last of the Typewriter Men”

  2. “you might find this really interesting”

    777 wing snaps at far more flex than turbulence causes.

    sjm-lbm, 2018-07 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How to overcome fear of flying?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: boeing 777, wing test, structural engineering, stress test, aviation

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