Commercial Airliners

[ilikecheese]

Erm...seems like an awfully large dent.



@Del

 

[Toffee in Jandals]

Erm...seems like an awfully large dent.



@Del

Crikey..... Must have been a pterodactyl

 

[LinekersLegs]

Just flown back home on the last United 747 flight from Heathrow to SFO.

There was a little celebration before takeoff, staff waved us off from the tarmac and a few of the cabin crew got a little teary eyed.

 

[ianefc]

Just flown back home on the last United 747 flight from Heathrow to SFO.

There was a little celebration before takeoff, staff waved us off from the tarmac and a few of the cabin crew got a little teary eyed.

You clearly had a wonderful effect on them.

 

[SerenityNigh]

 

[SerenityNigh]

Erm...seems like an awfully large dent.



@Del

The Radome is soft, but still. Anyone seen Big Bird recently?

 

[SerenityNigh]

 

[Dylan]

The Radome is soft, but still. Anyone seen Big Bird recently?

The plane carries a fair amount of kinetic energy though. And normally those domes are made of some kind of plastic based material. Surprised you aren't looking at fibers there!

 

[SerenityNigh]

The plane carries a fair amount of kinetic energy though. And normally those domes are made of some kind of plastic based material. Surprised you aren't looking at fibers there!

Must have been a small bird!

 

[JammyP]

Noob question but are many runways that wavy? Thought they had to be flat to help planes gain speed.

Small but some commerncial flights from Courcheval, French Alps - spent hours watching bemused between downhill runs....

 

[Huyton Layne]

Small but some commerncial flights from Courcheval, French Alps - spent hours watching bemused between downhill runs....

Bloody hell. I’ll get a taxi.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Sometimes the grey matter below the belt has more mass than the grey matter above the shoulders, and that's not really a good combination.

 

[ilikecheese]

The plane carries a fair amount of kinetic energy though. And normally those domes are made of some kind of plastic based material. Surprised you aren't looking at fibers there!

So the leading edge of a massive bird with jet propulsion isn't 'armoured'? It's 'hollow bones' like a real bird?

Might be moving to @Del's side here.

 

[SerenityNigh]

So the leading edge of a massive bird with jet propulsion isn't 'armoured'? It's 'hollow bones' like a real bird?

Might be moving to @Del's side here.

I think it's fiberglass. Probably something to do with attenuation of the radar signal, but you'd need to ask a materials engineer about that.

Also, fuselage is not an airfoil, so no leading edge. Drag is important, but otherwise not really a factor.

 

[ilikecheese]

I think it's fiberglass. Probably something to do with attenuation of the radar signal, but you'd need to ask a materials engineer about that.

Also, fuselage is not an airfoil, so no leading edge. Drag is important, but otherwise not really a factor.

You don't dent fiberglass like that clear aluminum (note correct spelling and pronounciation) dent on the nose of that jet.

Fair point on the physics of it. Guessing a UFO makes far more sense than a big ass condor on an altitude high.