Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
September 19th 07, 08:17 PM
Eeyore > wrote in
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> John Mazor wrote:
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>> "Eeyore" > wrote
>> > WhoGivesAFig? wrote:
>> >
>> >> This could be huge
>>
>> Maybe, maybe not, but it's hardly new. The debate over
>> aluminum vs composites has been ongoing for many years and
>> is well documented in engineering and regulatory circles.
>>
>> >> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2007/09/17/2003889769.pdf
>> >
>> > A link to the article would have been more useful.
>> > http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2003889663
_boe
>> > ing180.html
>> >
>> > Fired engineer calls 787's plastic fuselage unsafe
>>
>> I'm not and engineer so I can't rebut or prove the technical
>> points in his filing, but one obvious error did jump out.
>> He characterized nitrogen interting for fuel tanks as a
>> "band-aid" to meet safety requirements for the B-787, a
>> band-aid that isn't necessary on aluminum planes. But there
>> have been several fuel tank explosions on aluminum
>> airliners - most notably the "B-as-in-Boeing"-747 in
>> TWA800 - that probably would have been prevented by
>> inerting.
>
> Not to mention a couple of 737s too IIRC.
>
No, you don't recall correctly, fjukkwit.
Bertie
:
>
>
> John Mazor wrote:
>
>> "Eeyore" > wrote
>> > WhoGivesAFig? wrote:
>> >
>> >> This could be huge
>>
>> Maybe, maybe not, but it's hardly new. The debate over
>> aluminum vs composites has been ongoing for many years and
>> is well documented in engineering and regulatory circles.
>>
>> >> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2007/09/17/2003889769.pdf
>> >
>> > A link to the article would have been more useful.
>> > http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2003889663
_boe
>> > ing180.html
>> >
>> > Fired engineer calls 787's plastic fuselage unsafe
>>
>> I'm not and engineer so I can't rebut or prove the technical
>> points in his filing, but one obvious error did jump out.
>> He characterized nitrogen interting for fuel tanks as a
>> "band-aid" to meet safety requirements for the B-787, a
>> band-aid that isn't necessary on aluminum planes. But there
>> have been several fuel tank explosions on aluminum
>> airliners - most notably the "B-as-in-Boeing"-747 in
>> TWA800 - that probably would have been prevented by
>> inerting.
>
> Not to mention a couple of 737s too IIRC.
>
No, you don't recall correctly, fjukkwit.
Bertie