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The skin of a Boeing 747 is about 2mm thick. We’ve been hurling them at 600mph through storms for half a century at this point. I don’t know for sure but i sus
by CraigJPerry 5y ago
The skin of a Boeing 747 is about 2mm thick. We’ve been hurling them at 600mph through storms for half a century at this point.
I don’t know for sure but i suspect the airframe of this concept is within reach of current tech.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoThe passenger planes have a tendency to break in half mid air if they are subject to sudden stress, turns, etc, like TU 144 did at a paris airshow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=57&v=iEsLQd_yY0s&feature=emb_logo https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=57&v=iEsLQd_yY0s...