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Mechanical stress, they mean.
by sam_lowry_ 3y ago
Mechanical stress, they mean.
- Kye 3y agoPlanes have to be sturdy and flexible to handle the environment they spend most of their time cruising in. This is probably nothing next to the turbulence planes are expected to shrug off while maintaining a ground level environment eight miles up for decades of service life.
- madeofpalk 3y agoI was somewhat thinking of the mechanical stress of the passengers.
- cto_of_antifa 3y ago[dead]
- Kye 3y agoSeems like not much: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUyYxWFFTpI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUyYxWFFTpI I wonder if the passengers would even notice if they weren't warned to expect it. From what I understand, they don't let the front down until they're nearly stopped in these situations. You can tell when the nose drops, and it barely seems to register aside from the scraping noise and a little shaking.
- marcosdumay 3y agoPassengers happen to be surprisingly fragile.