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Imagine what airplanes would look like if we wanted to build them to survive a crash... I'm also a little unclear how humans could survive a 100mph crash even
by ianbicking 3y ago
Imagine what airplanes would look like if we wanted to build them to survive a crash...
I'm also a little unclear how humans could survive a 100mph crash even if their container makes it through. If they were wearing a 4-point harness, I guess? Do they build crumple zones into train cars? Or... just rely on utterly demolishing anything they hit so the deceleration is kept under control? (https://www.reddit.com/r/BitchImATrain/ https://www.reddit.com/r/BitchImATrain/)
Some nice analysis of survivable deceleration here (with restraints): https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/16545/even-after-years-of-research-why-are-planes-unable-to-keep-passengers-alive-in https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/16545/even-afte... (100mph=44m/s)