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Planes are possibly the most over engineered thing people use regularly, they rarely deal in term of "just enough"
by lm28469 3y ago
Planes are possibly the most over engineered thing people use regularly, they rarely deal in term of "just enough"
- stavros 3y agoEverything deals in "just enough", otherwise it wouldn't work. Apparently, 119 is the upper limit of how many bolts are "just enough" to fly.
- lm28469 3y agoPlanes work just fine with 50% of their engine offline. Or with a missing exit door, or with 50% of pilots missing. An airbus will fly with 4 of its 5 control computers offline If it was "just enough" to complete the mission anything going wrong would become a major issue
- Sakos 3y agoSorry, on what basis are you making the claim that 119 is the lowest bound of what they could get away with just so it can fly? I've never seen that be the case in aircraft, where everything is designed to tolerances way beyond what you'd see in normal or even extreme circumstances.
- stavros 3y agoIt's the highest bound, not the lowest bound, as that's how many it has.
- numpad0 3y agoTypical safety factor for anything mechanical is >3x, partly for psychological sense of safety and partly to account for model inaccuracies(that isn't to say only every third screws is needed)