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>if one were to print out a compleat set of blueprints/specifications and try to load them into one, it would probably be too heavy to take off. This expressio
by hydrogen7800 1y ago
>if one were to print out a compleat set of blueprints/specifications and try to load them into one, it would probably be too heavy to take off.
This expression might actually have it's origins in the 747. I've heard in aerospace that "you don't fly until the paper weighs more than the plane"
- GarnetFloride 1y agoConsidering the 747-400 carried 1,000,000 pounds (453,592.37 kilos) to cruising altitude, that might be in dispute.
- WillAdams 1y agoHyperbole can be like that. Still, it was an interesting factoid, and by all accounts, the redundancy of the technical documentation (multiple drawings of bolts depending on which system they were used for, which grade/alloy/coating was specified) edges it towards believability.
- WillAdams 1y agoPretty sure that's a much older expression and is more in reference to exhaustive paperwork and maintenance documentation.