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Originally posted by apex
johnlear, all very well, but how much force does it take to stop the tail of an aircraft before it hits the ground, and how much does it take to break the tail up? I'd think the force would be a long way above the ultimate load for it's structure, but your idea would be nice.
Captain Obvious, Mikevet and partners, you have spent 2 weeks TRYING UNSUCCESSFULLY that a planed crashed.
Originally posted by Pilgrum
The cause was obvious (or seemed obvious enough at the time), no suggestion of mechanical/electrical failure or pilot error so why go to the extent of over-analysing the bit & pieces apart from ID'ing the victims when resources for investigation were being stretched to the limit already with a disaster recovery, not a crime scene investigation.
Originally posted by OrionStars
Originally posted by apex
johnlear, all very well, but how much force does it take to stop the tail of an aircraft before it hits the ground, and how much does it take to break the tail up? I'd think the force would be a long way above the ultimate load for it's structure, but your idea would be nice.
Before or after it plops on the ground at a 45 degree nose stop? You best be specific if you wish to obtain a specific answer.
johnlear, all very well, but how much force does it take to stop the tail of an aircraft before it hits the ground, and how much does it take to break the tail up? I'd think the force would be a long way above the ultimate load for it's structure, but your idea would be nice.
Originally posted by johnlear
Now, whether or not I suffer from PTSD or some other psychological disorder it does not include suffering from "There was an airplane crash in Shanksville despite no evidence" syndrome.
Now can't you realize that crashing in that position is going to leave most of the horizontal and vertical stabilizer above ground?
Those are huge pieces. Its physically impossible for the tail to have disappeared nto the ground. The airplane is 155 feet long and its 124 feet wide. Under no stretch of the imagination would an airplane that size be able to completely disappear in the ground.
While I enjoy reading your speculation I find it uninformed at best.
Originally posted by johnlear
Those are huge pieces. Its physically impossible for the tail to have disappeared nto the ground. The airplane is 155 feet long and its 124 feet wide. Under no stretch of the imagination would an airplane that size be able to completely disappear in the ground.
Originally posted by johnlear
I was addressing the impossibility of the alleged 587 mph that the airplane allegedly obtained with facts about parasite drag which doubles with velocity and parasite power which cubes with velocity plus how a fan would not work above 400 kts and why.
Originally posted by johnlear
The instant the nose contacts the ground that force is transmitted through the fuselage to the tail which breaks off and in this case,
The vertical and horizontal tail assembly includes spars and forgings that cannot be disintegrated in this type of crash. They are too massive.
Originally posted by OrionStars
reply to post by MikeVet
Did you try all the other forums on the Internet, only to discover they did not want your personal attack flame war instigation on their forums either or what? Keep it up. You are going to hit the wrong person with slander. And that person will move mountains to take you to court on general principle if nothing more.
Originally posted by COOL HAND
Really? Tell that to the folks who investigated ValueJet 592.
Remember the problems that they had with wreckage recovery? Or is that not a good enough example, because I can find more.