Originally posted by ULTIMA1Besides ignoring the speed...
You are ignoring the facts of what a plane is made of and it would not survive impact with the building.
You are ignoring the impact energy and the fact the plane did not survive the impact. It is called physics; are you familiar with physics at the high school, or college level. If so, it is easy to figure out, you must of made a mistake and forgot the velocity squared term in your energy calculation. If you need help, please present your calculation showing 77 can not destroy parts of the Pentagon as it did. You could seek help form a teacher, who can help you with the physics part you seem to be hung up on making false claims in error.
There are part of the plane very strong and the mass and velocity at impact need to be calculated to see what damage is done. The energy at impact was over 1000 pounds of TNT. That energy causes great damage, exactly what we see at the Pentagon. Have you read the report yet. What do you not understand? What do you disagree with? Physics is needed. Do not rely on the common sense approach that leaves out physics. What would Einstein do, and Sir Isaac Newton is cringing at your comments.
ASCE's Pentagon Building Performance Report.
If the plane was going 90 mph or 180 mph at impact, there would be little damage, about 10 to 40 times less damage. The kind of aircraft accident most of us are use to. Velocity, you must understand physics to get a grasp on the damage at the Pentagon from 77.
