WingsofFury Goldmember  1,252 posts Likes: 28 Joined Oct 2008 Location: Toronto More info | Nov 24, 2012 13:44 | #1 Commenced regular service here to YYZ a little while ago. This was my first time seeing a 787 and must say that the wing flex is really something to behold. Not much creativity with these shots as I just wanted to capture the flex more than anything.    Attila P.
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StillCrazy Senior Member  612 posts Likes: 2 Joined Sep 2012 Location: Vermont, USA More info | Nov 24, 2012 13:55 | #2 Exciting! Love the flex in #3. Hope to see my first 787 soon. StillCrazy - after all these years.
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Ltdave it looks like im post #19,016  5,696 posts Gallery: 24 photos Likes: 8565 Joined Apr 2012 Location: the farthest point east in michigan More info | wow, there IS a lot of flex there isnt there!!! -im just trying. sometimes i succeed
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Nov 24, 2012 19:34 | #4 Nice captures, can really see the flex in 2&3
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Nmcgrew Senior Member 874 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2010 Location: Mill Creek, WA More info | Nov 24, 2012 20:32 | #5 There goes another one of my babies!
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alquimista Cream of the Crop  More info | Nov 24, 2012 20:33 | #6 |
Nov 24, 2012 22:55 | #7 StillCrazy wrote in post #15283676  Exciting! Love the flex in #3. Hope to see my first 787 soon. Ltdave wrote in post #15284599 wow, there IS a lot of flex there isnt there!!! love YYZ. great GREAT city in ontario! good song too (and i know all about why they wrote it! lol) whats kind of surprising is that ETHIOPIAN Airlines can afford the newest airplane on the earth... rick_reno wrote in post #15284785 Nice captures, can really see the flex in 2&3 Nmcgrew wrote in post #15285003 There goes another one of my babies! alquimista wrote in post #15285009 awesome plane! Thanks everyone for your comments. Attila P.
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seaninsa Goldmember 1,622 posts Likes: 331 Joined Sep 2011 More info | Nov 26, 2012 13:48 | #8 Wow Ethopian Airlines can afford a 787!!! To bad they can't use that money to improve the infrastructure of the country.
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Nov 26, 2012 13:57 | #9 Carbon Fiber and Flexing never works out good. Give it a year or less and they'll all be in the junk yard because of stress fractures. Feel free to use any photo's that I post for any purpose that I don't find offensive. I'd be honored to find my pics used on that world wide web thingy....
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Nmcgrew Senior Member 874 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2010 Location: Mill Creek, WA More info | Nov 26, 2012 14:12 | #10 WherzRoony wrote in post #15291715 Carbon Fiber and Flexing never works out good. Give it a year or less and they'll all be in the junk yard because of stress fractures. Tell that to the fatigue test airplane that has already gone through 20 years worth of cycles without a hiccup. With an aluminum airplane you would be doing a heavy check by that point. Carbor fiber also doesn't 'stress fracture'. It will delaminate due to impact damage, but it has an incredibly long stress life due to it being very pliable in 2 planes of motion. The third...not so much. But everything is designed with that in mind. Aluminum on the other hand is very brittle, doesn't like to be bent or flexed repeatedly.
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Nmcgrew Senior Member 874 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2010 Location: Mill Creek, WA More info | Nov 26, 2012 14:14 | #11 seaninsa wrote in post #15291674 Wow Ethopian Airlines can afford a 787!!! To bad they can't use that money to improve the infrastructure of the country. It's a surprisingly well functioning airline that is vital to the quickly growing economy. It's also one of the major sources of income and the 787 with its lower operating costs will be a tremendous help to them.
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StillCrazy Senior Member 612 posts Likes: 2 Joined Sep 2012 Location: Vermont, USA More info | Nov 26, 2012 18:31 | #12 Here's a little vid I found about the 787 flex on landing. StillCrazy - after all these years.
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