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Old 31st May 2005, 07:38
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11g on impact?

Can this be right? Let me start by confessing my wide-ranging ignorance of the aircraft, but could it survive an 11g touch-down and remain in one piece?

I believe the maximum take-off weight for the 767 is something over 200 tonnes. If it landed at half that weight - don't know whether that is reasonabe - 11g equates to 1,100 tonnes.

What is the nose gear stressed to? And the passenger seats? A triple seat, with three passengers at 80kg each, gives 240kg, plus the weight of the seat. At 11g that gives something like 2.75 tonnes.

Or have I picked the wrong tree up which to bark?
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