Originally Posted by cornwallis
Airship, a composite yacht doesn't go from 0 to 450+ knots about six times a day, suffers a temperature change from +30 to -56c every time it flies,gets vibrated,twisted ,bent and subject to 1+g manoeuvres also a couple of times a day.
Yachts get a severe pounding and they do indeed break up....
http://www.thelognewspaper.com/news/...w.asp?c=179603
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/othe...ng/4206497.stm
http://www.sailingbreezes.com/sailin...3/disaster.htm