Originally Posted by
Ian W
It would be correct to call this a "demonstration of a major structural repair of composites."
Agreed.
An effective repair and back to flight will quieten the noise from the peanut gallery about composites.
Most of the grousing comes from those who are thinking of older types of composite, or those who are basing their reasoning on flawed, outdated or simply incorrect information. Admittedly when the concept was first floated I was thinking of the Comet days and that it would be a leap into the lesser-known material properties of a similar magnitude - but later reading somewhat calmed this opinion when it became clear that the level of modelling and physical testing as well as materials knowledge was much more thorough.