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Old 28th Aug 2015, 20:31
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Two hertz shake

On my recent 777-300ER flight LHR-YVR we had long periods (hours) of very light turbulence (until we passed Hudson Bay) and a very short period of light-medium turbulence going through heavy cloud leaving LHR (20 seconds.)
I was sitting directly over the wing and the very light turbulence always seemed to resolve into exactly the same 2hz movement roughly 5cm in amplitude from top-left to bottom-right.

It seems strange that what is essentially a random input should cause the fuselage to move so predictably (and annoyingly.)

It felt like an older open-top car that has been driven for years over potholes.

Surely this can't be good for metal fatigue reasons?

Does the 748 or 744 do this? I don't recall other planes shaking in similar ways.
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