787 wing bends like a banana!

[Starter Crew]

Successful test of the new 787 static loads airframe - passed the required 150% of max design load today in Everett. Wing deflection was 25 feet during the test which was not broken like the 777 wing back in 1995.

Here's a link to the FlightBlogger article (http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2010/03/source-zy997-completes-150-ult.html), complete with a pretty amazing photo taken at test completion.

[Ian Brooks]

I think a few nervous passengers would be even more nervous if they saw them like that

Ian B

[Entaxei]

Just as a comparison, at the end of a major check on a Vanguard, we used to jack up each wing tip 13 foot - design flex was 13 foot up or down.

[chiglet]

Boeing B52 was about 40 feet iirc

[B314]

Aaah Boeing's new greener propulsion, flapping the wings to those ratios...? :)

[wings folded]

In my admittedly limited experience, bananas do not bend at all well.

They are often curved, but if you try to bend one, it will usually break pretty well straight away.

[Neptunus Rex]

Except in Queensland!!!

http://www.augk18.dsl.pipex.com/Smileys/bananaguit.gif

[dubh12000]

As long as certain parts don't start peeling like a banana, we'll be fine.