How Did Jet Engineers Make Airplane Wings Bend Without Breaking

How Did Jet Engineers Make Airplane Wings Bend Without Breaking? In this video, we explain why an airplane wing flexing in turbulence is the design working, not failing — and why a stiff wing would be the dangerous one. Boeing bent a 787 wing about 25 feet upward in testing without breaking it. We cover how the plane actually hangs from its wings, how the hidden box-beam spar carries the load, how the 1954 de Havilland Comet crashes taught aviation the deadly lesson of metal fatigue, and how carbon fiber composites finally let wings bend further, flight after flight, without cracking. Sources: https://www.flightglobal.com/picture-boein... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland... https://turbli.com/blog/how-much-can-an-ai... #AirplaneWings #Aviation #Boeing787 #Engineering #MetalFatigue