kevin lane wrote:

when I worked at McDonnell-Douglas I would watch the tests for the F-18
landing gear.  They removed the wings but added the weight back on.

This

fuselage was then dropped something like 16' to simulate worst case

carrier

landings.  Remember that this plane weighed in at 38,000lbs.  Then they
lifted it up again and again until something finally broke.  totally
irrelevant to this discussion i realize.

Since you mentioned it.... so what broke first?

Mark Wrathall

 
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