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Wednesday, May 19. 2010

The Flightblogger reports about a problem in the 787 programme:

Shear ties, which affix the fuselage frames to the skin of the aircraft, now require replacement or rework, after the initial design failed to take into account thermal fatigue loading of the parts.
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The problem, which was discovered in December, found that repeated cooling and warming of the unpressurized Section 48 and 48 Aft, the shear ties, those of which are made of aluminum, can pull away from the skin of the fuselage, potentially compromising the structural integrity of the aircraft.

Posted by Joerg Moellenkamp in Aviation, English at 12:34 | Comments (2)

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Hi Joerg,
Based on your IT experience, if I develop a new application and find 10 bugs initially, how many more (serious) bugs will I find in 2 years? I think I'll stay off the 787 for a few years :--)

#1 The Corfu on 2010-05-19 20:46

The 787 has been a project management nightmare from the start! But unlike a computer, there's no reset switch on a crashed aircraft.