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Are cabin dividers used to “hide” the flex of the airplane?
The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results Are InIs air in the toilet isolated, to prevent seeping into the cabin?How much power is used by cabin lighting systems during flight?How to measure the Aircraft cabin air quality?How can a stowaway hide in the undercarriage?Are the cockpit and crew rest area considered part of the cabin?What is the viability of stacking passengers in an airplane cabin?Who is responsible for getting approval of cabin layout?Why are lavatories located near the exits of an airplane?Why is the temperature of the cabin so low during a flight?Would a flight consisting of solely first-class passengers be cancelled due to center-of-gravity issues?
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Recently onboard an aircraft, a fellow passenger told me that the cabin dividers (walls) inside an aircraft are there to limit your line of sight such that you will not notice the flex of the airplane.
I know that some walls are there because of the presence of a lavatory or are actually used to create a barrier between Economy class and Business class. However as can be seen in the photo below, the circled wall is doing none of the above.
Was my fellow passenger right?
passenger cabin-design
edited 2 days ago
Federico♦
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BrilsmurfffjeBrilsmurfffje
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Recently onboard an aircraft, a fellow passenger told me that the cabin dividers (walls) inside an aircraft are there to limit your line of sight such that you will not notice the flex of the airplane.
I know that some walls are there because of the presence of a lavatory or are actually used to create a barrier between Economy class and Business class. However as can be seen in the photo below, the circled wall is doing none of the above.
Was my fellow passenger right?
passenger cabin-design
edited 2 days ago
Federico♦
26.5k16107157
asked 2 days ago
BrilsmurfffjeBrilsmurfffje
3,35621535
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I have heard that was such the case for particularly long aircraft (a340-600), from an Airbus employee... But they may have been misinformed themselves :)
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– Daniel Shillcock
2 days ago
14
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Somehow I can't help but wonder if that passenger also believed that the aircraft were throwing out chem-trails...
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– UKMonkey
2 days ago
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Couldn't someone in an aisle seat poke their head around and see? Or am I misunderstanding?
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– Captain Man
2 days ago
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Clearly, someone has never flown Southwest? :)
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– UnrecognizedFallingObject
2 days ago
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@CaptainMan, if you do that during taxi when all the curtains are open and you're sitting in the back of long aircraft such as the 777 you can clearly see the fuselage flexing as the plane rides over the bumps in the apron
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– Brilsmurfffje
yesterday
add a comment |
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Recently onboard an aircraft, a fellow passenger told me that the cabin dividers (walls) inside an aircraft are there to limit your line of sight such that you will not notice the flex of the airplane.
I know that some walls are there because of the presence of a lavatory or are actually used to create a barrier between Economy class and Business class. However as can be seen in the photo below, the circled wall is doing none of the above.
Was my fellow passenger right?
passenger cabin-design
edited 2 days ago
Federico♦
26.5k16107157
asked 2 days ago
BrilsmurfffjeBrilsmurfffje
3,35621535
$endgroup$
Recently onboard an aircraft, a fellow passenger told me that the cabin dividers (walls) inside an aircraft are there to limit your line of sight such that you will not notice the flex of the airplane.
I know that some walls are there because of the presence of a lavatory or are actually used to create a barrier between Economy class and Business class. However as can be seen in the photo below, the circled wall is doing none of the above.
Was my fellow passenger right?
passenger cabin-design
passenger cabin-design
edited 2 days ago
Federico♦
26.5k16107157
asked 2 days ago
BrilsmurfffjeBrilsmurfffje
3,35621535
edited 2 days ago
Federico♦
26.5k16107157
asked 2 days ago
BrilsmurfffjeBrilsmurfffje
3,35621535
edited 2 days ago
Federico♦
26.5k16107157
edited 2 days ago
Federico♦
26.5k16107157
edited 2 days ago
Federico♦
26.5k16107157
26.5k16107157
asked 2 days ago
BrilsmurfffjeBrilsmurfffje
3,35621535
asked 2 days ago
BrilsmurfffjeBrilsmurfffje
3,35621535
asked 2 days ago
BrilsmurfffjeBrilsmurfffje
3,35621535
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I have heard that was such the case for particularly long aircraft (a340-600), from an Airbus employee... But they may have been misinformed themselves :)
$endgroup$
– Daniel Shillcock
2 days ago
14
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Somehow I can't help but wonder if that passenger also believed that the aircraft were throwing out chem-trails...
$endgroup$
– UKMonkey
2 days ago
2
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Couldn't someone in an aisle seat poke their head around and see? Or am I misunderstanding?
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– Captain Man
2 days ago
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Clearly, someone has never flown Southwest? :)
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– UnrecognizedFallingObject
2 days ago
1
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@CaptainMan, if you do that during taxi when all the curtains are open and you're sitting in the back of long aircraft such as the 777 you can clearly see the fuselage flexing as the plane rides over the bumps in the apron
$endgroup$
– Brilsmurfffje
yesterday
add a comment |
2
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I have heard that was such the case for particularly long aircraft (a340-600), from an Airbus employee... But they may have been misinformed themselves :)
$endgroup$
– Daniel Shillcock
2 days ago
14
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Somehow I can't help but wonder if that passenger also believed that the aircraft were throwing out chem-trails...
$endgroup$
– UKMonkey
2 days ago
2
$begingroup$
Couldn't someone in an aisle seat poke their head around and see? Or am I misunderstanding?
$endgroup$
– Captain Man
2 days ago
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Clearly, someone has never flown Southwest? :)
$endgroup$
– UnrecognizedFallingObject
2 days ago
1
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@CaptainMan, if you do that during taxi when all the curtains are open and you're sitting in the back of long aircraft such as the 777 you can clearly see the fuselage flexing as the plane rides over the bumps in the apron
$endgroup$
– Brilsmurfffje
yesterday
2
2
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I have heard that was such the case for particularly long aircraft (a340-600), from an Airbus employee... But they may have been misinformed themselves :)
$endgroup$
– Daniel Shillcock
2 days ago
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I have heard that was such the case for particularly long aircraft (a340-600), from an Airbus employee... But they may have been misinformed themselves :)
$endgroup$
– Daniel Shillcock
2 days ago
14
14
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Somehow I can't help but wonder if that passenger also believed that the aircraft were throwing out chem-trails...
$endgroup$
– UKMonkey
2 days ago
$begingroup$
Somehow I can't help but wonder if that passenger also believed that the aircraft were throwing out chem-trails...
$endgroup$
– UKMonkey
2 days ago
2
2
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Couldn't someone in an aisle seat poke their head around and see? Or am I misunderstanding?
$endgroup$
– Captain Man
2 days ago
$begingroup$
Couldn't someone in an aisle seat poke their head around and see? Or am I misunderstanding?
$endgroup$
– Captain Man
2 days ago
$begingroup$
Clearly, someone has never flown Southwest? :)
$endgroup$
– UnrecognizedFallingObject
2 days ago
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Clearly, someone has never flown Southwest? :)
$endgroup$
– UnrecognizedFallingObject
2 days ago
1
1
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@CaptainMan, if you do that during taxi when all the curtains are open and you're sitting in the back of long aircraft such as the 777 you can clearly see the fuselage flexing as the plane rides over the bumps in the apron
$endgroup$
– Brilsmurfffje
yesterday
$begingroup$
@CaptainMan, if you do that during taxi when all the curtains are open and you're sitting in the back of long aircraft such as the 777 you can clearly see the fuselage flexing as the plane rides over the bumps in the apron
$endgroup$
– Brilsmurfffje
yesterday
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Was my fellow passenger right?
No.
That photo is taken in a B777-300 (2 aisles, 4 seats in the centre and three at the sides, lavatories only behind the central rows, rows on the left side of the aircraft are one more than the central ones at that location):
As you can see the wall is just were an emergency exit is, and if you will look on the other side of the wall you will find a "jump seat", i.e. a foldable seat used by the crew, and the wall is there for it.
Also, walls help in dividing the aircraft in different classes.
answered 2 days ago
Federico♦Federico
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Agreed, you really aren't going to see any flex, it's to separate the unwashed coach-dwellers in steerage from those willing to shell out triple the money for 2 inches more space.
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– GdD
2 days ago
9
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@GdD 2" is a big deal if it's the difference between 1" shorter than your femur and 1" longer!
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– Chris H
2 days ago
6
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@GdD Or from those willing to shell out some points and $5 for a seat the folds out into a 6.5-foot-long bed. :) But, yes, you're right that those bulkheads are usually just cabin dividers unless there's a galley or lav or something there. Sometimes they're also for mounting FA jump seats by exit doors.
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– reirab
2 days ago
add a comment |
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You won't be able to detect any flex in an airliner fuselage sighting down the interior without optical instrumentation of some kind, or a laser. Where partition dividers are used without any obvious purpose, like separating classes or providing something to anchor something to, it's to break up "tunnel effect" of rows of heads in a tube out in front of you seemingly going to infinity, which some people can find disorienting when the big tube is moving, and can even aggravate motion sickness in someone prone to it.
answered 2 days ago
John KJohn K
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If you're sitting in the back of a 777 and look forward during taxi when all the curtains are open you can clearly see the aircraft flexing if it goes over bumps in the apron
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– Brilsmurfffje
yesterday
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You could see the fuselage flex in the DC-8-71/73
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– Sports Racer
yesterday
2
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It's an optical illusion. There's flexing going on, but if it was flexing so much it was apparent to someone just sitting there looking down the tube, movement of inches in other words, I'd want out.
$endgroup$
– John K
yesterday
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I've been in the rear of a 757 and looking down the aisle where the flex was all too apparent.
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– Anilv
23 hours ago
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Was my fellow passenger right?
No.
That photo is taken in a B777-300 (2 aisles, 4 seats in the centre and three at the sides, lavatories only behind the central rows, rows on the left side of the aircraft are one more than the central ones at that location):
As you can see the wall is just were an emergency exit is, and if you will look on the other side of the wall you will find a "jump seat", i.e. a foldable seat used by the crew, and the wall is there for it.
Also, walls help in dividing the aircraft in different classes.
answered 2 days ago
Federico♦Federico
26.5k16107157
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Agreed, you really aren't going to see any flex, it's to separate the unwashed coach-dwellers in steerage from those willing to shell out triple the money for 2 inches more space.
$endgroup$
– GdD
2 days ago
9
$begingroup$
@GdD 2" is a big deal if it's the difference between 1" shorter than your femur and 1" longer!
$endgroup$
– Chris H
2 days ago
6
$begingroup$
@GdD Or from those willing to shell out some points and $5 for a seat the folds out into a 6.5-foot-long bed. :) But, yes, you're right that those bulkheads are usually just cabin dividers unless there's a galley or lav or something there. Sometimes they're also for mounting FA jump seats by exit doors.
$endgroup$
– reirab
2 days ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Was my fellow passenger right?
No.
That photo is taken in a B777-300 (2 aisles, 4 seats in the centre and three at the sides, lavatories only behind the central rows, rows on the left side of the aircraft are one more than the central ones at that location):
As you can see the wall is just were an emergency exit is, and if you will look on the other side of the wall you will find a "jump seat", i.e. a foldable seat used by the crew, and the wall is there for it.
Also, walls help in dividing the aircraft in different classes.
answered 2 days ago
Federico♦Federico
26.5k16107157
$endgroup$
27
$begingroup$
Agreed, you really aren't going to see any flex, it's to separate the unwashed coach-dwellers in steerage from those willing to shell out triple the money for 2 inches more space.
$endgroup$
– GdD
2 days ago
9
$begingroup$
@GdD 2" is a big deal if it's the difference between 1" shorter than your femur and 1" longer!
$endgroup$
– Chris H
2 days ago
6
$begingroup$
@GdD Or from those willing to shell out some points and $5 for a seat the folds out into a 6.5-foot-long bed. :) But, yes, you're right that those bulkheads are usually just cabin dividers unless there's a galley or lav or something there. Sometimes they're also for mounting FA jump seats by exit doors.
$endgroup$
– reirab
2 days ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Was my fellow passenger right?
No.
That photo is taken in a B777-300 (2 aisles, 4 seats in the centre and three at the sides, lavatories only behind the central rows, rows on the left side of the aircraft are one more than the central ones at that location):
As you can see the wall is just were an emergency exit is, and if you will look on the other side of the wall you will find a "jump seat", i.e. a foldable seat used by the crew, and the wall is there for it.
Also, walls help in dividing the aircraft in different classes.
answered 2 days ago
Federico♦Federico
26.5k16107157
$endgroup$
Was my fellow passenger right?
No.
That photo is taken in a B777-300 (2 aisles, 4 seats in the centre and three at the sides, lavatories only behind the central rows, rows on the left side of the aircraft are one more than the central ones at that location):
As you can see the wall is just were an emergency exit is, and if you will look on the other side of the wall you will find a "jump seat", i.e. a foldable seat used by the crew, and the wall is there for it.
Also, walls help in dividing the aircraft in different classes.
answered 2 days ago
Federico♦Federico
26.5k16107157
answered 2 days ago
Federico♦Federico
26.5k16107157
answered 2 days ago
Federico♦Federico
26.5k16107157
answered 2 days ago
Federico♦Federico
26.5k16107157
26.5k16107157
27
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Agreed, you really aren't going to see any flex, it's to separate the unwashed coach-dwellers in steerage from those willing to shell out triple the money for 2 inches more space.
$endgroup$
– GdD
2 days ago
9
$begingroup$
@GdD 2" is a big deal if it's the difference between 1" shorter than your femur and 1" longer!
$endgroup$
– Chris H
2 days ago
6
$begingroup$
@GdD Or from those willing to shell out some points and $5 for a seat the folds out into a 6.5-foot-long bed. :) But, yes, you're right that those bulkheads are usually just cabin dividers unless there's a galley or lav or something there. Sometimes they're also for mounting FA jump seats by exit doors.
$endgroup$
– reirab
2 days ago
add a comment |
27
$begingroup$
Agreed, you really aren't going to see any flex, it's to separate the unwashed coach-dwellers in steerage from those willing to shell out triple the money for 2 inches more space.
$endgroup$
– GdD
2 days ago
9
$begingroup$
@GdD 2" is a big deal if it's the difference between 1" shorter than your femur and 1" longer!
$endgroup$
– Chris H
2 days ago
6
$begingroup$
@GdD Or from those willing to shell out some points and $5 for a seat the folds out into a 6.5-foot-long bed. :) But, yes, you're right that those bulkheads are usually just cabin dividers unless there's a galley or lav or something there. Sometimes they're also for mounting FA jump seats by exit doors.
$endgroup$
– reirab
2 days ago
27
27
$begingroup$
Agreed, you really aren't going to see any flex, it's to separate the unwashed coach-dwellers in steerage from those willing to shell out triple the money for 2 inches more space.
$endgroup$
– GdD
2 days ago
$begingroup$
Agreed, you really aren't going to see any flex, it's to separate the unwashed coach-dwellers in steerage from those willing to shell out triple the money for 2 inches more space.
$endgroup$
– GdD
2 days ago
9
9
$begingroup$
@GdD 2" is a big deal if it's the difference between 1" shorter than your femur and 1" longer!
$endgroup$
– Chris H
2 days ago
$begingroup$
@GdD 2" is a big deal if it's the difference between 1" shorter than your femur and 1" longer!
$endgroup$
– Chris H
2 days ago
6
6
$begingroup$
@GdD Or from those willing to shell out some points and $5 for a seat the folds out into a 6.5-foot-long bed. :) But, yes, you're right that those bulkheads are usually just cabin dividers unless there's a galley or lav or something there. Sometimes they're also for mounting FA jump seats by exit doors.
$endgroup$
– reirab
2 days ago
$begingroup$
@GdD Or from those willing to shell out some points and $5 for a seat the folds out into a 6.5-foot-long bed. :) But, yes, you're right that those bulkheads are usually just cabin dividers unless there's a galley or lav or something there. Sometimes they're also for mounting FA jump seats by exit doors.
$endgroup$
– reirab
2 days ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
You won't be able to detect any flex in an airliner fuselage sighting down the interior without optical instrumentation of some kind, or a laser. Where partition dividers are used without any obvious purpose, like separating classes or providing something to anchor something to, it's to break up "tunnel effect" of rows of heads in a tube out in front of you seemingly going to infinity, which some people can find disorienting when the big tube is moving, and can even aggravate motion sickness in someone prone to it.
answered 2 days ago
John KJohn K
24.9k13675
$endgroup$
4
$begingroup$
If you're sitting in the back of a 777 and look forward during taxi when all the curtains are open you can clearly see the aircraft flexing if it goes over bumps in the apron
$endgroup$
– Brilsmurfffje
yesterday
$begingroup$
You could see the fuselage flex in the DC-8-71/73
$endgroup$
– Sports Racer
yesterday
2
$begingroup$
It's an optical illusion. There's flexing going on, but if it was flexing so much it was apparent to someone just sitting there looking down the tube, movement of inches in other words, I'd want out.
$endgroup$
– John K
yesterday
$begingroup$
I've been in the rear of a 757 and looking down the aisle where the flex was all too apparent.
$endgroup$
– Anilv
23 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
You won't be able to detect any flex in an airliner fuselage sighting down the interior without optical instrumentation of some kind, or a laser. Where partition dividers are used without any obvious purpose, like separating classes or providing something to anchor something to, it's to break up "tunnel effect" of rows of heads in a tube out in front of you seemingly going to infinity, which some people can find disorienting when the big tube is moving, and can even aggravate motion sickness in someone prone to it.
answered 2 days ago
John KJohn K
24.9k13675
$endgroup$
4
$begingroup$
If you're sitting in the back of a 777 and look forward during taxi when all the curtains are open you can clearly see the aircraft flexing if it goes over bumps in the apron
$endgroup$
– Brilsmurfffje
yesterday
$begingroup$
You could see the fuselage flex in the DC-8-71/73
$endgroup$
– Sports Racer
yesterday
2
$begingroup$
It's an optical illusion. There's flexing going on, but if it was flexing so much it was apparent to someone just sitting there looking down the tube, movement of inches in other words, I'd want out.
$endgroup$
– John K
yesterday
$begingroup$
I've been in the rear of a 757 and looking down the aisle where the flex was all too apparent.
$endgroup$
– Anilv
23 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
You won't be able to detect any flex in an airliner fuselage sighting down the interior without optical instrumentation of some kind, or a laser. Where partition dividers are used without any obvious purpose, like separating classes or providing something to anchor something to, it's to break up "tunnel effect" of rows of heads in a tube out in front of you seemingly going to infinity, which some people can find disorienting when the big tube is moving, and can even aggravate motion sickness in someone prone to it.
answered 2 days ago
John KJohn K
24.9k13675
$endgroup$
You won't be able to detect any flex in an airliner fuselage sighting down the interior without optical instrumentation of some kind, or a laser. Where partition dividers are used without any obvious purpose, like separating classes or providing something to anchor something to, it's to break up "tunnel effect" of rows of heads in a tube out in front of you seemingly going to infinity, which some people can find disorienting when the big tube is moving, and can even aggravate motion sickness in someone prone to it.
answered 2 days ago
John KJohn K
24.9k13675
answered 2 days ago
John KJohn K
24.9k13675
answered 2 days ago
John KJohn K
24.9k13675
answered 2 days ago
John KJohn K
24.9k13675
24.9k13675
4
$begingroup$
If you're sitting in the back of a 777 and look forward during taxi when all the curtains are open you can clearly see the aircraft flexing if it goes over bumps in the apron
$endgroup$
– Brilsmurfffje
yesterday
$begingroup$
You could see the fuselage flex in the DC-8-71/73
$endgroup$
– Sports Racer
yesterday
2
$begingroup$
It's an optical illusion. There's flexing going on, but if it was flexing so much it was apparent to someone just sitting there looking down the tube, movement of inches in other words, I'd want out.
$endgroup$
– John K
yesterday
$begingroup$
I've been in the rear of a 757 and looking down the aisle where the flex was all too apparent.
$endgroup$
– Anilv
23 hours ago
add a comment |
4
$begingroup$
If you're sitting in the back of a 777 and look forward during taxi when all the curtains are open you can clearly see the aircraft flexing if it goes over bumps in the apron
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– Brilsmurfffje
yesterday
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You could see the fuselage flex in the DC-8-71/73
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– Sports Racer
yesterday
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It's an optical illusion. There's flexing going on, but if it was flexing so much it was apparent to someone just sitting there looking down the tube, movement of inches in other words, I'd want out.
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– John K
yesterday
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I've been in the rear of a 757 and looking down the aisle where the flex was all too apparent.
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– Anilv
23 hours ago
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If you're sitting in the back of a 777 and look forward during taxi when all the curtains are open you can clearly see the aircraft flexing if it goes over bumps in the apron
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– Brilsmurfffje
yesterday
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If you're sitting in the back of a 777 and look forward during taxi when all the curtains are open you can clearly see the aircraft flexing if it goes over bumps in the apron
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– Brilsmurfffje
yesterday
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You could see the fuselage flex in the DC-8-71/73
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– Sports Racer
yesterday
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You could see the fuselage flex in the DC-8-71/73
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– Sports Racer
yesterday
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2
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It's an optical illusion. There's flexing going on, but if it was flexing so much it was apparent to someone just sitting there looking down the tube, movement of inches in other words, I'd want out.
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– John K
yesterday
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It's an optical illusion. There's flexing going on, but if it was flexing so much it was apparent to someone just sitting there looking down the tube, movement of inches in other words, I'd want out.
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– John K
yesterday
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I've been in the rear of a 757 and looking down the aisle where the flex was all too apparent.
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– Anilv
23 hours ago
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I've been in the rear of a 757 and looking down the aisle where the flex was all too apparent.
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– Anilv
23 hours ago
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I have heard that was such the case for particularly long aircraft (a340-600), from an Airbus employee... But they may have been misinformed themselves :)
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– Daniel Shillcock
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Somehow I can't help but wonder if that passenger also believed that the aircraft were throwing out chem-trails...
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– UKMonkey
2 days ago
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Couldn't someone in an aisle seat poke their head around and see? Or am I misunderstanding?
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– Captain Man
2 days ago
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Clearly, someone has never flown Southwest? :)
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– UnrecognizedFallingObject
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@CaptainMan, if you do that during taxi when all the curtains are open and you're sitting in the back of long aircraft such as the 777 you can clearly see the fuselage flexing as the plane rides over the bumps in the apron
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– Brilsmurfffje
yesterday