Rather is just fear mongering the public. Carbon fiber monocoque construction is a lot harder (and more expensive) than aluminum semimonocoque to repair if damaged. However carbon fiber is a lot better at withstanding the variable loads placed upon them. The cool part about the dreamliner is that the wings are way more flexible than any wing ever. After way exceeding the FAA required torsion loads the engineers were pushing a little farther. They test this by bending both wings up and inward until the wings can no longer take the stress and break. Because the carbon fiber wing did so well they believe they could bend the wings so far as to touch the fuselage of the aircraft without compromising their structural integrity. This design will also make the A/C ultra smooth in turbulence.
Rather should be fear mongering about cars. In the Navy/Marine Corps Aviation community, there are more fatalities from driving accidents than from aviation fatalities in training, operations, and combat.
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Rather is just fear mongering the public. Carbon fiber monocoque construction is a lot harder (and more expensive) than aluminum semimonocoque to repair if damaged. However carbon fiber is a lot better at withstanding the variable loads placed upon them. The cool part about the dreamliner is that the wings are way more flexible than any wing ever. After way exceeding the FAA required torsion loads the engineers were pushing a little farther. They test this by bending both wings up and inward until the wings can no longer take the stress and break. Because the carbon fiber wing did so well they believe they could bend the wings so far as to touch the fuselage of the aircraft without compromising their structural integrity. This design will also make the A/C ultra smooth in turbulence. Rather should be fear mongering about cars. In the Navy/Marine Corps Aviation community, there are more fatalities from driving accidents than from aviation fatalities in training, operations, and combat.