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Originally Posted by kirant
This one has always been a pet peeve of mine. Why the heck would a plane barrel through heavily reinforced walls? This is an airplane we're talking about. Weight is routinely cut off to ensure that the thrust will keep it afloat. Simply put, steel isn't amazingly resistant to torques and should bend more than deforms in a tangent for collisions (Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. I didn't like my solid mechanics class  ).
Also, just by pure mass/momentum it makes sense. If we shot a horizontal branch at a tree, I'm sure we'd fully expect the branch, not the tree, to break, right? |
Hmmmmm......Lets see, a bullet shaped object weighing over 100 tons travelling in excess of 400 miles per hour hitting a glass and steel wall would just bounce off? Dude. I saw that second plane hit. Its called irresistible force.