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Some nice images of YY-20 tanker to start the week.

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Duke Xiao of Qin

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sheogorath

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Will there ever be any Y-20 painted in a similar scheme to that of the Il-76 or it is more likely the Il-76 will be repainted in the same color as the Y-20 instead?.
 

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taxiya

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For anyone who still remember the Y-20 2.5G destructive test and wing breaking at 120%. I just watched a video of an airline pilot talking about Boeing-777X development.
At about 15:58, he said that the wing broke at 148% (goal being 150%, 2.5G ) of its limit load (aka ultimate load), the limit load is the maximum load that the aircraft can legally experience.

This means that there are two load limits: limit load(ultimate load) and maximum operational load. Limit load is the goal (breaking point) of the 2.5G destructive test. Maximum operational load is the design specification that aircraft is allowed to pull many Gs in operation. So the final goal of 2.5G destructive test is 150% of the maximum operational load. The breaking at 120% is in reference of this 150%, in the middle of reaching 150%.

In case of Boeiing-777X, reaching 148% is deemed good enough not to necessitate a further test but with stated fixing measures. For Y-20 at 120%, I would assume further test was done untill reaching 150% (2.5G), as the engineer said in the video "this time we aim at 120%".

Regarding the CCTV report, I don't think the reporter made any mistake, it is just that the relationship of the professional terms were not presented (not that they should after all it isn't a lecture).
 
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taxiya

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At about 15:58, he said that the wing broke at 148% (goal being 150%, 2.5G ) of its limit load (aka ultimate load), the limit load is the maximum load that the aircraft can legally experience.
Correction:

I was wrong in quoting "148% (goal being 150%, 2.5G ) of its limit load".

It should have been "the wing broke at 148% (goal being 150%) of its maximum load that the aircraft can legally experience". This 150% of maximum legal load is the limit load.

The rest of the post is correct. So the conclusion remains.
 
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