Richard Riley wrote in
:

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:50:58 -0800, Kingfish
wrote:

I noticed in all the publicity pictures of the 787 and 747-8 that the
wings flex to the point that the tips are well above the top of the
fuselage. Just a guess here, but is this due to the composite
construction of the plane? I'm assuming the spar(s) are composite as
well as the fuselage barrel. Then again, the 747-8 is all metal IIRC.
What gives?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uo0C01Fwb8



Pretty col to watch OK. Amazing how fine they cut the design criteria,
though. only 4% to spare.



Bertie