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What Is The Purpose Of The Yellow Boxes?  
User currently offlineIrishpower From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 377 posts, RR: 0
Posted (8 months 2 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 6167 times:

If you look at the image in this link you will see large yellow boxes hanging from the engine supports. I'm figuring that they are weights that are used to simulate the weight of an engine. My questions is why are they needed? Does it put stresses on the airframe if there are no engines hanging from the wings?



http://www.airliners.net/photo/Royal...Boeing-787-8B6-Dreamliner/2154776/

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User currently offlineCOSPN From Northern Mariana Islands, joined Oct 2001, 1473 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (8 months 2 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 6122 times:

They need the weight so they dont tail tip...

User currently offlineIrishpower From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 377 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (8 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 6019 times:

Thanks COSPN.

That makes sense.

User currently offlinefat-g4 From United States of America, joined Sep 2011, 41 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (8 months 2 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 5721 times:

Discussed here in Tech/Ops a few weeks ago! Maybe help some of your questions!

Why Do These Wings Have Weights? (by jtl11968 Aug 23 2012 in Tech Ops)

User currently offlineB727FA From United States of America, joined Jun 2011, 546 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (8 months 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 2874 times:

I thought they were girl planes and those were earrings.  


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