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Originally Posted by willravel
From no angle, even spinning, can a 757 fit into a 15' diameter hole. That's the point. The picture in profile is intended to show the tail and the size of the fuselage, neither of which can fit in the hole produced by the projectile that hit the Pentagon.
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really need to check into reality based facts as opposed to your conjecture:
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The engines of the Boeing 757 are substantially smaller, however. The 757 can be fitted with either Pratt & Whitney PW2000 series or Rolls Royce RB211 turbofans. The maximum diameter of the RB211 is only 6 ft 2.5 in (1.9 m) while that of the PW2000 series is 7 ft 0.5 in (2.15 m). Meanwhile, the 757 fuselage is 12 ft 6 in (3.75 m) in width. In other words, the engine width is only a little over half that of the fuselage, about 57% as wide to be precise. This comparison can be better observed by studying the above three-view diagram of the 757.
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I'm going to try to refrain from sounding like someone beligerent asking how to get 2 6" sections from 1 8" plank, but I feel no matter how I shape the next parts it will be taken as such.
I've not done the due diligence, but since you question "can a 757 fit into a 15' diameter hole?" On its face the answer is yes, 12"6" is less than 15".
As for the wings folding, too many Transformer movies or something. There was plenty of debris in front of the Pentagon, if I recall, photos of at least 1 engine.
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question...s/q0110c.shtml
note this crash in NJ was a low speed crash into a brick building. Brick is notoriously not good as a defense against high speed impacts or even siesmic activity.
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Last edited by Cynthetiq; 08-27-2007 at 09:46 AM..
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