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We know from NIST that there was no fuel outboard of rib 18, so these 5 or 6 columns couldn't have been broken by the fuel. ...
That is a lie. NIST said they assumed the fuel was all inboard. Sorry, there could have been thousands of pounds of fuel out side rib 18; it does not matter we have an impact hole from Flight 175 and nothing you can do will change the damage, and the fact Flight 175 did the damage seen 911.
You are making errors about what NIST said so your model is suffering from the Irreducible Delusion. Why are you hung up on Mackey? What did he do?; ruin your delusions on 911? Learn what models are for and stop beating a dead horse. Admit you have no point but to discredit Mackey; a personal attack veiled in your post. Report yourself if that is your primary purpose, stop exposing your anti-intellectual drive to prove nothing?
Why do you attack Mackey who can quickly do calculations you can't understand but you sure mess them up with some moronic empty tank with fuel momentum nonsense as if you have a some hang up.
How much does the wing weigh outside of rib 18? What is the energy that that section brings to the table. You actually are into NIST what did they get wrong.
Do you understand Flight 175 hit the WTC and caused the damage seen?
Do you understand erratic flight by the terrorists could cause more fuel to be retained outside rib 18?
Do you have the drain rate at the baffle? What level does the inboard section have to be at for fuel to drain? Why is there a baffle? Did a Boeing engineer sign off on the amount of fuel outside rib 18? Drain rate please at your convenience?
This thread is about physics education, not for you and I to expose your lack of skill and understanding in models. Start you own thread (OMG, not really) for you delusional attacks on models; title it "Models and why I can't Understand them". good luck
I bet if I flung my F250 at ~500 MPH it would break the column connections and und up inside the building.
45 pounds of TNT at impact, in the shape of a F250. What is cross sectional energy per inch compared to the 2093 pounds of TNT kinetic energy the F175 cross section brings? Bet the hood leaves before you get much past 250 knots if not sooner.
The 767 is like your truck 155 feet long, a little longer, and with wet wings that carry 66,000 pounds of fuel. The fuel alone is like 11 trucks.
A plane is streamlined concentrating the energy in a small cross section.