You have no idea what impact speed was used in the design do you?
And where do you get the maximum speed of a 707 to be 350 KIAS? Go take a look at the Boeing site for the 707 and you will see it is over 600 mph. I have a link to the Boeing site for the 707 at the end of my paper. You can't even get the plane's speed right and you want to go out on a limb and say debunking me is easy. Well that limb just broke and you are on the ground with zero KIAS.
This is when an ATP comes in handy. Top speed of a 707 is 355KCAS. I meant 355KCAS, not 350 KCAS, and not KIAS, you need help reading. Sad but true.
You do not understand physics. Sad but true. You have messed up the aircraft speed with hearsay news articles. I had to ask Leslie Robertson for the details of the design impact. But if you insist on 607 mph, you are so wrong if you can not explain why any idiot would use 607 mph at 1300 feet for a 707 lost in the fog, to land. You been debunked.
Wow, and you got more. Well, point by point.
You have no idea what impact speed was used in the design do you?
Slow flying, low on fuel, 180 mph. Next.
Leslie E. Robertson, , said: on being hit by a commercial jet -
" It appears that about 25,000 people safely exited the buildings, almost all of them from below the impact floors; almost everyone above the impact floors perished, either from the impact and fire or from the subsequent collapse. The structures of the buildings were heroic in some ways but less so in others. The buildings survived the impact of the Boeing 767 aircraft, an impact very much greater than had been contemplated in our design (a slow-flying Boeing 707 lost in the fog and seeking a landing field). Therefore, the robustness of the towers was exemplary. At the same time, the fires raging in the inner reaches of the buildings undermined their strength. In time, the unimaginable happened . . . wounded by the impact of the aircraft and bleeding from the fires, both of the towers of the World Trade Center collapsed."
http://www.nae.edu/nae/bridgecom.nsf/weblinks/CGOZ-58NLCB?OpenDocument
How fast do you think commercial aircraft like the 707 are moving just twenty miles after takeoff?
They are at 28,000 feet doing 300 KIAS. Next. WTC is at 1300 feet. Questions.
Have altimeters ever been known to malfunction?
Of all the things that have gone wrong in flight, I have never lost an altimeter. Darn they are good. But do I have a back up? Yes. Next. Try harder next time.
What reasons would a good engineer give for deciding not to use the maximum speed of the aircraft if it was feasible both structurally and cost wise to design the building to withstand the impact at that speed?
607 is not the maximum speed really, it could go faster for a while, but it would fall apart soon. Which part of slow speed landing in the fog do you have a problem with? 180 mph, or use 180 KIAS, but why do you want to use a speed not used? The max speed below 10,000 feet is 250 KIAS. The max speed of the airframe, a 707, is 355 KCAS. And the typical cruise airspeed is 300 KIAS. You seem to be lost on flying stuff. Your dumb question is like asking why did they not plan on a nuke, or beam weapon. That is how dumb your question is. And you are an engineer? Sad. I can explain more, but you have no clue. So the design was 180 mph, lost in fog plane, going to land. Sorry but that was the design.
And where do you get the maximum speed of a 707 to be 350 KIAS? Go take a look at the Boeing site for the 707 and you will see it is over 600 mph. You can't even get the plane's speed right and you want to go out on a limb and say debunking me is easy. Well that limb just broke and you are on the ground with zero KIAS.
The max speed of a 707 is 355KCAS. You are debunked again, and you do not even know why. Good job expert researcher engineer.
Well it is time to say goodnight. Have fun but don't forget to do a little research before going off half cocked.
Oh, and you have done research, I don't think so.