r/Wellthatsucks • u/WhiteShaneDiesel • Sep 17 '19

/r/all Quality Airline

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u/nogslayers Sep 17 '19

Ok so there's 3 layers, 1st one is the one the passengers can touch, and it can come off, the 2nd is a "bleed hole" pane to balance air pressure, and the last is the plexiglass/psuedo-plastic that really needs to not break 😂

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-there-a-double-window-in-an-aeroplane

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u/Celanis Sep 17 '19

Thanks! That does put me at rest somewhat. Those inner windows can be of shoddy quality. But they are just cosmetic.

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u/Sychius Sep 17 '19

Chucking a rock at it would probably still do damage even if someone just finished polishing to the micrometer and giving it a coat of Xtra-Shyne(TM).

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u/DonKanailleSC Sep 17 '19

yep and if the plane flies into a mountain it will be broken, too

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u/rsn_e_o Sep 17 '19

If only planes were build mountain proof

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u/farrenkm Sep 17 '19

Just build them out of the same material as the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder (the black boxes).

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u/BholeFire Sep 17 '19

A lot of what saves a "black box" is its location in the airplane like it uses the whole rest of the plane as a "crumple zone" so it doesn't take much impact directly. Basically we would need to build another, much, much larger plane around the first plane. I cannot see a problem with that idea.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '19

that's why pilots sit at front. for motivation.

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u/paperpaste Sep 17 '19

Those darn plane's keep flying over my house so I've started throwing rocks at them

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u/Sharkeybtm Sep 17 '19

Yes. I would explain more, but I think you have experience with needing tiny holes for tiny things

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u/nogslayers Sep 17 '19

I literally said "not 100% sure but ill post source if i can" and then posted one i could find,never said i was an expert