Originally Posted by
mtkeller
OK, insert the appropriate amount. (I'm a mathematician, not an aerospace engineer, so they're all just small positive integers to me.) I'm not sure a drop would need to be all that sever for those bags to start moving.
It's a frame of reference issue -- i.e., if there's turbulence, do the bags move relative to the plane. If they don't everything is fine, but if they do....
It all depends on things like mass times gravity vs the tensile strength of the tie downs etc.
Just wonder if the FAA (or even Delta) has approved this technique.
Bob H