Originally Posted by
Boeing717Driver
However, Boeing knows "it" takes full responsibility for the final design and production of the competed 787 assembly. Hence they are beating the crap out of it to make sure nothing unforseen happens during the aircrafts normal life expectancy of what, 20/30 years?
Yep, they are beating the crap out of it,
just like the Federal Aviation Regulations require them to.
Boeing isn't testing the airplane out of the kindness of their heart - they have to.
My concern is that computational analysis is supposed to figure this out before the design is built. Why wasn't this figured out months/years ago?