Agree with Greeny2 here Joker.
You do not give the gross weight of the aluminum aircraft traveling at what speed.
Also ...anyone familiar with building construction knows that most of the building was not steel H bar..but only in the places needing the strongest support. There was glass... thin steel sheeting..et al.
It is the shape of an object....its speed...its gross weight...etc.
You are over simplifying here Joker.
Now if the whole building was made entirely of Plate mild steel of at least 3/8 thick.. and H Bar...you might have a point. But it was not.
Also I don t think the plane was flying any 500 MPH. I think it was more like 300/400MPH or so....but nonetheless...what was its gross weight ...or gross take off weight??
I am in shipbuilding ..I know the actions of different kinds of steels...stainless too. Also aluminum ..et al.
A wooden arrow is not that strong per se...but launch it from a crossbow or a recurve bow and watch how it penetrates.
If you do not want an arrow to penetrate ..you put a blunt on it. It still delivers a great amount of force off the end of that long shaft. Enough to stun or kill small prey.
That aircraft..even at 300 MPH at that gross weight was a long shaft delivering alot of engery against a relatively thin structure...except where the heavy steel H bar was located. There it has the potential to bend this structure if enough force/speed backed by gross weight is present.
Agree with Greeny2 again....this subject has been run into he ground.
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