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How the Boeing 787 Works | Full Documentary

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Amazing that for the first time we have a crash on the B787, amazing documentary, my heart goes out to all souls on Board VT-ANB
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I'm so glad independent creators can make these sorts of videos, they can control the complexity about a subject as much they want. More than a decade ago, these sort of documentaries on cable science/information channels were bound by TV rules, the need to dumb down and dilute the technical aspects to appeal to the masses, as well as time restraints.
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@MikeZimonyi From YouTube ↗ 21 Jul 2025 314
You could make on hell of a calzone in that oven
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Correction: We do not start modern day turbofan engines by piping bleed air into the turbine section. We pipe bleed air from the APU to a turbine starter which is a regular starter that is rotated by high pressure bleed air which turns a shaft and that shaft rotates a gear inside the accessory gearbox on the engine. That gear inside the AGB that rotates a shaft that spins the compressor and turbine together. The 787 operates the same way but instead of using bleed air to spin the starter it uses an electric motor.
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@fadhil_m3 From YouTube ↗ 21 Jul 2025 27
What timing
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wasnt the title `the last great thing boeing built` last week. Bro jinxed it
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The safety margin for composites in aerospace is actually higher. It is at least 185% (best case scenario). The 150% is for wood and metal construction.
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@jess11314 From YouTube ↗ 21 Jul 2025 92
Watched this only yesterday and just saw the horrifying crash in India of the 787. condolences to the victims and their families
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@nagi603 From YouTube ↗ 21 Jul 2025 112
1:15 If only it was a company led by respectable people, not those who will mix in some lives with the chips.
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Insane timing for this video just before the first 787 fatal accident
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Wild timing..
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It’s a shame, I can hear a ton of adoration, respect, and almost reverence for this plane, in your voice. If only that respect was present in Boeing nowadays
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47:12 given the predominantly professional tone in narrative to this point, I was not spiritually ready for the phrase “yeet a chicken”
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@ryerye3147 From YouTube ↗ 21 Jul 2025 1700
A350 video one day?
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Bet this video will go viral real soon
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54:46 jokes on you, I have a thermodynamics exam tomorrow and you just armed me with a more intuitive understanding of a temperature-entropy diagram than what my professors and textbooks taught me. Reducing the pain I'm actively suffering!
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@PseudoChew From YouTube ↗ 21 Jul 2025 1500
Potentially me and 800k+ people watched this video just over a week before the first unfortunate crash. I am sure they share the same eerie feeling as I have.
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@Catatonic2789 From YouTube ↗ 21 Jul 2025 2400
*Sees title, sees runtime

"Cancel my meetings for the rest of the afternoon"
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@dicballs From YouTube ↗ 21 Jul 2025 4500
💡That gives me an idea: carbon fiber hulls for deep sea submarines!
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This was originally uploaded to Nebula nearly 4 years ago. Uploading here to fill a gap in production before announcing a special project in two weeks. Follow me on instagram to hear it first: www.instagram.com/brianjamesmcmanus/

The McGregor joke ages this video. I actually noticed he blocked me on twitter and wondered why since I had him muted. I think I just figured out why 😂