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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

There is no highway in the sky. But I would be a heck of a lot more confident in a high-cycle carbon fiber structure than I would in a high-cycle aluminum structure. Composites may have issues, but aluminum metal fatigue is a known and even bigger issue.

The big thing about composites is build quality. I trust Boeing to get this right.


15 posted on 09/27/2011 3:42:32 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (If you have a right / To the service I provide / I must be a slave)
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To: Haiku Guy
But I would be a heck of a lot more confident in a high-cycle carbon fiber structure than I would in a high-cycle aluminum structure.

Will a lightning strike set it on fire?
16 posted on 09/27/2011 4:08:36 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: Haiku Guy
But I would be a heck of a lot more confident in a high-cycle carbon fiber structure than I would in a high-cycle aluminum structure.

Will a lightning strike set it on fire?

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17 posted on 09/27/2011 4:13:35 AM PDT by aruanan
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