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To: Abathar
I don’t care how precise it is, at that size and weight we could mass produce them if we wanted to.

Gas turbine component costs are not really about precision components. You can buy a $5 roller ballbearing with the OD cylindricity within a couple ten-thousandths of an inch.

Gas turbine components need specialized materials developed for high-temperature applications. That means high-nickel super alloys, if you want the engine to last for more than a couple of starts.

If you think gas prices have escalated sharply, you'll really get your feelings hurt when you go to buy some nickel.

111 posted on 06/17/2008 6:53:48 AM PDT by Palmetto
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To: Palmetto
"If you think gas prices have escalated sharply, you'll really get your feelings hurt when you go to buy some nickel."

I own a tool and die business, your talking to someone who has to pick himself off the floor every time I order cobalt or chrome moly based steel and get the bill.

113 posted on 06/18/2008 7:58:03 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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