Posted on 07/26/2008 12:58:14 PM PDT by Perdogg
I've been that guy too; the one that keeps the wings attached to the plane. ;P
“I sure make a lot of steel and stainless fasteners for Boeing.”
Aircraft fasteners that are going to be in contact with aluminum are coated with Cadmium if they aren’t stainless. One of the things that was drilled into us at mechanic’s school was dis-similar metal corrosion. I’ve drilled out thirty year old stainless screws on the wing tanks of aircraft that had some corrosion but not enough to cause failure. I’m sure that Quantas is on top of their maintenance. There was something else going on here, although I don’t think it was terrorism.
Yep, all are coated, I really was just pointing out that there is a lot of steel and other exotic metals in modern planes.
Jack
“Yep, all are coated, I really was just pointing out that there is a lot of steel and other exotic metals in modern planes.
Jack”
Oops, sorry, I wasn’t trying to be a smartas*.
You brought out a good point. Aircraft parts are not skimped on, they are the highest quality possible.
Jack
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