To: bert
Composite is indeed an issue... but not the way your "expert" intends. Like any new technology, it should be carefully considered before implementation. However, does your "expert" know how much composite is used in the still-grounded Boeing 787? How about the C-17, F-22, and F-35. And being Brazilian, surely he must know how much it is used in his own country's Embraer E-170 and E-190?
This stuff reminds me of the Luddites.
22 posted on
06/27/2009 6:05:13 AM PDT by
safisoft
To: safisoft
My friend is a pilot, not a structural guy. The report was attributed to George Larson, Editor emeritus of Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine.
26 posted on
06/27/2009 6:10:02 AM PDT by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . The boy's war in Detriot has already cost more then the war in Iraq.)
To: safisoft
"This stuff reminds me of the Luddites."
You have a point. But the issue isn't the use but the abuse of composites. Airbus unaccountably insists on making large composite panels without incorporating metallic spars to distribute shear forces.
49 posted on
06/27/2009 6:55:17 AM PDT by
RightOnTheLeftCoast
(1st call: Abbas. 1st interview: Al Arabiya. 1st energy decision: halt drilling in UT. Arabs 1st!)
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