Yes, but _it_ is an example of the complexity of manufacture, where cost and availability are not a problem, yet it results in design and construction compromise. My example wasn’t “green” but I used it to show the impracticality of just asking out of the blue for new and untried technology to replace established technology.
I also had comments here:
http://www.gocomics.com/johndeering/2009/01/08/
OldLegoDad71 is not me.
I was merely speaking in jest “for” him.
Composites are constantly being reformulated, and early composites I don’t think are representative of current technology.
And I don’t think aluminum is used exclusively on aircraft skins nor on frames. But if you know better that makes you a very informed poster and I defer to your greater knowledge longtimecomicsfan.
Yes, but _it_ is an example of the complexity of manufacture, where cost and availability are not a problem, yet it results in design and construction compromise. My example wasn’t “green” but I used it to show the impracticality of just asking out of the blue for new and untried technology to replace established technology. I also had comments here: http://www.gocomics.com/johndeering/2009/01/08/
OldLegoDad71 is not me.I was merely speaking in jest “for” him.
Composites are constantly being reformulated, and early composites I don’t think are representative of current technology. And I don’t think aluminum is used exclusively on aircraft skins nor on frames. But if you know better that makes you a very informed poster and I defer to your greater knowledge longtimecomicsfan.