What plastic did the the nation's premiere fighter aircraft

"PeterN" wrote in message
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On 3/1/2011 9:06 AM, R. Mark Clayton wrote:
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On Feb 27, 2:00 pm, wrote:
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Costly corrosion problems on the F-22 caused by stealth materials and
coatings have been addressed on the F-35, but risks remain, concludes
a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

SNIP

That's the trouble with metal. It corrodes.

It would have been far better to make the aircraft out of composite
materials, otherwise known as "plastic".

Really? B-52's flew for 50 years. Metal. F-4s, metal decades of
use, F-16s, F-14s, F-15s, F-18s, C5s, etc, etc. Plastic did it to
metal and if plastic was indeed a suitable material to use for 100% of
the plane's construction, they might use it. But it isn't.

Various materials have been used to make aeroplanes: -

Wood - e.g. De Haviland Mosquito

Wood the Spruce goose and probably millions of flying planes made mostly
of balsa wood.

an assortment of woods in the Mosquito - balsa, spruce, birch etc.



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Peter