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Hangar Flying / Varieze Wing Attach
« on: January 04, 2011, 02:54:46 PM »
I am nearly finished with reverse engineering the varieze wing attach fittings. I am interested in finding out what other people have to say about them. I am proposing to build my own, made of grade 5 titanium 6AL-4V. Titanium is stronger than 2024 aluminum, and nearly immune to corrosion. The pins will be made of Inco 718. The bolts will be Inco 718 as well, since cadmium plated steel is not recommended against the titanium. Questions:
1) Is there other things that should be changed, or is the material change sufficient to overcome the problems with the current fittings ?
2) Are there other builders that would be interested in titanium fittings for new builds or replacement of existing fittings ?
1) Is there other things that should be changed, or is the material change sufficient to overcome the problems with the current fittings ?
2) Are there other builders that would be interested in titanium fittings for new builds or replacement of existing fittings ?