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Re: How Horrendous?......Response

Posted by Elliott on Sat Jul 12, 2003 05:15:49 AM

In reply top Re: How Horrendous?......Response posted by RobC on Fri Jul 11, 2003 07:06:01 PM

If blocks of metal with the right specs can be found, how hard would it be to use cnc equipment to mill out a block and other parts? I'm sure there's a lot more to it than that otherwise someone would have already done it!!

I guess it would take a while to get it spot on but surely once the correct perameters have been worked out the computer can do the rest...

I saw one of the main bulkheads for the JSF being milled from a 1 ton block of titanium a while back on a doco - amazing!!



: Another thought came to mind on this, and it is directly r
: elated to Warbirds. Over the last few years, private comp
: anies have made crankshafts, pistons, cylinders and propel
: ler blades for the T-6/R-1340. The market is bigger becau
: se these engines are also used by dusters but the point is
: , the capability is there as long as the market is. I thi
: nk we will see the same thing happen with Merlins over the
: next few years as there is a decent sized market. As for
: DB's? I reckon a fairy Godfather is needed.

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