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Re: How Horrendous?......Response
Posted by PeteA on Sat Jul 12, 2003 06:02:53 AM
In reply top Re: How Horrendous?......Response posted by Elliott on Sat Jul 12, 2003 05:15:49 AM
Elliott,
Bong!
Different process. Casting or forging replaced by solid billet full machining . Different molecular grain flow, short cross grain at critical sections etc and you are straight into the paperwork/design/approval/testing quagmire.
PeterA
: 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 t
: hat 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 comp
: uter can do the rest...
:
: I saw one of the main bulkheads for the JSF being milled f
: rom a 1 ton block of titanium a while back on a doco - ama
: zing!!
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: : Another thought came to mind on this, and it is directl
: y r
: : elated to Warbirds. Over the last few years, private co
: mp
: : anies have made crankshafts, pistons, cylinders and prop
: el
: : ler blades for the T-6/R-1340. The market is bigger bec
: au
: : se these engines are also used by dusters but the point
: is
: : , the capability is there as long as the market is. I t
: hi
: : nk we will see the same thing happen with Merlins over t
: he
: : next few years as there is a decent sized market. As f
: or
: : DB's? I reckon a fairy Godfather is needed.