4 ms·

Any reason they couldn't just stamp, then CNC route the final profile for high tolerance?

• Gravityloss 8y ago
  I don't know if it works the same way for titanium but aluminium has been shaped like this for aircraft. https://boingboing.net/2012/02/13/machines.html https://boingboing.net/2012/02/13/machines.html
  • craftyguy 8y ago
    Who said it was made of titanium?
    • Green_man 8y ago
      I had thought that fighter jets used more specific aluminum alloys than titanium, but I found this on the f-35 specifically (Bruce Tanner is Lockheed Martin's CFO): "Tanner says Lockheed uses more aluminum than steel on its aircraft projects, which in addition to the F-35, include the C-130 cargo plane, and F-16 fighter. And the F-35 uses more titanium than aluminum and steel, he said. " https://www.defenseone.com/business/2018/03/how-much-do-americas-arms-makers-depend-foreign-metal-no-one-seems-know/146579/ https://www.defenseone.com/business/2018/03/how-much-do-amer...