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While we're at it, can products stop using the phrase "aircraft grade aluminium" to sell trivial items such as forks, wallets and, I kid you not, Post-It note h
by dominicr 7y ago
While we're at it, can products stop using the phrase "aircraft grade aluminium" to sell trivial items such as forks, wallets and, I kid you not, Post-It note holders.
Yes, there are differences in quality possible with aluminium, as there are with most materials, but to make "aircraft grade" a main selling point for your sunglasses case is snake oil marketing nonsense.
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y agoNever know when you’ll need to whittle yourself a new aircraft component with you’re genuine hand forged pocket whittler after you’ve crashed your handmade single seater in the Tasmanian highlands.
- na85 7y agoUnfortunately there are specific alloys of aluminum that are used for aircraft, and some that are totally unsuitable for aircraft. So there actually exists "aircraft grade" aluminum. It's not a quality thing so much as a question of physical properties.