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Back in the 90s, new construction for the US Govt was supposed to all be done using the metric standard even though all of the supplies were in US/Imperial unit
by alexpotato 7y ago
Back in the 90s, new construction for the US Govt was supposed to all be done using the metric standard even though all of the supplies were in US/Imperial units. Can't imagine the headaches that caused.
Source: My uncle who is/was a contractor
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoThe Comanche helicopter was subject to this dictum. The original drawings specified all metric fasteners. They found out nobody supplies aircraft grade metric bolts so everything had to be redesigned for the next size up in freedom-units with a corresponding weight penalty.