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The article claims that some aircraft have been made with corrugated iron or steel: >aircraft hangars, aircraft themselves But I doubt that. (Corrugated alumi
by hollerith 5y ago
The article claims that some aircraft have been made with corrugated iron or steel:
>aircraft hangars, aircraft themselves
But I doubt that. (Corrugated aluminum, sure.)
- intrepidhero 5y agoI thought of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Trimotor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Trimotor, corrugated but as you suspected, aluminum.
- brazzy 5y agoPerhaps most iconic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_52 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_52
- Turing_Machine 5y agoThe Junkers J1 was made from steel, some corrugated, some not, so it is just possible to make one fly. It was a real pig in the air, by all accounts.
- hollerith 5y agoThanks. The Wikipedia page says that only one J1 was built.
- HideousKojima 5y agoNot sure about corrugated, but the Mig-25 was all stainless steel
- rndm_access 5y agoThe MiG-25 was constructed from 80% nickel-steel alloy, 11% aluminium, and 9% titanium according to source cited on wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-25#cite_note-Eden_p308-23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-25#cite_n...