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No one is mentioning airframes, but the technology put in the composites of the F18 airframe was worlds cheaper and more flexible to repair in a fleet than the
by guestbest 4y ago
No one is mentioning airframes, but the technology put in the composites of the F18 airframe was worlds cheaper and more flexible to repair in a fleet than the pre composites airframe of a F14
- jabl 4y ago"Pre composites", doesn't that mean, well, aluminum? That's not particularly hard to work with, no? With composites, well, you can slap together some repair relatively easily, but for more complicated stuff, well you're not carrying around a large autoclave on a carrier are you? (Unless the above doesn't make it abundantly clear, I have little knowledge of aircraft repair procedures)