On 3/16/00 4:51 PM, K7GCO@aol.com at K7GCO@aol.com wrote:
>The above illustrates that aluminum rivets just do not have the
>strength to support the stresses of aluminum tubing in the wind 24 hrs a
>day.
Yeah, right! That's why they've been used almost exclusively on aircraft
since the DC-1!
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
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