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Default Aluminum boats welding (Hewes, Duckworth, Bolton)

Eisboch wrote:


The OP should research why the skin on aluminum airplanes are riveted rather
than welded.
Hint: It has something to do with preventing the wings from snapping off.

Eisboch



Next time I buy an aluminum boat with wings, I'll keep that in mind.



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