On Jul 2, 11:35*am, Gene wrote:
On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:41:10 -0500, Richard Casady

wrote:
On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:20:05 -0400, HK wrote:

And for a superior boat building material? Welded plate aluminum.

It's not bad with rivets. All airplanes are riveted, none welded.

Casady

(1) Rivets and boats are as big a PITA as Integral Fuel Tanks and
Rivets.... unless you have a fondness for corrosion and leaks....

(2) Wrong.http://www.eclipseaviation.com/compa...nnovations.php

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One of the troubles with aluminum is it's fracturability. You can take
a piece of aluminum bar stock, say 1/4"x2", put it in a vice, score it
across somewhere with a razor knife, using light pressure, and if you
start flexing it, that's where it'll break, and it'll be a clean break
right where you scored.