I am not aware of any aircraft rivets for light aircraft that are cadmium plated. Solid aircraft rivets are almost always 1100 or 2117 aluminum in light aircraft construction, and may have a chromate conversion coating or be anodized. The coating is often damaged in the process of bucking the...
I really got into this when I found one of the additives at the Stater Bros market was aluminum (in up to 3 variations… listed as an “additive”. Some bakeries use Baking Powder that has aluminum in it (it is not necessary or healthful). Best regards to you all. Log in to Reply ...
Being at the surface is a strange new experience for it. In the absence of the crushing forces that it was used to, the rock depressurizes and pops apart in layers like an onion skin – this is called exfoliation, or “onion skin weathering”. This is shown in the cartoon below. ...
It is used to create products like boat hulls, shower curtains, arrows, roofing and automobile bodies. It has a soft structure and is very attractive to use. Fiberglass insulation helps reduce the spread of heat, cold and sound in homes, aircraft and cars. When used in homes, it helps th...
and how absurd it is that the burden of safety falls on them when their spindly little aluminum contraptions are up against two-ton steel behemoths. And just when you’re about to open your mouth to say, well, sure, you may have a point there, they hold up one hand and say, “just...