On the question of bonded panels, the aviation industry has for some years now used bonded panels in the construction of airliners, fighter aircraft, and bombers. I inspected the horizontal tail surface of an F-15 fighter and was surprised to find the surfaces bonded or glued to the support structure inside. I was accustomed to rivets holding those kinds of things together. Those skins experience a lot of stress traveling 600 to 1500 mph, and if they hold up to it....and they are.... then I'll buy it. The manufacturing industry cannot afford to have failures in such equipment, nor can they afford not to avail themselves of the newer technologies out there. There is a saying "Technology for Competitive Advantage". In the auto industry it's driven by the necessity of economic survival. The new technologies must be safe (who could afford the lawsuits?) and it must allow an edge on the competition. Same true in the aviation industry, but with an added twist. Who wants the defenders of the nation to be flying something that going to peel it's skin or have a structural failure in flight because of a failed glue line. Yup, must be pretty good stuff. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver. Terry Kay wrote: > > Wade, > Door panels on new Ford's? > Glued. > Chrysler door panels? > Glued. > New GM's? > Glued. > They have only a couple of pinch welds, under the window moldings. > There are a couple of manufacturers (Fuzor, and Duramix) of body panel > adhesive's that have conducted crash test's on cars that have had the > roof panel's, and quarter panels glued on. > In a roll over situation it was found that the adhesives were as strong > as, or stronger than a weld. > If the factories are using the stuff, why shouldn't anyone else? > > It works for me. > > ______________ > |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ > | | | | > ||-(())----(())-| > > Terry 85 GL |
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