IN DEFENSE OF COMPOSITES

I have written several times to disparage inelegant travesties of engineering such as the V-22 and space shuttle. But I would like to compliment Boeing on the 787. The structural design is simple and robust. I like the idea of having no joints around the full circumference of the fuselage. The...

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