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Re: New entry for ISCC: "Missing in Action" - Ju 52 airplane
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Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:14:17 GMT
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"Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> writes:
> Every time I see it I always wonder why the fuselage and wings are
> covered in corrugated iron(!) - a feature you have kept in your
> models. The only reason I can come up with is that the designers
> thought it would reduce skin friction? Does anyone know?
I think it was to save materials cost and weight. The corrugated
shape of the metal made it more rigid. Hence, less metal was needed
to preserve the rigidity of the surface.
The Citroën H van from the 50-ies also used corrugated metal for the
body.
Fredrik
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