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Metal Construction of Aircraft
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2017
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This war has been fought with machines made of wood, a most unsatisfactory material from a constructional point of view. Wood warps and cracks; is unsuitable for tropical climates; splinters easily in a crash; is liable to transfix the aviators; is non-homogeneous; uncertain in strength and weight; weakens rapidly when exposed to moisture; and is not produced in any quantity in this country.
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