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Old 22nd Mar 2009, 20:46
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I know at least 10 close (ish) mates who have died in helicopter accidents. No-one close to me has died in a car crash. Maybe it's because helicopters are numbered in the hundreds (here, at least) but cars are in their millions?

I cannot understand why such an exotic material as titanium is used for such mundane jobs as oil filter attachment studs, and elsewhere, on the 92. Steel has worked for years in such a boring job, why change it? Weight? Hardly.

I sometimes wish that these effing designers would stop trying to push the envelope in places that really don't warrant it. Titanium M/R hubs a la Lynx maybe are an acceptable use, but why for simple day-in-day-out jobs like low workload attachment hardware?

Beats me.
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