Originally Posted by Old Engineer
It would help to know the material of that link, part 36g. Was it metal or a fiber-reinforced plastic?
The NTSB report says about the equivalent part of the A300: "The support strut and its attachment fitting are made of an aluminum alloy."
In the context of Bearfoil's structural preferences, I would like to understand why the material is important. Whatever its material or method of manufacture, that part needs to be sized to support an ultimate load of 120,000 N, and a limit load of 80,000 N. The important evidence is that those design loads were exceeded.
regards,
HN39