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Old 5th Nov 2010, 10:25
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WillDAQ
 
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Really, that's amazing, why machined, isn't the skin formed from sheet into the correct curvature?
It's not curvature that's the issue. The panel is 25+mm thick at one end and <5mm at the other. The only way to get that change is to machine it from a plate that starts of 25+mm thick everywhere.
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