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Monday, February 15, 2010

A380 wing skins

The secret of the A380 wings is finally revealed. Check out this article. Apparently, each skin panel is prestressed in a custom jig and autoclaved. When it comes out, sproing!, it's the right shape. Nifty, eh?
Posted by Ihab Awad at 4:04 PM

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