Possibly! 707s & 767s & 747s etc have aluminum bodies, and have been known
to fail, albeit catastrophically, which proves absolutely nothing!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane and Roland Dudley" <csx2282@juno.com>
To: <lrcar@red4est.com>
Cc: <mg-dennis@mindspring.com>; <lrcar@red4est.com>; <mgs@autox.team.net>;
<british-cars@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: Gonkulators for MGs?
> So could having an aluminum body also lead to a catastrophic failure ?
>
> Roland
>
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 01:45:39 -0700 Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
> writes:
> > On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 08:18:20PM -0700, mg-dennis@mindspring.com
> > wrote:
> > > So does the gonkulator require the use of a catastrophic
> > contorter?
> >
> > No, but a contorter could increase performance by up to 23.47%
> > versus
> > an uncontorted gonkulator. However, if you use an aluminum rather
> > than
> > a brass contorter, it could lead to catastrophic failure at the
> > third resonant harmonic.
> >
> > --
> > Girling is not a verb.
> > lrc@red4est.com
> > http://www.red4est.com/lrc
>
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