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FYI ONLY... Composite tubes professionally manufactured... https://exelcomposites.com/composite-solutions/composite-tubes/...

In the fuel crisis of the mid 1970s airlines were scrambling for max fuel efficiency from the old legacy jets... such as 707s, 727s...

MAYBE MIL-STD-1 [and thru MIL-STD-24] might help interpretation... The MIL and the drawing are about the same era. also NAS30 and NAS31...

The UK has a few alloy s in common usage that are virtually unknown in the USA... and might have to be specially imported, such as...

Hope this make sense... I am not 'dialed into all the analysis/testing', etc for eVTOL.. but here are a few thots to chew over...

Looks like company specific drawing system... pieces from here and there... NOT MIL-

LD, SW... I mostly agree... although I used the term 'insurance-cut' exclusively related to damage repair of adhesive-bonded-metal or...

Hmmm... I wonder exactly/roughly-what parts appear to be affected? PS: Sometimes, when production is interrupted by natural disasters...

Thank You Sue. We feel Your loss. Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince; and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”...

I think I know... but context is everything. Please advise.

This might also help... specific references/rules for designing heliports for rotor/down wash... very serious stuff... ICAO 9261 -...

As I understood it long ago and far away, EACH drawing sheet has its own revision letter... but Sheet 1 was always the lead-sheet for...

Spaceflight is hard... it would be crazier-dangerous-hard... without a continuously trained, corps of space-hardened astronauts... 'at...

Sounds like Musk wants to start throwing resources and humans towards Mars like SpaceX is throwing Xperimental Starships over the Gulf...

Monel/SStl blind rivet [pop-rivet] or industrial blind rivet or bolt... installed 'wet' with zinc-chromate spray primer... or RTV-sealant.