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  1. Viking214

    Aircraft Windows

    The innermost window pane you see and touch is part of the interior shell and is non-structural. Unless the interior shell is removed/disassembled, the window is not accessible from inside the cabin. The typical cabin window, behind that interior decorative pane, is made up of two plies. Some...
  2. Viking214

    aircraft windshield / window and sealants

    I have been taught never to use polysulfide based sealants where in direct contact with acrylics (windshields or windows). The exception to this rule is the use of acrylic compatible polysulfides (ex. PR1425). The reason given was solvents used in these sealants would cause these transparencies...
  3. Viking214

    Myth Busters Chicken vs airplane windshield

    Related issue. Don't forget that wing (fuel tank rupture) and h-stab leading edge structures are also bird strike tested.
  4. Viking214

    Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

    Has anyone else read 'Engineer to Win' by Caroll Smith? I did and thought this was an excellent book, and should be required for every engineer's library. Mr. Smith claims to be married to a daughter of the the guy they named 'Murphy's Law' after. Anyhows, its got a great section on metallurgy...

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