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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Mar 28, 2020 8:23:06 GMT
If metal is so expensive, why can we not make rockets out of wood? Well??? Woods day has passed. There are so many metals and composite materials which give similar properties to wood while adding their own unique properties. I guess there might be some applications still where wood works best but when rocket engineers are used to metal and composite properties they won't look to wood. World war 2 gave some examples of woods qualities. The Hawker Hunter and de Haviland Mosquito were both highly successful helped by the ease of building and especially repair, and using plentiful non strategic materials. I have seen pictures of tanks with wooden railway sleepers hanging off the side as armour. I would think that 30cm thick Australian ironbark would be comparable to an equal thickness of steel armour without the downside of melting when hit by shaped charge munitions. Unfortunately, I cant think of any of woods advantages that would be relevant for rockets.
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