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…simplicity, use composite’s
resistance to corrosion, good fatigue properties, weight savings.
¾ 70% of the airframe by weight is composite (main and forward wing,
pressure cabin and tip-sail are nomex honeycomb sandwich
construction)
July 10th, 2007
The Joint Advanced Materials and Structures Center of Excellence
Background
¾ The first beechcraft…
https://www.wichita.edu/industry_and_defense/NIAR/Documents/FAA_JAMS_TEARDOWN_07.pdf