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Old 02-06-2006, 12:20 AM
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Default RE: Titanium landing gear legs

It was previously noted, correctly, that titanium is not designed to bend. At least very much. It will deflect to a minor degree, but placing bending loads on this metal will cause it to break. It takes quite a bit of load to break the stuff. The metal is usaully made to the required shape, so there is none of the usual heating and bending that can be done with some metals.