I was thinking of issues in terms of thread galling, "cold welding" of two titanium parts. I never thought of it from a corrosion aspect.
Well, I guess if I wish to use titanium bolts, I'll have to construct titanium parts to go along with them. ;-) Thanks for the insight. That's why I like you guys.... Scott --- Ameet Savant <[email protected]> wrote: > Scott, > > You might want to read the corrosion and titanium > embrittlement articles on this website > > http://www.eaa1000.av.org/technicl/corrosion/corridx.htm > > I think the ones of interest for you would be the > "Galvanic Table" and the "Don't mix Ti and Cd" > articles. > > Besides price, I guess corrosion would be a > consideration as someone else rightly pointed out > earlier. > > Regards, > Ameet > > --- Scott William <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Has anyone here used titanium bolts in > > thier > > airframe? Other than FAA examiner scrutiny (such > as > > with the WAF) is there any reason not to use them > > besides price? > > > > > > Scott > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
