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Aviation Outlook: Composites in rotorcraft reaching new altitudes

It is undeniable that commercial transport jets are undergoing an “extreme makeover” in advanced composites. Composite materials account for roughly half of the structural weight on Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner and Airbus Industries’ materializing A350 XWB. That’s more than double the percentage on commercial jets introduced just 10 years ago and triple that of predecessors brought to market during the early 1990s
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Friday 21 March, 2008 11:07 AM

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