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Comment by WalterBright

3 years ago

Because there are a zillion important parts on the airplane, if you make each one heavier than it needs to be, the airplane will be nailed to the tarmac.

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MBCook  3 years ago

That makes sense. Here’s the question I left the article with:

Why not counterbore the pipe before installation, so it’s a trivial process?

Would it then not survive welding perhaps?

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