Posted by 1948CaseVAI on June 13, 2015 at 09:23:14 from (24.255.234.134):
In Reply to: Nice jet posted by Ultradog MN on June 12, 2015 at 18:18:09:
The carbon fuselage is built here in Wichita and my daughter and son in law work at the Spirit plant where they make them. Tons of weight is saved as the structure of this plane is mostly carbon fiber, not metal.
Using carbon fiber allows Great Dane trailers to save 4,000 pounds per trailer for the new Walmart concept truck which is a product of Walmart, Peterbilt, Great Dane, and Capstone turbines. You can imagine the weight saved on this huge plane if they can shave 2 tons off a 53 foot trailer.
This post was edited by 1948CaseVAI at 09:28:55 06/13/15.
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