Chief Delphi - Team Update #9

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Re: Team Update #9

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Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350 (Post 1019596)

Well, titanium has a lead time of ~54 weeks* so, you could put it on your 2013 robot.

*Our mentor works for a company that orders it in bulk directly from the processor, that's how long it takes them to get it.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#titanium

If you order it now, you may get it by Friday, or at worst, Saturday.

Intersting fact: when the Lockheed's Skunk Works (also a great book) was developing the SR-71 Blackbird in the 1960s, the United States did not have enough titanium to actually build the planes. The only country at that time with enough titanium ore and processing potential was, ironically the very country we were building the SR-71 to spy on, the Soviet Union. In order to get enough titanium to actually build the SR-71, a number of bogus front companies were formed to import titanium from the USSR for seemingly civilian purposes.

Re: Team Update #9

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Originally Posted by artdutra04 (Post 1019690)

I am aware of the fact that one can acquire titanium in a reasonable amount of time. That is why I included the note explaining that the situation involved a bulk purchase [that was processed-to-order from ore, one sheet at a time].