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Re: 1/8th thick aluminum

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Originally Posted by martin417 View Post
How many aircraft are routinely intentionally slammed into each other many times a day? After looking at the Thunderchicken's chassis at worlds last year, and comparing it to ours, I was very glad that ours was wood. There was a lot of dented, twisted metal on that very fine chassis.
I still stand by my opinion that metal is a better structural material than wood. A well designed metal chassis is lighter and than a wooden chasis of the same strength. The chassis does look very nice though