Thread: How were/are the alloy bodies attached to the tube frame?
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Old 06-03-2015, 06:48 PM
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I'm not sure what the original alloy was or how much it weighs. 50 pounds for the main body skin rings a bell but I could be totally off.
Cobra's borrowed a lot of parts and fasteners from the British aircraft industry, so my guess would be the bodies were shaped from whatever they were using at the time to skin aircraft in England. Body thickness is/was .050" I think.
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