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Originally Posted by Gustav
Apart from being the most respected material in engineering,all the best machines are made from titanium,the shuttle,concorde,blackbird.Can't think of any aluminium parts on F1 cars either off the top of my head,carbon,magnesium,titanium being the materials of choice.
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Gustav, I'm sorry but I have to disagree with you there. Aluminium is widely used in all sorts of planes, including the most modern fighter jets. I can't believe your trying to claim that not one piece of aluminium was used on Concorde -that's argueably one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. Aluminium is an extremely vital material in the world of engineering - used FAR more extensively than titanium.
Aluminium has been kicking around for so long, engineers know so much about it that nowadays, and rather than using it as a pure metal they can combine it with carbon fibre and complex plastics (skins of planes). Aluminium and carbon fibre are used extensively in F1 car engines, and also in the chassis.
I agree with you about titanium being a very respected material in the world of engineering, but to pass off aluminium like you did is not correct. Aluminium is the most common ore in the earths crust so whether we like it or not it is here to stay, and as time goes on we will discover more and more that can be done with it.
Hope I didn't cause too much of a disturbance! :)