Experience with Reinforced Plastic Primary Aircraft Structures,

Abstract

In 1958, Piper Aircraft's Vero Beach Development Center was assigned Project PA-29. The purpose of this project was to explore the possibility of building an airplane using materials and processes that might replace aluminum alloy. Almost from the start, the endeavor was principally in the field of fiberglas reinforced plastics, and emphasis was put on comparative cost.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
ADA307140

Entities

People

  • F. S. Snyder
  • R. E. Drake

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Aluminum
  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Assembly
  • Construction
  • Engineering
  • Fuselages
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Plastics
  • Quality Control
  • Reinforced Plastics
  • Reinforcing Materials
  • Static Tests

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Systems Analysis and Design