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Originally Posted by maxxdude1234
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.
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I simply never said that!
You are quite right to say Al based alloys are widely used in F1 engines (but i doubt there's any HE30,7075 etc that we use).The materials are governed by the sports regulations,not something NASA have to deal with.
This is interesting,
http://www.newsonf1.com/f1regs/2006f1materials.htm It's the 2006 regulations for engine materials.Not as simple as saying Al this or Mg that.