CerroTorre
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Fun conversation to follow here. Thanks all.The engineering department at a Washington state university built one out of composite material. There test showed it was 20% stronger than the original.
It does seem like carbon fiber would be the way to go. But I am less than clueless on these things. I assume the reason for the magnesium alloy has to do with a weight requirement related to flutter issues.
Like I said, I have no idea what all goes into this. Just seems like a sad reason for a fleet of beautiful airplanes to be (eventually) potentially grounded when it seems like a solution couldn't possibly be that difficult from a practical (non-regulatory) standpoint.
Hope some hero finds a long term solution.