Olympic1911
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Hi all,
I've never needed to build aircraft pieces from 6061 before but now's the first time. For my Heinkel He51 Project I Need to build the fin, rudder, Elevators and others from this material. I've never used it before and I don't know what it's like. A few days ago I got myself a sheet of Aluminium from a local diy-store. Here's what I did with it:
This material was fairly easy to handle. It bent well and I had no difficulties in forming this rib out of it. Now is 6061 anything like this? I understand it needs to be annealed after shaping.
I appreciate your input!
Peter
I've never needed to build aircraft pieces from 6061 before but now's the first time. For my Heinkel He51 Project I Need to build the fin, rudder, Elevators and others from this material. I've never used it before and I don't know what it's like. A few days ago I got myself a sheet of Aluminium from a local diy-store. Here's what I did with it:
This material was fairly easy to handle. It bent well and I had no difficulties in forming this rib out of it. Now is 6061 anything like this? I understand it needs to be annealed after shaping.
I appreciate your input!
Peter
