• Welcome aboard HomebuiltAirplanes.com, your destination for connecting with a thriving community of more than 10,000 active members, all passionate about home-built aviation. Dive into our comprehensive repository of knowledge, exchange technical insights, arrange get-togethers, and trade aircrafts/parts with like-minded enthusiasts. Unearth a wide-ranging collection of general and kit plane aviation subjects, enriched with engaging imagery, in-depth technical manuals, and rare archives.

    For a nominal fee of $99.99/year or $12.99/month, you can immerse yourself in this dynamic community and unparalleled treasure-trove of aviation knowledge.

    Embark on your journey now!

    Click Here to Become a Premium Member and Experience Homebuilt Airplanes to the Fullest!

Material substitution help

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

Bigshu

Well-Known Member
Supporting Member
Joined
Jun 7, 2020
Messages
1,487
Location
KCMO, midwestern USA
I'm stumped. I don't have the expertise to figure out an acceptable substitution for a rudder tube. The plans call for 2" X .059 wall, 2024 T3 aluminum tube. I'm not having luck finding that size in that wall thickness, so I wondered if 6061 T6 with a larger wall thickness would work instead. 6061 is a lot weaker according to the spec sheets, so how thick would I have to go to get comparable strength to the 2024 .059? I could go thicker wall in the 2024, but that gets real expensive, quickly. Why do designers spec out a difficult to find material in the first place?
 
Back
Top