> The skin is gapped about 1/4 to 1/2 on the wings and some
> parts of the body. When on the runway, the fire trucks were there to wash
off
> the fuel on the runway when the plane left. Then in flight, when flying
above Mach 3
> (actually it will fly above Mach 4 range) the Titanium metal would heat up
and closed the gaps.
Absolutely right! And JP-7 goes up quite easily. More volatile than mogas.
Greg
95 DSCC v6 5spd
Rahway NJ
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