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Originally Posted by acra
That said, it is used in aircraft structures, so I guess it's feasible?
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Aircraft get stripped down and thoroughly inspected at regular intervals - and they tend not to get the same pounding as a road-going car.
This has been discussed many times in several forums - the general opinion is that aluminium will suffer from fatigue cracking very quickly. It also age-hardens, which wouldn't help. So - OK for race cars, but not for road-going ones.