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Old December 14th 05, 04:20 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Metric Aircraft Nuts and Bolts

At 10:54 14 December 2005, Michael Huber wrote:
You could try www.friebe-luftfahrtbedarf.de in Germany
for aircraft quality
parts if you canīt find
other sources in your country.

Nomeclature ist easy, M8 x 30 - 12.9 for example means

M ... Metric standard thread
8..... diameter is 8mm
30...length 30mm
12.9 means 1200N/mmē ultimate tensile strength, and
a yield strength of 90%
of UTS.

Michael




What grade/s of fasteners are considered to be aircraft
quality in Germany?