Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Soviet Alpha class was made of titanium. They made very few due to high cost, although if you consult Jane's, you'll find it had excellent operating characteristics. The rumor I heard as to how we found out it was titanium is that the lead ship was pulled out of the water and left on the dock for several years. Intel photos showed no rust. The moral of the Alpha is that you can spend a lot of rubles overdesigning one aspect of a product and end up with something that costs a lot more than it is worth. >At 01:31 AM 03-01-97 -0700, The artist formerly known as Ben wrote: >>>After all my hell raising concerning the virtues of the M6 Titanium, I have >>>to admit that a) it looks really cool and b) it would go nicely with my >>>titanium wrist watch. >>> >>>Dan C. >>> >>I'd like to bolt one to my mountain bike frame, which by the way I read is >>the single largest commercial use for the metal. And my friends bitch about >>the expense of a titanium seat post clamp. > >Didn't the country formerly known as the Soviet Union build the entire hulls >of nuclear submarines out of Titanium? > >Dan C. Craig W. Shier Manassas, VA shier@mnsinc.com