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Messing around with ideas of saving some weight and thought of replacing some skins with titanium. Has anyone on here done that? A quick search didn't reveal any results.
If it’s weight savings you want, have some one fabricate a set of titanium gear legs for you. Your wallet will get significantly lighter too.
And your CG will move aft, which is already a problem in the -6.And you'll likely have even worse shimmy issues because of the reduced stiffness of titanium compared to steel.
For years Beechcraft used magnesium for control surfaces, which I assume was for weight reduction, but the corrosion issues were a real problem. When these skins needed replacement, most people replaced them with aluminum. There are plenty of ways to build a light RV without reinventing the wheel.
This sounds a lot like the conversations I hear around the coffee shop when all the cyclists get together and compare which components they've just swapped out to save 100g on their bikes... As they sit there with their danish and mocha-latte.
The first way to lower weight while flying, is to lose the excess baggage from the pilot.