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Re:How Airbus Took Off by tim333 on Sunday November 09, 2025 @02:39PM (#45868471)
They use SAE nuts and bolts. "Society of Automotive Engineers and refers to the system of inch-based fasteners used primarily in North America"
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Re:How Airbus Took Off by mmooss on Sunday November 09, 2025 @03:16PM (#45868784)
Is that the standard in the airline industry? For example, does Embraer use SAE too? Lockheed (I thought the US military used metric)?
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Re:How Airbus Took Off by tim333 on Sunday November 09, 2025 @07:04PM (#45870613)
Dunno. My info's from https://www.reddit.com/r/aviationmaintenance/comments/botlch...

Update - google says Embraer uses SAE. Apparently Airbus helicopters are metric though.

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