Chadderton Manufacturing - Honeycomb (2)

Honeycomb was used not only for aircraft floor panels. bulkheads and galleys but formed major design features for significant Avro Projects such as the Avro 730 and the Avro 720/731 development/prototype aircraft.

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Honeycomb in production - Panels could be made on a large scale. Items of 30ft x10ft could be cured in a single piece. Inspection using an Electronic Vacuum Detector readily detected if any material had not 100% bonded.

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Avro also used its Honeycomb expertise to develop a significant Radar Aerial and Reflector Business.

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Clockwise: The Avro 720 Delta Wing Interceptor; the Avro 730 Supersonic stainless steel canard bomber and the Avro 731, a 3/8 scale development aircraft for Type 730 heavily utilised the Chadderton Honeycomb experience and expertise.