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Originally Posted by TheGrunch
Wood was harder to work with in mass-production to close tolerances, as well, I think. You can't cast wood.  |
Not quite. In the 1940s USSR, for instance, it was more difficult to build metal airframes, teach workers and produce raw materials for them, then for the wooden ones. I guess, nowadays, it may be opposite, it largely depends on current technological level in the country's industry as a whole.